Baking, Recipes and Tutorials - The Pink Whisk

A bit more giddiness to share with you!

Posted on August 14, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

I will make this short and sweet as I’m sure you’ve all really had enough about me banging on about exciting adverts and things but I promise I wil

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Rosie Fairycakes with Crystallised Rose Petals

Posted on August 12, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

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My Exciting News (and television debut)!!

Posted on August 11, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

The life and times of this manic mummy has just got seriously exciting.

My little secret is that I am one of the ten amateur bakers taking part in the new BBC2 series ‘The Great British Bake Off’ hosted by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc with the fabulous judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

The series starts next Tuesday 17th August 8pm on BBC2 and runs for six weeks. But as from here my lips are sealed – you’ll have to watch to find out how I do!

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Chocolate & Chai Biscotti

Posted on August 8, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

I think the world has been keeping a secret from me – Chai tea! Have you tried it? A chai latte has become my favourite treat. I think its one of the most delicious new things I have tried in ages. It’s a black tea beautifully flavoured with cinnamon and spices and luckily you can pick up this mix in most major supermarkets. (They also do a vanilla chai latte mix which is gorgeous too.)

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Chocolate & Pomegranate Cupcakes

Posted on August 4, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

These are a delicious new take on the chocolate cupcake.

The addition of pomegranate adds a subtle fruitiness and gives the chocolate a new edge. Star of the show are the pomegranate seeds sprinkled on the tops glistening like jewels. (I’m a sucker for glitter!)

Ingredients:
Cupcakes
165g butter
300g caster sugar
3 eggs
70g self raising flour
200g plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
70g cocoa powder
300ml pomegranate ju

Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Pomegranate | 33 Comments

The Life and Times of This Manic Mummy…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

When I started the blog it was only to bring you my baking tales but I’m finding that there’s so much of this mixer girl’s life that you don’t get to hear about and so begins ‘The Life and Times of This Manic Mummy…‘ (Bakers can switch off at this point!)

In my house there is….

Caster sugar, dark brown sugar, nibbed sugar, 10kg icing sugar but no granulated for our brews.
Greaseproof paper, baking parchment, paper icing cones, rice paper but no paper for the children to draw on.
After Eight mints, turkish delight and posh expensive, high cocoa solid, bars of chocolates all earmarked for baking but no Milky Ways in the Sweetie tin.
Bottles of rosewater, raspberry syr

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Black Forest Berry Brownies

Posted on July 30, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

Here’s something super special and super easy to bakeBlack Forest Berry Brownies

Ingredients:
200g Dark Chocolate (Bournville works really well and won’t break the bank either)
140g Butter
225g Sugar
2tsp Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs
1 Egg Yolk
85g Plain Flour
200g Frozen Black Forest Fruit Berries (Sainsburys)

You will need a baking tray with deep sides approx. 23cm x 23cm

Line it with baking paper.

Preheat the oven

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Betty’s Vanilla Custard Slices

Posted on July 26, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

Who’s Betty I can hear you ask! She’s my lovely Nanna who taught me to make these when I was about 12. It’s what every twelve year old should be learning. Shop bought vanilla slices come nowhere near comparing.

These use homemade rough puff pastry and up until earlier this year I always used shop bought ready made stuff thinking that making my own would be some kind of ordeal. I’ll let you in on a secret – rough puff pastry is a cinch to make and

Posted in Custard, Pastry, Treats, Vanilla | 32 Comments

Chocolate Pudding Teacups

Posted on July 22, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

Okay, I admit it, I’m obsessed with vintage teacups! For some girls its shoes, handbags but of late for me its lovely pretty little tea sets. I can’t pass the charity shop and leave a set looking lonely and forlorn in the window and although I drink a lot of tea I’m more of a mug kind of girl.

So its about time I came up with an idea for using them and here it is. Whilst I don’t recommend you use your expensive antique heirloom of a tea set, you can pick up

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Monkey Bread – No Monkeys Required

Posted on July 20, 2010 by The Pink Whisk

Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey Bread!
This pan happened to end up in my collection in one of those shopping moments when all sensible rationale flies out of the window. Lured by cute monkeyness and sheer curiosity the pan found its way into my shopping basket.