Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Give me a recipe! I've got buttermilk, various types of flour, yeast, and loads else besides...just not sure what to make.
What are you baking?
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Where did you get the buttermilk?
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Daughter's birthday cake...chocolate brownie cake with dark, plain and white chocolate chips...chocolate fudge icing, strawberries and whipped cream on the side. Pretty much the same as last year, tbf...just cos both the kids have decided it's the best one so far.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
Soda bread. Obviously.
), but need people to share it with, I have no will power and would eat it all 
kittyP
Pluviophile
BoatieBird
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I made a batch of rhubarb and ginger muffins yesterday. Today's task will be to try to avoid scoffing the lot
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Reminded myself of this recipe on another thread so have made it to take to a friend's bash today. I opted for UK pears rather than Chilean plums. A bit sort of got broken when I was cutting it up so obviously I had to try it for quality control purposes.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
I made flapjacks for the week's lunches. They have ground flaxseed and chopped nuts in them so I can happily pretend they are healthy. Nom.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I made some veggie bean pasties yesterday with shop bought shortcrust pastry and was impressed at how nice the pastry was (although my mushroom and black-eyed bean filling was a bit dull). Any suggestions for more pastry-based things I can do, preferably not too insanely calorific?
I'm attempting to make an entire cake from a lemon gem cupcake recipe.. It didn't rise quite as well as i thought it would, and one half stuck to the the bottom tin, so it's sort of a disintegratey mess 
i'm thinking that 'plaster over it with buttercream' is the best solution. 
i'm thinking that 'plaster over it with buttercream' is the best solution. I'm attempting to make an entire cake from a lemon gem cupcake recipe.. It didn't rise quite as well as i thought it would, and one half stuck to the the bottom tin, so it's sort of a disintegratey mess
When that happens to me, I tend to dish it up hot with custard and pretend it was supposed to be a sponge pudding all along.
Alternatively, you could make it into a trifle. Which is more or less a cold version of the serving-it-up-hot-with-custard idea
Why yes, I am addicted to custard. Why do you ask?
it's being sent off to a barbecue tomorrow, so custarding it up isn't an option 
and i've no idea where to get stuff to make a trifle vegan at this time of night. So. I managed to ice it up ok. And then dropped the cake stand thing when i moved it to the other side of the kitchen. This cake is doomed, i tell ye. DOOMED.
FWIW i sort of caught it when it was falling and it was salvageable. Looks like a dogs dinner though
and i've no idea where to get stuff to make a trifle vegan at this time of night. So. I managed to ice it up ok. And then dropped the cake stand thing when i moved it to the other side of the kitchen. This cake is doomed, i tell ye. DOOMED.FWIW i sort of caught it when it was falling and it was salvageable. Looks like a dogs dinner though
there's the added frisson of not knowing what it tastes like as well. still, it went from disastercake:
to HYPNOCAKE!!1!!:
*look into the icing, not around the icing. ignore the fact there's probably enough of the stuff to kill a small pony*
i'm actually a bit proud of how it's come out
BoatieBird
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That sounds good.
I'm going to make a chocolate banana cake later, but I'll give the Dan Lepard one a go sometime too.
zenie
>^^<
You should find it with the creme fraiche/cream?? Probably only bigger tesco does it.
Easy to make your own anyway, just milk and white wine vinegar
BoatieBird
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Cupcakes, that's if the batteries in my electric scales don't run out
Am doing choc/banana ones too Boatiebird, what recipe are you using?
Also doing Red velvets and lemons....
I used this one:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3735/chocolate-and-banana-cake
But I didn't bother with the struesel topping. The melted chocolate in it makes it lovely and moist.
Oh, and if your batteries die, take them out and warm them up in your hands and put them back in, they should see it through the recipe then! (you might already know this )
zenie
>^^<
Mmm I've been taking the batteries out, just need to finish the frosting and I'll buy new ones later, will try the warming thing though, ta
Am doing hummingbird bakery as there are gifts/bribery
I'm so over cupcakes already
All hail the mighty muffin next time lol
crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
I made a heart shaped bakewell cake tonight. would have taken a photo but it all got eaten before I could whip the camera out
