What are you baking?

[QueenOfGoths]

I made some crumpets! Easy to make though I found the actual cooking a bit more tricky. They tasted okay, maybe a bit yeasty but eatable at least!

 

[existentialist]

I made some crumpets! Easy to make though I found the actual cooking a bit more tricky. They tasted okay, maybe a bit yeasty but eatable at least!

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Yeasty is GOOD.

Now I want to make some lovely crumpety zymurgy.

 

[Saffy]

I made some crumpets! Easy to make though I found the actual cooking a bit more tricky. They tasted okay, maybe a bit yeasty but eatable at least!

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I made some during lockdown and mine looked great but they were a bit doughy in the middle. I ended up splitting them and toasting them.
Maybe I cooked them a bit too quickly?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I made some during lockdown and mine looked great but they were a bit doughy in the middle. I ended up splitting them and toasting them.
Maybe I cooked them a bit too quickly?

My first two cooked really well but the next two seemed to take ages!

 

[Saffy]

My first two cooked really well but the next two seemed to take ages!

I'll have to have another go!
I love crumpets.

 

[RubyToogood]

Crumpets are quite tricky. I always found they stuck like glue to the rings and gave up trying to contain them. Just cooked them like scotch pancakes.

 

[existentialist]

Crumpets are quite tricky. I always found they stuck like glue to the rings and gave up trying to contain them. Just cooked them like scotch pancakes.

Isn't that what makes them pikelets?

 

[Callie]

Trying to eat more fruit in my diet.
Don’t get on with raw fruit, so gonna do a deep dive into pudding, starting with apple crumble.
A healthy fruit-based dish that you can add custard, cream and ice cream to. Win-win.

Waldorf salad!

 

[Orang Utan]

Waldorf salad!

I DON’T CARE FOR IT!

 

[Epona]

Clafoutis?

 

[Orang Utan]

Clafoutis?

Gesundheit

 

[sojourner]

Due to unexpected item in wallet, I am in budget mode this month, so it's all about having my sweet tooth satisfied with what I already have in.

With that in mind, I'm planning to make a lemon 'Victoria' spongecake, with a lemon curd filling and lemony 'buttercream' (made with olive spread) topping. Sounds delicious in my head. We'll see how it pans out!

 

[Monte]

This is my go to cake for special occasions.

 

[iona]

One of the local shops gives their bananas away for free when they start going brown and squidgy, plus I get free eggs, so making banana bread is a weekly thing atm.

Usually add walnuts, sultanas and a mix of spices but I've used dark chocolate chips this time as I forgot I was out of sultanas. Not totally sure how that's going to work with the spices I'd already added

 

[sojourner]

I think they go with everything don't they, dark chocolate chips?

 

[Saffy]

One of the local shops gives their bananas away for free when they start going brown and squidgy, plus I get free eggs, so making banana bread is a weekly thing atm.

Usually add walnuts, sultanas and a mix of spices but I've used dark chocolate chips this time as I forgot I was out of sultanas. Not totally sure how that's going to work with the spices I'd already added

It will be delicious!

 

[iona]

It will be delicious!

Yeah if anything it was even better than my usual one! Luckily I'd used less mixed spice than usual because I cba finding and opening a new jar.

 

[sojourner]

I'm on a budget mission this month, so using whatever I have in the cupboards. Decided to make a sandwich cake. Was gonna just put a load of bramble jelly in the middle and dust with icing sugar, then realised I had some lemon essence in the cupboard and a shit ton of icing sugar, so made this:

Mary Berry's Lemon Victoria Sandwich

Mary Berry's Lemon Victoria Sandwich is one of my favourite cakes to make - so simple and even more delicious with homemade lemon curd. Yum!

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I used olive spread instead of butter, and put the 'buttercream' icing on the top not the middle. I put 3 tsp of lemon essence in it too, the icing.

Mine is not as tidy as this either, but fucking HELL it tastes phenomenal!! Also - 12 slices? get fucked 8, at a push

 

[Saffy]

Hot cross buns - made with tangzhong method.

 

[sojourner]

These will taste way nicer than they look (I hope!).

Vanilla muffins with milk choc chips (bought in error but thought they'd go well in these) and homemade strawberry jam melty middles. Considering a dusting of icing sugar but might be TOO sweet then.

 

[Rebelda]

Birthday girl requested a Victoria sponge, but hideous

 

[blairsh]

"My Chemical Romance"?

 

[Rebelda]

"My Chemical Romance"?

Yep it's a long story.

 

[Looby]

I was going to try and bake this weekend but I fuck up almost everything I make at the moment.

I made a no bake mini egg cheesecake that didn’t set last weekend.

I did also make some Parmesan and chilli biscuits which were pretty good but needed to be thicker as they were more like crisps.

I spent a ridiculous amount on the M&S equivalent over Christmas so I’m hoping perfecting these will be a cheaper alternative.

 

[blairsh]

Yep it's a long story.

Is it though?

 

[RubyToogood]

Hot cross buns. Crystal Palace method. Fucking dough wouldn't rise yesterday so I threw it in the fridge and went out, had another go today. Lo, for they are risen!

 

[Rebelda]

Is it though?

Involves a lot of in jokes and shared WhatsApp photos over the year, not really a good tell, but it made her laugh (and she does like MCR)

 

[sojourner]

mmmMMM! Tasty muffins!

 

[Orang Utan]

Dreams:

Reality:

 

[Epona]

Dreams:
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Reality:
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That looks pretty decent, I think only cake decorators with a lot of practice can do the first one, everyone else does slightly more rustic attempts.
The main thing is, did it taste good?