Month: August 2016

Cookies and Cream for my boy

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Some people call this Hump Day; others, Wednesday. But for me, it’s like Friday. It’s my last paid working day of the week working as a teacher. But I figured that some of you who work all the way through to Friday could do with a little cheer, so I thought I’d write up the recipe for this Cookies and Cream cake quickly. I made it for my son’s 9th birthday on Monday. He asked for a Cookies and Cream Cake (I think because he loves that flavour of ice-cream), so I googled a few recipes, but, in the end, I went with our family favourite: Nigella Lawson’s Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake as the cake base and decided to come up with the icing myself. (I used half of her chocolate icing to sandwich the two cakes together, but you could easily make more of the cookies and cream icing and use that if you prefer). Cookies and Cream Buttercream Icing 300g of Soft Butter 300g of Icing Sugar 80g of White Chocolate, melted 2 Tablespoons of …

Blueberry and Orange Breakfast Bread

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I have been desperately trying to find the time to make this recipe for a few months now. I had the idea after my son saw a similar tear and share bread in a book, but I wanted to come up with my own recipe using Gilchester’s Organic Unbleached Flour. But we have been busy with school holidays and the important business of getting to know our new puppy, Florence. The first time I attempted it, I made far to much, and the rolled up dough didn’t come close to fitting in a 10″ tin. So, I reduced the quantities and tweaked the ratios and came up with this. I really hope you like it. Ingredients 250g of Bread Flour 125g of Milk  1/2 Teaspoon of Orange Blossom 8g of Dried Instant Yeast (by all means use fresh if you have it but I know many people can’t get hold of it easily) 30g of Caster Sugar 25g of Softened Butter 5g of Salt 1 Large Egg, beaten. Plus an beaten extra egg to glaze the dough. For …