BROWNIE BITES… Ingredients 350g (12oz) Dark Chocolate 250g (9oz) Butter 250g (9oz) Soft Brown Sugar 3 free range eggs 1 tsp Baking Powder 50g (2oz) plain flour 75g (3oz) pecans or walnuts 50g (2oz) miniature marshmallows Method Preheat oven to 170C, 150 Fan 325F or Gas 3 Grease and line a 12x8x1 oven proof tin Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water Leave to cool Whisk eggs in a bowl until thick and creamy, then add the sugar Combine baking powder and sieved flour When chocolate is cool, alternately fold the chocolate…
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If you have no room for a kettle, then try the latest Zip Hydro Tap All-in-One. It provides filtered boiling or cold water, plus warm and cold. It has a swivel design so it can be used in two sinks, and saves valuable worktop space !!! www.zipheaters.co.uk
BBC Good Food App – free from itunes. It has recipes, tools and cooking tips. Healthy Desserts £1.49 – in ‘Best of app store 2012’ – only uses natural sweeteners, healthy fats whole grains, and fruits. Recipes like delicious flower power cake or no flour chocolate cake.
GREAT BRITISH PIE WEEK… Visit the Jus-Rol Facebook page to join in the pie-chatter and upload pictures of your master-pies for others to drool over! 2. Discover our mouth-watering range of recipes – perfect for serving to your customers or baking at home! 3.Check out our helpful hints & tips for creating terrific pies every time. 4. http://www.britishpieweek.co.uk/ BAKE IT BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL WITH DR. OETKER.. I’m sure most cake baking fanatics will have heard of Dr.Oetker which has everything from food colours, edible cake toppers, gel pens, candles and lots more. The choice is amazing but the best place…
Organic Life Teas grow award winning organic, carbon neutral teas in Sri Lanka on the Greenfield Estate, where a community of 500 people rely on the estate for their housing and livelihoods. Greenfield lies in the beautiful Uva Highlands of Sri Lanka, at a high elevation of 5000- 6000ft above sea level. The altitude, cool climate and mountain soil combined help to produce a tea of superb quality, as well as fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. Income from tea is used to create improvements in the lives of the community whilst reforesting mountain tops and river valleys with native trees.…
Enjoy your tea with this Boho ceramic teapot in off white with blue and orange design. and have it with… this boho milk jug to match, which of course can only be enjoyed in their matching tea cups. rigby & mac have three amazing shops which covers everything for your home in a style to suit you. Take a look at their unique website of these award winning shops in one, http://www.rigbyandmac.com/ and watch out for my post on them in my vintage blog soon.
WINCHESTER – Great for local trout when in season and smoked when not. It’s help Bi monthly on a Sunday. STROUD – Great for local cheeses and Gloucester Old Spot Pork Pie. There is also a large fresh fruit choice and is held every Saturday. STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON – This is an award winning organic market, which encourages urban organic farming and is held on Saturday’s. EDINBURGH – Great for meat, smoked salmon and local fish in season and is held every Saturday. RIPLY, SURREY – This is a charity market run by volunteers, with all proceeds going to local…
If you fancy learning how to make chocolate and lots more then head to Betty’s Cookery School in Harrogate, Yorkshire. On the 26th March they are doing a ‘tortes and brownies’ workshop. For more details on this and lots of other workshops at Betty’s, check out the website, www.bettyscookeryschool.co.uk
http://www.timeforacuppa.org/ Time for a Cuppa is back and itÂ’s bigger and better than ever! Join Dementia UK from 1st to 8th March 2013 and take Time for a Cuppa! It’s about bringing people together, raising funds and having fun. From a small tea party at home to a large community affair or a tea break at work, the money you raise will make a difference. With your help they say it can help raise money to support Admiral Nurses who provide a lifeline to thousands of families in this country. If you’re unable to hold a tea-party this week, you…
There’s afternoon tea and there’s afternoon tea, but enjoying it while on the River Thames, has to be a bit special. So, with Mother’s Day coming up this month I guess it’s no surprise to find that a number of places are holding very special Afternoon Teas, just for Mums. You could have it in the R.S.Hispaniola River Thames, which is permanently located alongside Victoria Embankment, the R.S. Hispaniola is a great place for a Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea treat. You can take Afternoon Tea in the stylish restaurant or out on the sun deck, where you can see fabulous…
Ingredients You will need about 8 pots (around 350ml side) or 10 ramekin dishes 800g /1.75lb of ready made sweet shortcrust pastry 100g /3.5oz butter 100g /3.5oz soft light brown sugar 100g/3.5 oz sultanas 5 Baking apples, peeled cored and chopped Juice and zest of ½ a lemon 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 2 egg yolks (beaten) Caster sugar to sprinkle Flour for rolling pastry Method Preheat your oven to 180C/Gas 4 Melt the butter in a large pan then add the sugar and mix until slightly brown Add the apples,sultanas, lemon juice, zest, and cinnamon Cook or microwave your…
If your in Glasgow then head along to The Cookery School, www.thecookeryschool.org for their ‘Cupcakes & Whoopie Pie’ workshop on 1st March. You will learn to decorate and make whoopie pies with marshmallow filling.
If you are going to buy any new baking book this year then this has to be the one. At the moment it’s on offer to buy from Thursday at Amazon, www.amazon.co.uk for £15 instead of £25 and worth every penny of it. You name it, the cake is in this book from classic sponge cakes, loaf cakes (my favourite) family cakes, muffins, biscuits, celebration cakes and dessert cakes. With information on the tyranny of tins, cake tin liners, how to remove cakes from tins, equipment, using the right ingredients and conversion tables. It would make an excellent Mother’s Day…
The Bitter Sweet Chocolate, www.bittersweetchocolates.co.uk at The Three Horseshoes Inn, Chocolate Shop, Derby is a chocolate heaven. They have won the ‘Grate Taste Gold Award’ for their Strawberry and Cream with Vanilla Vodka Truffles in 2009. Since then they have won two further awards for their Chilli and Lime Chocolate bites, and for their Rose Creams (mouth watering…….) They also have workshops, where you can learn to make 25 fresh cream truffles and design and make solid chocolates. You can then take everything you have made home with you. That’s if you haven’t already eaten them 🙂