Birthday cake

Happy Birthday Cathy. Chocolate Almond cake. See you later. X

Battenberg cake

I have been experiencing a baking slump since the end of my course but today I made my first ever battenberg cake. D enjoyed eating all of the trimmings! Used a mix of s/r flour and ground almonds, quite delicious but would try and get the marzipan a tad thinner next time.

A quick little apricot lattice

Had a little piece of puff pastry left over from making my pithivier yesterday. Wasnt sure what to do with it so I opened a little tin of apricots and some custard and hey presto a cheats quick treat. Glazed with apricot jam .

Cherry and Almond pithivier

Fancied a treat for dessert today. I have made this pithivier and used a cherry jam and an almond cream ( with amaretto) . Home made puff has performed well. Looking forward to scoffing it down later.

Chelsea buns

Made these for the weekend. Went down a treat. Amaretto soaked fruit with chopped marzipan

Focaccia bread

Made this sundried tomato and red onion focaccia bread last night. I used rosemary thyme and basil herbs from the garden, it smells delicious. Havent tried it yet as Ive popped it in the freezer for Saturday when we have people over. I will warm it slightly and serve with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.Yummy.

Time for baking bread

Now I have less cakes to think of I thought I would bake a loaf for the weekend. This is wheat and rye bread. Smells nice...