What have you baked today?

Hardup_Hester

A dozen coffee kisses & a dozen cheesy nibbles, both from the Hairy Bikers book, I madt thr coffee kisses too big, so once sandwiched with the butter icing they are huge, oh well, I know for next time.
Hester

Winged_one

I took banana muffins from the oven an hour ago, and I was del;ighted with the results! I'd nevre made muffins before, and I would have thrown out the half bananas from lunchboxes this week, but they were coming everyday so I thought I'd experiment at the weekend!!

angeltreats

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Does anyone make their own pastry?The ones I've looked at so far all have some palm oil in,which I not happy about....

If you mean puff pastry, I've done it a few times. It's not difficult but it is a lengthy process and a bit of hassle. But the results have been great and I'm starting to think it's worth the bother.

If you mean anypastry, then yes, I make pastry regularly (it's dead easy) and would never ever consider buying ready made shortcrust.

marmiterulesok

angeltreats wrote: »

If you mean puff pastry, I've done it a few times. It's not difficult but it is a lengthy process and a bit of hassle. But the results have been great and I'm starting to think it's worth the bother.

If you mean anypastry, then yes, I make pastry regularly (it's dead easy) and would never ever consider buying ready made shortcrust.

Thanks,it's something that I've been meaning to try for a while.(It's on my list!).

Am I right in thinking that you can even freeze pastry and take it out as you need it?

sb44

Winged_one wrote: »

I took banana muffins from the oven an hour ago, and I was del;ighted with the results! I'd nevre made muffins before, and I would have thrown out the half bananas from lunchboxes this week, but they were coming everyday so I thought I'd experiment at the weekend!!

Yep, they are great aren't they, I def will be making those again.

angeltreats

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that you can even freeze pastry and take it out as you need it?

Yes, it freezes really well I had some home made puff pastry in my freezer for about three months, took it out the other day and it was lovely.

Other than puff pastry though, it's so quick and easy to make that there's little point in freezing it unless you have leftovers you want to keep, there's no point in making extra and freezing it. My shortcrust pastry this morning took about five minutes, and the only thing I even bothered weighing was the flour, so very hassle-free.

elf06

seafarers_wife wrote: »

i made a huge victoria sponge with chocolate chips from the tray bake thread. it was really simple and quick to make. i recently bought a kenwood so its getting put through its paces at the moment :j

however the chocolate chips sunk to the bottom of the cake, do you think i should let the cake start cooking and then put them in?

Oooooh can someone point me in the direction of the tray bake thread please:D

perrywinkle

elf06 wrote: »

Oooooh can someone point me in the direction of the tray bake thread please:D

Morning elf06,

found this one which may be what you are looking for:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/140471

HTH
perrywinkle

marmiterulesok

Lobell wrote: »

As DH was leaving to go and visit his parents yesterday, I called after him to bring me a bag of apples from their orchard. I should have been more explicit with regards to the size of the bag...he came home with one of those huge Ikea bags absolutely crammed full :eek: So...in the oven right now is a spiced apple cake and an apple crumble Don't know what I'm going to do with the tonne of apples still remaining...

Apple and sultana or apple and banana chutney or, if you have a slow-cooker,I have a recipe for spiced apple butter,which is like a very thick,spicy compote?

elf06

perrywinkle wrote: »

Morning elf06,

found this one which may be what you are looking for:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/140471

HTH
perrywinkle

Perfect thank you