What have you baked today?

Olliebeak

Lemon Drizzle Cake and Gingerbread Cake for Staff Mtg/Get-together tomorrow.

frugal6

Today I have baked a chocolate cake, batch of buns, rock cakes, hobnobs and date bars. And have a white loaf with sunflower seeds still in the bread maker. Hope that keeps everyone going for a few days.

lisa26_2

Frugal6....do you have a recipe for the date bars please? I have some dates I need to use up.

Thanks
Lisa x

PeachPickle

chocolate and macadamia nut brownies today

Welsh_Poppy

Lemon drizzle cake
upside down pudding
6 loaves and 12 rolls by hand

ethansmum

Oven buster cake from the Hairy bikers Mums know best website- it was divine!

morganlefay

I did some of Twink's hobnobs for the first ever time. They are FANTASTIC :j

jammy_dodger

i have just made some beetroot muffins for the first time they are divine MMmmm

heres the recipe if anyone wants to try real quick and easy

10oz plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
5 oz caster sugar

7flozmilk
3 floz veg oil
2 beaten eggs

1 large cooked beetroot grated ( i had someprecooked from supermarket ones and grated it )

mix together dry ingredients

in a jug mix oil, milk , and egg stir in beetroot till it mixture turns pink

mix into dry ingredients

spoon into muffin cases bake 200 deg or 180 for fan oven 15 mins

you can top with cream cheese mixed with icing sugar and lemon juice but they are lovely and moist without

frugal6

Hi Lisa

Here is the recipe for the date bars

4oz soft marg
4oz sugar
2 eggs
4oz dates chopped
4oz plain flour
few drops vanilla extract

Mix everything together in a bowl.
Place in lined tin I use a 8inch square mini tray bake tin
Put in oven at 180 for about 20/25 mins or so until golden brown

These don't rise much but thats ok thats what they're meant to be like

angeltreats

I made some lemon and poppy seed muffins.