What have you baked today?

Rikki

Maids of honour today, apple pie yesterday, cornbeef and potato pie on Saturday.

CH27

I've just put a victoria sponge in the oven. You have all inspired me to start baking again so thankyou:)

Kevie192

I've made granola today It's YUMMY!

angeltreats

janb5 wrote: »

I found it quite tricky to do the condensed milk filling without it overheating- maybe I need your recipe instead! Also the recipe was in metric and I prefer imperial ( old bat that I am!) so find it irksome to convert it all!

The recipe I like is from the Hairy Bikers Mums Know Best cookbook (the first one). You just need to keep stirring and stirring so the condensed milk doesn't catch (and I have to admit that I've burnt it once or twice and have pushed it through a sieve to get the burnt bits out!).

The cake I made yesterday turned out really a bit bland so today I made a different one. It's an almond and syrup cake from a Delicious magazine cookbook. No flour and no fat, just ground almonds, sugar, lemon and orange zest and eggs, and then a syrup drizzled over when it's cooked made from sugar, orange and lemon juice, cinnamon sticks, star anise and cardamom. It turned out absolutely gorgeous and anything but bland so I'm really pleased with it

The other cake will be left to go stale and blitzed to crumbs in the food processor, which will then become fridge cake

CH27

Can I freeze buttercream?

Stephb1986_2

CH27 I don't think so hun because it's normally something fresh. I might be wrong though.

Does anyone have a recipie for Millionaires Shortbread please?

TIA

Steph xx

angeltreats

You can freeze buttercream actually. You'll need to beat it smooth again when it's defrosted but it'll be fine. But I wouldn't freeze it if it's already attached to the cake

Steph - there are tons of recipes for millionaire's shortbread on the internet but here on the Waitrose website is one that's a bit different that I like the look of.

Now I want millionaire's shortbread, but I really really shouldn't...

mummyjane

I am not baking anything today - had to bake dozens and dozens of cupcakes yesterday for the school I help in so I am giving myself a day off

CH27

angeltreats wrote: »

You can freeze buttercream actually. You'll need to beat it smooth again when it's defrosted but it'll be fine. But I wouldn't freeze it if it's already attached to the cake

Steph - there are tons of recipes for millionaire's shortbread on the internet but here on the Waitrose website is one that's a bit different that I like the look of.

Now I want millionaire's shortbread, but I really really shouldn't...

It's not attached to the cake:D

lisa26_2

with all the talk of millionaire's shortbread I felt I had to post the link to this recipe:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/402623/millionaires-chocolate-tart

I'm making it for pud tomorrow night as part of our belated valentine's meal!