The DFW baking and sweet treats club

19lottie82

Tried the cheese and marmite pasties last night, they were amazing and even better in work this morning (cold)!

PositiveBalance

19lottie82 wrote: »

And a cake I made to sell in work for the local childrens hospice

(again, I never even got a bit.....)

I have subscribed to this thread on the basis of just this picture.

Can I have a virtual slice. Please? Pretty please?!

Also, is diabetes catching over the internet?! :rotfl:

19lottie82

PositiveBalance wrote: »

I have subscribed to this thread on the basis of just this picture.

Can I have a virtual slice. Please? Pretty please?!

Also, is diabetes catching over the internet?! :rotfl:

Dig in! It was pretty easy and quick to make actually.

Just bake 2 x choc sponges, sandwich them and cover them with choc butter cream. then straight away cover the sides with kit Kat's (or choc fingers) then pour on sweets. I used counters, m&ms and malteasers!

wegle

Hello Everyone!

Well I spent last night doing some Halloween baking and here is the practice batch of spooky cupcakes. I'm going to make another batch tonight to give out to any trick or treaters we get.

cottage_retreatist

Hey whoop! whoop! :j:j

Check us out ladies (and gents?)!!!!

We were tipped in the MSE newsletter!!! :money: Wow - better recover this baking slump I've been having - the pressure's really on, I feel as though I've got Mary Berry sitting on my shoulder now! :rotfl::rotfl:

Wegle - you've set the bar faaaaar too high with those amazing spooky cupcakes! :T:T:T

I'm going to have a think! Deffo need to do my te8co shop now to get in some supplies! :cool:

C-R x

HOK3Y

Wegle! Those are brilliant! They look absolutely fabulous! I wish I was that creative.......well, I am in other ways just not with food!

C-R, I did spot that at the beginning of the thread but I haven't looked at the actual newsletter. How dang cool is that?! Fame, nay, infamy is coming our way!

iammumtoone

Wow wegle, wish I lived round your way they look fantastic.

wegle

They are incredibly easy ladies. Literally an upside down muffin, coated in marmalade (or jam), topped with a glace cherry. Then cut out discs of white fondant icing and drape over the top. Add a couple of choc chips for eyes. Good news is my testing panel (Husband and work collegues) have all come back with positive reviews so will be doing more later today. Going to do something similar for xmas in the snowman/father christmas vein.

mon1o

well i have to admit i love to cook, baking is something i dont do normally unless its (shamefully) a box mix that you add an egg and a bit of water to.......but I am now trying to be frugal so out go the box mixes and in comes "baking from scratch".

Not sure what Ive made but its in the oven and smells ok. I stole KolaKube's method of weighing eggs and mixed together:
3 eggs
200g s/r flour
200g butter
200g brown sugar
vanilla essence

II just mixed the lot together in a bowl and poured it into a cake tin. Its now on gas 5 in the oven. Dont know whether it will turn out nice or what to serve with it! I saw all the pics on here and decided I wanted to have a go at properly making a cake!
Have I done things right or made an error somewhere??

cottage_retreatist

mon1o wrote: »

well i have to admit i love to cook, baking is something i dont do normally unless its (shamefully) a box mix that you add an egg and a bit of water to.......but I am now trying to be frugal so out go the box mixes and in comes "baking from scratch".

Not sure what Ive made but its in the oven and smells ok. I stole KolaKube's method of weighing eggs and mixed together:
3 eggs
200g s/r flour
200g butter
200g brown sugar
vanilla essence

II just mixed the lot together in a bowl and poured it into a cake tin. Its now on gas 5 in the oven. Dont know whether it will turn out nice or what to serve with it! I saw all the pics on here and decided I wanted to have a go at properly making a cake!
Have I done things right or made an error somewhere??

hey mon1o!

all sounds good to me - do post up a pic if you fancy it when it's out of the oven. Just guessing you made sure the tin was greased before pouring the batter in? And if you want to make it chocolate cake next time you can add roughly 60g cocoa powder to it! :cool:

Wel jel! Have no flour left at all as it's so long since i last did a mega-shop!!

xx