February 2011

Valentine’s Day Cookies

I’ve been wanting to learn how to make royal icing for a while now. Royal icing is used to decorate cakes and biscuits and it sets hard. After reading up about the techniques and ingredients I thought that making Valentine’s treats for my family and friends would be the perfect opportunity to try it. People make it different ways, using egg whites or meringue powder. Although sometimes controversial I decided to use

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Happy Birthday Dad

Today was my Dad’s birthday. We had a really nice relaxing day, which of course included eating birthday cake. I can’t take much credit for this as Mum was more about the production and I was in charge of design. Based on the ribbon I chose

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Whoopie Pies

These are easily one of the most fun things I’ve ever made. The recipe is from my Whoopie pie book which was a brilliant Christmas present. With the help of the lovely Alexia we made the original chocolate with

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

After a long and stressful week I felt like I deserved these. I’ve been wanting them for a few days now after watching a Friends episode that mentioned oatmeal cookies…I used this recipe but just used chocolate chips instead of nuts. They are

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