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Cookie Cake

March 4, 2013 //
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 I saw this stacked cookie cake a while ago and knew this was the cake for my cookie loving Cousin. He has been known to eat cookies as fast as I can make them and ate about 30 in his last sitting. As I didn’t think it was a birthday cake without the cake I added a single tier to act as a sort of pedestal for the stack of cookies. Naturally I made this in a chocolate chip sponge. I used mini chocolate chips in the whole thing which allowed the cookies to be nice and thin and used this recipe. I used vanilla frosting to cover the cake and in-between the cookie layers. To get the cookies roughly the same size I put the cookie dough in the fridge to chill a bit and then used an ice cream scoop. I then flattened them between baking paper.I really like the minimal look of this cake and I just used one white candle on top. The best thing about this cake is the slice that you get. It’s epic. So huge it only just about fit on our plates and I definitely shared mine. To get the cookies to cut like a cake I put the whole cake in the fridge for a few hours. This makes the cookies softer and lets you cut into it. I loved making this cake and I think there are enough cookies here to keep my cousin quiet for a bit. Happy Birthday Fabian!

Categories birthday cake, Cookie, Frosting, Vanilla

The Music Sounds Better With You

February 14, 2013 //
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Music is undoubtedly for me one of the best things in life. It has an ability to express how you’re feeling like nothing else. So for Valentine’s Day I think song lyrics are perfect. Especially ones you can eat. I put a range of different ones on biscuits, some are new, some are old and some are just silly. There are so many great songs to choose from and next time I’m going to make bigger biscuits as some of my fave lyrics wouldn’t all fit on. I do like how personal these can be, and there are definitely a few reserved for some special people. Happy Valentine’s Day! x

Categories Biscuits, Cookie, Red, Royal Icing, Valentines

Christmas Sweater Party

December 23, 2012 //
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Christmas Sweaters (Jumpers) might be one of the best things about Christmas. The uglier the better. Every year I indulge in a novelty sweater normally from here, and this year was no exception. Last night my sister and I gathered all our friends to celebrate the festive season with a Christmas Sweater party. It was so much fun and everyone looked so cute in their sweaters! For the party I made these sweater biscuits using this cutter. It took a while to decorate them all but it was so worth it as I had tons of fun deciding what to put on each one. For some of them I took inspiration from real sweaters such a mine and my cousins which you can see below! 

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Cookie, Sweater

Easter Treats

April 8, 2012 //
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I love Easter for many reasons, but mostly it’s the number of sweet treats that come with this weekend. I made a selection of stuff to share with my friends and family including these bunny biscuits complete with tiny tails, cornflake nests and Creme Egg cupcakes. Consuming a hideous amount of chocolate, particularly Cadbury’s, at this time of year is inevitable. I used about two massive bars to make the cornflake nests. They reminded me of being at school, although I don’t actually remember making them at school…Despite replacing many meals lately with mini eggs I managed to find some spare to decorate these. For me Easter is pretty connected to the Creme Egg, so when I found instructions on how to make cupcakes with mini creme eggs baked inside, I couldn’t resist. I hope everyone that I share these with today will be very happy bunnies. Happy Easter!

 

Categories Biscuits, Chocolate, Cookie, Cupcake, Easter

Love Heart Biscuits

February 14, 2012 //
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I couldn’t resist a bit of Valentine’s baking. For me Love Hearts are pretty iconic for this romantic day and so I chose to recreate them in cookie form. I made the royal icing in the typical pastel colours and wrote little messages on all of them. I stuck to mostly traditional nice messages apart from a couple which read ‘No Chance’ and ‘You’re OK’, just to mix it up a bit. I look forward to giving out the nice ones to the people I love today. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Categories Biscuits, Cookie, Royal Icing, Valentines

Tate’s Cookies

January 29, 2012 //
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A few years ago now I spent the summer in The Hamptons with my family, including my cousin who is over from America at the moment. During our time there we consumed so many Tate’s cookies. Using this recipe from the Tate’s cookbook we decided to recreate the memories by making a batch together. They took some shaping to get them into the right thickness of a Tate’s cookie, so they would have their signature slightly crisp texture. They were so delicious, full of chocolate chips and tasted exactly how I remembered.

Categories Chocolate, Cookie

Found. Christmas Cookies Video

December 21, 2011 //
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As well as the gift boxes for the clients I also made cookies for a Christmas video. For the full experience visit www.found.co.uk/christmas/merrychristmas/

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Cookie, Found

Found. Christmas Cookies

December 21, 2011 //
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Back in November I was asked by Found to do some baking for them for Christmas. Based on these cookies I made back in the summer, they asked me to create some gifts for clients. It was decided that I would spell out in letters MERRY CHRISTMAS then the clients name in their logo colours, followed by LOVE FOUND. In total I think I made around 470 cookies and I loved making every one. Especially mixing all the colours for the different clients and matching the sprinkles. I chose the purple boxes and filled them with purple tissue and jumbled up the cookies inside. I finished them off with silver ribbon and a printed Polaroid of what the cookies were meant to spell out. I really enjoyed spreading some Christmas cheer with my baking so thank you very much to Found for the opportunity.

The full sets of client cookies… Read the rest of this entry »

Categories Biscuits, Christmas, Cookie, Found

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 25, 2011 //
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By about five thirty this afternoon I felt like I had totally wasted my day. An unfulfilling quest for shoes for a wedding had irritated me, and I wanted to make something to end the afternoon on a better note. I had an hour before my evening cinema plans and quickly threw together this recipe for banana chocolate chip cookies. It was really simple and they came out with a cakey quality similar to a whoopie pie. For this recipe I recommend baking on a lower heat so the chocolate chips don’t burn and they bake more evenly.

Categories Banana, Chocolate, Cookie

Valentine’s Day Cookies

February 13, 2011 //
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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 the original egg white recipe, I couldn’t see how these raw egg whites would be a problem if it has been done this way for years. I made them using the ‘flooding’ technique where you outline the shape you want and then thin out the mixture slightly and fill the area in. They were a lot of fun to make and look really cute topped off with coloured sprinkles.  

Categories Biscuits, Cookie, Royal Icing, Sprinkles
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