Day 19 We Baked

Today had a stressful start.. we finally had the meeting we have been waiting for, for months about what support they can offer at school. Everything went better than expected and it has really put my mind at rest and FINALLY i have found what all that niggling was inside for the last few weeks! i almost feel reborn i feel that relaxed right now!!
I always clean or bake when im stressed and after 2 hours talking to people that didnt know emma and how wonderful she is i felt i needed both! i gutted the house AND did a mammoth bake!
I made Jaynes perfect cookies with fudge pieces AND made fudge muffins too and for a quick distraction before tea for the girls i let them decorate some.

As you can see PINK ICING! who doesnt love coloured icing on their cake!!

This was Zoe 's (almost 2) attempt, it did have a cherry on the top but she gobbled it up while my back was turned! I believe she has a cupcake maker in her!!

These wonderful Willy Wonka esque creations came from Emma! Think ill need the hoover at the ready after she's had one of these!

And these calorific cakes our by Elissa! Shes painfully skinny btw not that you could imagine that after seeing these!!!
So whatever inspires you.. find it and get baking, let the kids get messy and most importantly of all dont worry about the cleaning up and LAUGH! its amazing how something so trivial can bring so much joy to everyone!!
The caterpilla/monster/alien cake we made for Elissa for her 5th birthday was THE BEST cake ever!! (ok i throw my hands up it wasnt the best exicuted cake you have ever seen and the decorating was a bit to be desired but we had to reinact said cake for months after wards so couldnt of been that bad!)

L xx

Baking Sunday

Sunday has always been baking Sunday in our house but of late Ive been preoccupied with well... i dunno but that's my excuse anyway!! so today i kind of made up for it, i mean you cant have to much cake can you??

First is Jayne's award (my award!!) winning cookies (recipe on the blog), i used strawberry shavings and marshmallows this time for an extra gooey biscuit...

Then i made up a cupcake mix, this recipe can also be found on the blog, somewhere lol , but thought id have a go at some mini cupcakes but i made to much mix!

So with the extra left over mix i decided to make a cake, dropped some caramel and chocolate spread onto the top of the mix hoping for a swirly cake, they sank! so lets hope its marbled inside!

And yes i will need bigger jeans after eating all these!! lol good job i have mini ppl to help ;)

L x

Jayne's Cookies

Last week i popped a post up with the recipe that Jayne had given me for simple cookies. Admittedly i have never been able to master the art of cookies, they are either under or over done so for years i have always put off making them until Jayne suggested i try this simple recipe and see how i get on.
Well as you can see from the photo evidence..

It has made fool proof perfect giant cookies! Tho the giant part is more down to my size of dough!
I'm really looking forward to getting my gob round one after tea!
Thanks Jayne you have saved my cookie making sanity and i suggest you all give it a go :)

L xx

cookie receipe courtesy of the lovely @JayneJRead

4oz butter
4oz brown sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
6oz self raising flour
30z of goodies

Pre heat the oven at 180' and bake the cookies for 12 mins.
mix butter and sugar then add the syrup and mix
add half of the flour
then add goodies then once combined add the rest of the flour
separate into approx 14 balls but do not flatten as they will spread.
once cooled you will have perfectly soft centred cookies

Thanks jayne cant wait to give this a try :)

L

Post 1 of homemade year

This could possibly be cheating slightly (i baked last night with emma as she couldnt wait until today!)
But my first post is in homage to cooking....
Me and Emma made this beautiful caramel and choc cake!
its a simple reciepe of 3 eggs, 4oz caster sugar, 4oz butter, and 4oz flour. i then put in to big spoond full of caramel and chocolate spread
i think it was a little to wet as it took a little longer than normal to bake but tastes divine.
i spread caramel on top then melted choc and caramel shavings, then popped it in the fridge to set. Why dont you give it a try!!