Hi to my followers sorry it has been soooo long been really busy i do miss writing on here !! i will be showing you alot more recipes and my favorite books,just bare with me and i will be back on my saddle and show you all of the new stuff i have been doing in my kitchen !!.

Hi i hope you are all enjoying my blog me telling and showing you the things i love and some books that i think have some good idea's and great recipes in !!! This blog at the start was about showing you sweet creations work the cakes but now the months have gone by now i want to show to you all that its not just about looking at something pretty it's about how you make it and having down to earth recipes that work and show you home baked cooking !! i love making desserts for the family at home it relax's me so much even after a long day at work .
I am going to keep showing you more and more of what i like and more interesting recipes and i hope i keep you all interested have a good week !.

Hi my followers well what a week i have been tied to my bed been poorly and not been able to get out of bed !!,plus my 9yr old daughter went away to france with her grandad so i was really missing her and i have a treat for you all , i told her to take some pici's of any of the cakes,macarons out there so if you scroll down you will see the pici's i have posted i hope you like .xxx

Hi i hope you are liking some of my favorites which i have added further down the page !! these are things that i wanted to post on here to my followers to show you  what i like and who inspires me as a pastry chef and a home baker !!i will be adding some more of my favorite cook books and yes show you how i am getting along with my new recipe for madelines i hope i am keeping you interested it would be great to get some feed back and if you want to know how to join on  here scroll down and press join the site thanks post more news soon .xxx

Strawberry champagne gateaux

Hi i hope you luv my champagne and strawberry gateaux ,it was great fun making it and before you say where is the champagne it is not in the step by step on the pici's below because i was making this one for my family where my kids will be eating this one !! in the reicepe it will have the champagne ,because this is a real treat for adults it really is a show stopper at anyones dinner party!!.With the strawberries try to get fresh not frozen ,the frozen strawberries the quality is not very good at all !!and they are very watery !,i used a rugby,sugar flair for the sponge colour to get that cherry colour and a good quality butter goes along way aswell ,i always make sure all my ingrediants are fresh and good quality so what ever your making will turn out good.Some time this week when i can fit it in i am going back to the drawing board on my madelines and i have some great flavours to show you and what you can do with madelines i am hoping to do a site on facebook just madelines so watch out !!!.

RECIPE

CHAMPAGNE STRAWBERRY GATEAUX

400g soft butter
400g caster sugar
8 eggs
seeds of vanilla pods
4 drops of vanilla extract
4tsp baking powder
400g plain flour

FILLING
1 punnet of fresh strawberries
half a wine glass of champagne
500g soft butter
strawberry jam to glaze and layer through the cake.
icing sugar.

Mix your soft butter and caster sugar together in a mixing bowl with a whisk and blend untill it becomes light and fluffy and pale in colour !!,then add half the eggs and half the flour with the baking powder in ,and mix again  then when all mixed add the last of the eggs and flour to the mix and blend untill all the mixture comes together to a nice smooth paste .pour cake mixture into your prepared tins and bake at 180c.

Strawberrys need to be washed and drained then hurled into the champagne say just for 30mins to 1hour max ,then bring them out and start slicing them nice and thin for decorating your gateaux and layering them in your cake!!.
Butter cream ,place your soft butter in a mixing bowl and for about 5 to 10
mins whisk the butter so it becomes soft and pale then add your rugby sugar flair paste to it and about 2oog of icing sugar and see what that is like to your sweetness once your buttercream is done your ready to go to start layering your cake.

cappacino and cherry cheescake brownie

Hi i have been unwell for one week so i thought to cheer me up today i made a cappacino and cherry cheesecake brownie .I am so pleased with the turn out of this recipe i have tweeked to my liking !!! as you can see i have made cherry chocolate brownie on my old post where my son who is eating it lol... i thought i would show you again another take on cherry brownie with a cheescake topping ,in our house hold we really do love it ,but with a nice coffee ,cappacino flavour in there it does really taste great.ingrediants and how to do the puddings are coming for my red cherry bread and buter pud and this one .xxx

black cherry bread and butter pudding

Hi there my followers i have just posted my black cherry bread and butter pudding this one i make isn't for the light hearted !!! This dessert is so tasty and one of my favorites because i do mix it up a bit with this one by putting in almonds ,white chocolate is a good one to use in this dessert aswell ,the thing with bread and butter pudding is that you can put in so many differn't flavours its great !!I use brioche in my reicepe and also put some vanilla essence in the cream and milk to give some more flavour ,and i like to use light golden caster sugar instead of white caster sugar ,to me all these small difference's do make the difference.

I am going to run a cupcake courses in northamptonshire my first one !!!! i am so excited ,in january to learn the basic of cupcakes from the sponge to show you how to make a great cupcake sponge to the buttercream then the top with the sugar paste plus the basic flowers !! the course starts at £95.00 for basic so if you are interested let me know on 07758736684 and if you are interested in any of the cakes and designs and would like to place an order you can phone on here to we order around oxfordshire and northamptonshire .xxx

Hi my followers i hope you all had a great weekend ! these new cupcakes with the large flowers were for a big order for a wedding !! they took some time but they were well worth it i hope you all like ,it's the first time i had used the blue spray on the flowers i think it looks stunning ! watch out i will be using it again ,i am at the moment waiting on some paints from squires kitchen to do some more hand painted cakes so watch out !!.xx

Hi everyone i hope you are all like the cakes that are on my blog at the momemnt i am getting quite alot of orders on my cakes so not been able to write as much as i would like on here !!! but i am going to make sure i make time on here because i love sharing my idea's with you .
The rainbow cake was my first time of doing it and i am so pleased with it !! i used ,extra red,ruby,dusky pink ,pink,and the last sponge i kept normal.
I used a cherry buttercream to decorate the cake and inside some strawberry jam and more of the cherry buttercream between the layers .sprayed my cherries with some gold edible spray paint for a lovely finish .

GOLD CAKE with my painted floweres that i did ,it was a rainy sunday afternoon and i thought why not do a cake with flowers on because i love drawing so i thought all the colours i was thinking would look great on gold ,i am planning on doing another painted cake so watch this space .xxx

Hi everyone i hope everyone is loving sweet creations designs if you would like to follow us on face book we are under SWT CREATION .If you have any questions about the cakes or if you would like to put in a order you can contact us on info@cakehouse.uk.com  i am going to next week posting some macaroon towers wish me luck have good weekend .xx

wedding collection

Hi there i hope you like my little baby blue vintage wedding cakes they were great to make and they are made with a vanilla and lemon butter cream .first time in doing the lines on the flowered cake and i am very happy with it as you can see i love using gold in my cakes i just think it makes the cakes look stunning .

Hi sorry about there has been nothing put on for a few months been moving house and very busy with orders i hope to show you some more of sweet creations designs a lot more coming !!!! summer 2012.xx

BEA'S OF BLOOMSBURY RECIPE BOOK 19th feb 2012

I have sooooooo many cook books i have some piled on the flloor in stacks lol !!! i just wanted to show you some of my favorite books and what i think of them .
Bea's of Bloomsbury i was very impressed with the cakes that where shown in the book the look to me in the book seemed to have a glossy vintage feel .I tried there red velvet cake which i made at home for the family it was wonderful lovely and light and the extra red flair food colouring really made the difference !!!.and the flavour with all the cream cheese and cream i don't think i could walk that night lol!!!  .I also tried there Rocky fudge bars which the recipe was once again easy to read and follow and they too where a success,the kids loved them .What i liked about this book the recipes seem very solid ,and the cakes look fantastic aswell as being fantastic in the taste .I love it that they do give you there tips and what they think works well with the cakes ,i love the fact that there is a variety of cakes in this book from muffins to cupcakes to cheescake to trifle .I hope followers you like this book as much as i do i give it 8out of 10.

sweet creations

Hi my fellow followers ,i hope you like some of my new designs more to come later this week !! i am going to tell you what i think are the best tea-rooms around !!!!!..

CHERRY CHOCOLATE BROWNIE RECIPE

Preparation time:15min
Cooking time 25min
Makes 56

600g unsalted butter
600g dark chocolate minimum 60% cocoa solids
broken into pieces.
900g granulated sugar
2 tablespoon vanilla extract
400g plain flour
2 teaspoon salt
500g dried cherries

Preheat oven 180c/350f/gas mark 4

Place butter and chocolate in heatproof bowl over a saucepan .
Beat the eggs ,sugar and vanilla extract together in a bowl until the mixture is thick and creamy and coats the back of the spoon.Once butter and chocolate is melted remove from the heat and beat in the egg mixture,Sift the flour and salt together,then add them to the mixture and continue to beat until smooth ,then stir in dried cherries.Pour into roasting tin ensuring the mixture is evenly distrubuted  in the tin i then break some left over dark chocolate and sprinkle over the mix to give more texture .In the oven a light brown crust should form ,the brownie should not wobble ,but should remain gooey on the inside.leave to cool for 20 mins before you get you hands on it !!!.

cherry chocolate brownie

HI i am such a lover of chocolate brownie it is such a good chocolate fix when you have the cravings ,but i must confess i could eat it all the time lol!!
i love that you can mix a chocolate brownie up by  putting nuts ,mint ,orange,etc the list goes on .
For dinner partys it's great by adding a favorite ice-cream of your choice or bailys cream that tastes soo good !!.
Kids cannot resist the temptations of the CHOCOLATE BROWNIE. Leaving only sticky fingers and smiling faces.

MACAROONS MY FAVORITES

WELCOME 2012

Later this week i am going to be showing you some more of my favorites of what i think are some of the best tea-rooms around and more cakes and wedding cakes that i think are great too !!!
I will be showing you some of my designs on my cakes with the recipes to go with them and some of my courture cupcakes which should give you some ideas for you to get started !!!.Soon to come.

MACAROONS MY FAVORITES

Hi fellow followers , am showing  you some of my favorite designs on how you can use macaroons on cakes ,these are some of my favorites ,i am a great fan of macaroons it took me a few days to get them perfect !!!!  and make shapes like hearts ,flower like shapes ,and dust them with icing suagar and variety of prints   ,sprinkles .And the same with the fillings there are so many to choose from ,my favorite macaroons our coconut and pineapple macaroons  they are so yummy !!!Here is a great reicepe i was given and have never looked back i use this one every time.

makes 16
75g ground almonds
115g icing sugar
2 large eggs whites
50g caster sugar
half a tsp vanilla extract

place the ground almonds and icing sugar process for 10 -15 seconds
sift mixture into bowl .
Place the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk until holding soft peaks ,gradually whisk until holding soft peaks .Gradually whisk in the caster sugar to make a firm ,glossy meringue,whisk in the vanilla extract.
Using a spatula fold the almond mixture into the meringue one third at a time ,when all the dry ingredients are throughly incorporated ,continue to cut and fold the mixture until it forms a shiny batter with a thick ,ribbon-like consistency.
Pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with  a plain nozzle ,pipe 32small rounds onto the prepared baking sheets  .tap the baking sheets firmly onto a work surface to remove air bubbles .leave at room temperature for 30min so when you touch the macaroon there is nothing sticking to your finger the macaroon should have a shiny film on top.Preheat the oven 160/325f/gas mark 3
Bake in the preheated oven 10-15mins,cool for 10mins then carefully peel the macaroons of the baking paper ,then leave to cool completely.Enjoy!!