Good afternoon to all my followers i have been very busy with orders and i am trying to get back into my blog as you can see i am moving things around and i am now going to be adding single seperate pages to show you in more depth of how to make cakes and some of my recipes that i use to make cakes there is alot of work still to be done on here so plz bare with me.x

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