I was contacted by Sugar and Crumbs to test, try and review some of their flavoured icing sugars. You can find their fantastic website at http://www.sugarandcrumbs.co.uk/. I was eager to try the products out, because I had seen so many of the Twitter baking community use Sugar and Crumbs in their bakes. The three flavours…
Peanut Butter Cake with a Chocolate Topping
Peanut butter is always a favourite with its rich smoothness working well with many other flavours. Whenever I make anything with peanut butter, I always like to celebrate both its smooth and crunchy counterpart, adding texture into all my peanut butter bakes. Here I create a smooth chocolate topping for the cake, which complements the…
Crunchy Cornflake Chicken Bites
One of the best things that I found during my #fdbloggerfriends series was the recipe from Jess and Josh Cook for their BBQ Honey Popcorn Chicken. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed it at home and I’ve made my own changes to the original recipe which you can find on https://jessandjoshcook.com/. I didn’t have the ingredients to make…
#fdbloggerfriends: Life In Full Flavour
So the very successful #fdbloggerfriends series is continuing today with Sarah from Life in Full Flavour! It’s been incredibly interesting to read Sarah’s responses to the questions, which I have included, I am also a Professor Layton fan! Hello! I’m Sarah and I blog over at Life in Full Flavour: http://www.infullflavour.com This is my first…
#fdbloggerfriends: Don’t Boil The Sauce!
The fifth blogger who has taken part in #fdbloggerfriends is Jason from Don’t Boil The Sauce, who hails from all the way down under! A Eurovision fanatic like me, I first found Jason when he baked his way through all the Technical Challenges from Bake Off and credit to him, I would not enjoy making…
#fdbloggerfriends: Ink Sugar Spice
We’re back with #fdbloggerfriends today and the lovely Lynn, who I met when we both went to the filming of An Extra Slice – you can read about my experience here – and we’ve been following each other of Twitter for ages! All of Lynn’s bakes are FANTASTIC and my particular favourite is the Spiral…
Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The perfect chocolate chip cookie is crunchy and crisp on the outside, soft in the centre with gooey melted chocolate in every bite. I admit I do often shy away from making cookies because all recipes for them tend not to be crunchy on the outside and soft in the centre but this recipe is…
National Cream Tea Day: A Trio of Scone Recipes
Friday 24th June is officially called National Cream Tea Day and no cream tea is not complete with a selection of light scones, served with jam and clotted cream. Making your own scones by hand is simple and easy – these take less than 30 minutes to make in total. Like with any scone recipe,…
#fdbloggerfriends: Food and Baker
Today on #fdbloggerfriends, we’re handing over to Jessica and James aka Food and Baker. This dynamic duo are dedicated bloggers and vloggers, who are very dedicated to their blog. I’m very happy to have Jessica and James take part in #fdbloggerfriends! We are Jessica Bautista & James Baker, and together we run a London based…
#fdbloggerfriends: Jess and Josh Cook
The next bloggers in my #fdbloggerfriends series are Jess and Josh Cook. Hailing from Brighton, this food loving couple are owners of one of my favourite blogs out there; I love their recipes and restaurant reviews. Read on to find out more… We’re a couple living down on the seafront in Brighton with our cat,…
#fdbloggerfriends: The Improving Cook
Welcome to my brand new series, fdbloggerfriends! In this series, I will be finding out a lot more about the food bloggers that I follow on Twitter and hopefully introduce you to some new blogs to read. Today we start with Victoria aka The Improving Cook. Hi, I’m delighted to be guest posting for Andrew…
Apple and Almond Pudding Cake
The best way to describe the texture of this cake is puddingy – and by that I mean it’s not light and fluffy like a sandwich cake rather it’s dense and gooey, almost like a brownie. The use of a whole 180g packet of ground almonds mean that the sponge is really moist with a…
Strawberry Cheesecake Buns
This sweet bun is a modern twist on classic Cantonese bread, combining the elements of a Chinese bun with the Western strawberry cheesecake. The enriched soft Chinese bread is wrapped around a sharp cheesecake filling and finished with desiccated coconut and strawberry jam. This is the second of my bakes for my Chinese bread series….
Chinese-style Cocktail Buns
A staple of the Chinese bakery is the Cocktail Bun. This Chinese bun, found in every Hong Kong bakery, is an enriched sweet bun with a buttery sweet coconut filling. It is said that this bun came about when a baker didn’t want to throw away any unsold breads so he crumbled it up with…
Mocha Choca Madeleines
The combination of chocolate and coffee is one of my favourites, whether that be in a liquid or an edible form. So when I came across a recipe for Mocha Choca Madeleines in John Whaite Bakes, I knew I just had to make them. Madeleines are traditional little scallop-shaped cakes that originate from the French…
Andrew in the Kitchen 