This recipe was a true invention on the spot for when me and my flatmates were all craving brownies one night. I just needed something sweet and chocolaty and rich and sticky and brownies were the only solution. In the end, I came up with my Double Chocolate Chunk Brownies. I looked in my recipe…
Tag: Cakes
Spiced Christmas Tree Cake
Christmas is most definitely on the way… how can you tell? Well I went into Tesco the other day and they played 8 Christmas songs in a row. It instantly put me in the festive mood so what better time to share my recipe for this Spiced Christmas Tree Cake. I found this Christmas tree…
National Bundt Day: Pink Lemonade Drizzle Bundt Cake
Today is National Bundt Cake Day! Characterised by their intensely detailed shapes, bundt cakes have grown immensely in popularity with Nigella Lawson having 3 different bundt cake recipes in Simply Nigella and Paul Hollywood using the fleur-de-lis bundt tin for the Savarin technical challenge on Bake Off. Bundt tins can be fairly expensive for the…
Mini Glazed Lemon and Almond Loaves
My Glazed Lemon Almond Loaf Cake has been one of my family’s favourite cakes of mine and I’m always being nagged to make it. These little loaves use the same recipe except the smaller tins make this cake look incredibly dainty and perfect for when you want a small slice of cake with a cup…
Cornflake Streusel Cake: Revamped
This is a revamped version of the original Cornflake Crumble Cake but this version is much lighter and fluffier. A simple way to elevate any cake is by adding a streusel topping, a mixture of flour, butter and sugar almost like a crumble. My little twist on the classic streusel is to use Demerara sugar…
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…
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…
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…
Nigella Lawson’s Lemon Yoghurt Pot Cake
No matter how much I watch Nigella Lawson, this recipe will always be my favourite one that I’ve made; her Lemon Yoghurt Pot Cake from Nigellissima is a soft delicate cake which is incredibly moist and light. Nigella suggests using a savarin mould (or ciambella) but without such a mould, I had to root around…
Vanilla and Chocolate Marble Traybake with Triple Chocolate Decorations
It was a few friends’ birthdays and we’ve just finished mock exams at school so I decided to treat everyone by making a cake to celebrate. I had the idea of doing a traybake because it is just so incredibly easy to portion up once it’s baked and it’s also a great way of making…
Neapolitan ‘Ice Cream’ Petit Fours and Neapolitan Cake
You might remember that I went to a filming of An Extra Slice back in September. You can read my account of the day by clicking here. I took a cake along to the filming and the week’s theme was Patisserie. I scream inside! How can I ever make something to match the skills of…
Intensely Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes
My best friend recently celebrated his 18th birthday and I came up with this recipe for these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes. Having read quite a few cookbooks in my time, most peanut butter recipes always seem to end up using 2 jars of peanut butter and whilst it tastes brilliant, it can be quite rich…
Ultimate Lemon Drizzle Traybake
I have a lot of favourite cakes but my Ultimate Lemon Drizzle Cake has to be up in the top 5. A sweet and sticky lemon sponge with a crunchy sugary topping, it is an absolute classic! This recipe is slightly revamped and has been tested 4 times and it’s come out perfect every single…
My Thoughts on Chocolate Week
The semi-finals saw the tension rise like the soufflés in the Technical Challenge and a collapsed showstopper as well as the wrong baker eliminated for me! But we have our three finalists, Nadiya, Tamal and Ian! The Signature was a Chocolate Tart. Sounds simple enough except the pressure was on and none of the bakers…
Behind the Scenes at ‘An Extra Slice’
I was lucky enough to attend the filming of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice with some members of the Sunday Baking Club for Week 8, Patisserie Week. You can find my review of that week by clicking here. The date is Friday 11th September and the theme for Week 8 has been…
Andrew in the Kitchen 