I know, I know, yet another Guinness recipe, this time there is a reason behind my Guinness craziness, I was making this espically for my cousin who I was going to visit. I remember him saying he really enjoyed eating Guinness chocolate cake, so I thought, I would reminisce his time of eating…
Category: Cakes
Sticky Guinness & Ginger traybake
As I was making Guinness Brownies for my friends birthday I knew I would have some Guinness left over. I wanted to use up the Guinness in trying different recipes. My boss recommend this recipe and has made a number of times, when I first heard about the idea of Guinness and ginger I couldn’t…
Mini Lemon and Poppy Seed Bundt Cakes
I love these mini bundt tins, they are so cute aren’t they? I was so grateful that my dad brought the tin for me. Although I have had these tins for a while I haven’t used it. I know, tut tut naughty me! I decided I wanted to make a lemon and poppy seed…
Sour cream walnut cake
I’m such a fan of any type of nuts and think they work so well with chocolate (leading of subject). I came across this recipe of walnut cake and come to think about it, it’s just like coffee and walnut cake but without the coffee! however this recipe is different as it has sour…
Lime, Coconut and Pistachio Loaf Cake
This cake reminded me of being on a tropical holiday with the flavours of coconut and lime. I haven’t made a cake containing lime in and it was quite refreshing. I liked the recipe but I wanted to make a few extra changed. I added a little bit of pistachio to give it…
Easter inspired Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache
As it was Easter weekend we had family round and I already decided to made a Victoria sponge I thought I should make another cake for all those who wanted a different cake, although it’s still a basic cake I made a chocolate cake. I wanted to jazz the cake up for the…
3 Layer Victoria Sponge Cake with Cream and Strawberries
I have family members who absolutely love Victoria Sponge out of any cakes the plain sponge is their ultimate favourite. This weekend was all about family time which is great. I always get excited about making 3 layer cakes. I found them so sophisticated and look so elegant. The extra layer is also that…
Mini Ricotta and Raspberry Cakes
I had some lovely raspberries that I wanted to use in some baking and came across this interesting recipe, I liked that it used ricotta cheese in it. In the end I wasn’t too sure about these cakes, they were OK but nothing special. I liked the little hit of raspberries but I…
My Mother’s Day Strawberry and Cream Cake
My mother dearest loves a bit of strawberries and cream. I have seen strawberry cake recipes and thought this would be a perfect cake for Mother’s Day. The cake has actual pureed strawberries in it. Most of the recipes I found added food colouring to make it have that atheistically pleasing colour, but I…
Tiramisu Cake
Recently I have become to really a fan of Tiramisu. I always get excited by recipes or anything to do with Tiramisu. I do really like coffee and it does go well with cream. Tiramisu is really indulgent, rich, creamy and yes, quite a fatty dessert but just so yummy. I think it’s always good to…
