As you can see from my previous post (http://aspoonfulofsugarblog.com/2012/07/01/diamond-jubilee-party/), I made a Union Jack cake for my Jubilee party at the weekend. I’ve had quite a lot of requests from people asking how I made it, so here goes! INGREDIENTS For the sponge: 350g (12oz) soft margarine (I used Stork)…
For the base 150g Digestive biscuits or Graham Crackers 75g butter, melted 1 tbsp caster sugar For the filling 375g cream cheese, at room temperature 112g caster sugar 2 medium eggs 150ml double/heavy cream 30ml lemon juice Splash of vanilla extract Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan)/350°F and line a…
When I asked my friend Jordan what kind of cake he’d like for his birthday, he replied…“Is it possible to make a Nutella cake? Does such a thing exist? I bloody hope so”. I knew there I was one place to look….Nigella Lawson. And I was right! Here’s how I did…
It was my friend’s Mike’s birthday last week so I decided to make him a carrot cake seeing as its his favourite. If you like carrot cake, please try out this recipe as it really was delicious… INGREDIENTS For the sponge: 350g (12½ oz) carrots, grated 56g (2oz) pecans, roughly…
It’s my chocoholic friend’s birthday today so last night I decided to make her the chocolatiest (is that a word??) cake I could. I remembered a recipe I saw in Edd Kimber’s new baking book for his Ultimate Chocolate Cake. A 3-sponge chocolate cake with ganache in between each layer…
When I was a little girl I loved to watch my mum bake and I especially loved when I could join in. Butterfly cakes were my favourite because a) they’re so easy to make and b) it was my job to ‘make’ the butterflies i.e. cut the tops off and…
So this weekend I tried out Nigella’s Devils Food Cake. Wow! Its dark and sumptuous and rich and so, so chocolatey. This will be a sure hit for chocoholics. INGREDIENTS for the cake: 50g best-quality cocoa powder, sifted 100g dark muscovado sugar 250ml boiling water 125g soft unsalted butter, plus…
