Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Summer Fruits Pavlova

Wow, doesn't time fly as this Summer Fruits Pavlova I made was actually made on the 22nd of May 2011. But time just flies. Well anyway, this Pavlova is made from home-made meringue and then some vanilla cream and topped with summer fruits that I defrosted from the freezer. Here's a photo of the finished Pavlova.


3 Course Meal

Hello Everyone, I'm afraid I don't have any photos of the meal I cooked but I'll tell you what I made. Well for starters I made 'Crispy poached egg with asparagus' and for main I made 'Rib-eye steak with sauté potatoes, peas and a herb butter' and for dessert I made 'Floating islands with a vanilla custard'. I have to say it was lovely and after eating it all I was full.

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Coffee & Walnut Cake



Back Again... Today I've made a coffee & walnut cake for my Grandad's birthday tomorrow. It was very easy to make and the recipe is easy to remember. The cake was crispy on the outside and soft in the middle - A perfect textured cake!!

Tuna Salad




Dad loves his salad and when ever he has one it's usually made by me. But I make different designs nearly every time I make a salad - once I've made a face and another I've made different patterns but today I just felt creative and decided to make it like this, (Pictures above). The salad is made from tuna & sweetcorn, lettuce, onions etc drizzled in olive oil.

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Mojito Cupcakes






And again using my new cook book - The Humming Bird Bakery. I made these cupcakes for my Mum as she loves Mojito's. But these are basically sponge, but with Mojito in them, bit of mint and lime and I just topped them with little milk chocolate hearts and lime. But again I didn't bake them today - I baked them Monday but again I forgot to post them.

Cherry Cupcakes






And Again using my new cookbook - The Humming Bird Bakery, I found some very nice Cherry Cupcakes. I made these for my Dad as he loves cherries. Its just chopped cherries in sponge and then the icing on the top is just a simple almond butter icing and it's just topped with a cherry. But I didn't actually bake them today I made them Monday but I just forgot to post them.

Spiderweb Cheesecake





It's taken me a while to upload but I actually baked it on Monday. Its was actually quite easy to make - I have to say it was very tasty. When I started to do the spider-web on top I thought it was going to go wrong but it turned out well. I got the recipe out of my new cookbook - The Humming Bird Bakery cookbook.