No recipes here (just links to them). This Friday was the Macmillan Big Coffee Day, and work did a GBBO-style content (with only a little prompting from me!)
There were 4 categories...small cakes, biscuits, savouries and layer cakes. I was going to do an entry into all 4, however I had a bit of a 'mare with my layer cake (I was going for a
Fraisier Cake, however the creme patisserie was too slack, and when I took the tin off it...slopped...somewhat!)
So, my 3 entries were;
Small Cakes :
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes - one of my "signature" bakes, though I think next time I want to give Banoffee Cupcakes a go instead (keep the meringue, but use a
Banana Bread base, and swap the lemon curd for a toffee sauce).
These cupcakes won a gold ribbon, and I still think they are great...nice and light, and the filling always gives a nice surprise!
Biscuits :
Viennese Whirls - I think a few people had watched GBBO, as these were not the only ones to turn up! I piped the icing in rosettes around the outside, with the jam as a large dollop in the middle, so that both fillings could be seen. In retrospect I should have done cookies (I was convinced otherwise), as the judges preferred those.
Savouries :
Mini Sausage Plaits - I had a lot of confidence in these...partly as people rarely think of savouries for bake sales (which is a mistake, they always sell far better), but these are fantastic, with some great flavours. I was proved right, as they started vanishing as soon as I got them out, and I had to hide some for judging. Gold ribbon, and 11 happy people (I obviously had one myself!)
So, my weakness is big cakes. Once I'm off my diet (I'm on a diet to drop a couple of kilos I put on over summer) I'll focus on doing some bigger cakes.
