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The 55th Bake: Mary’s Princesstarta

I was looking for a good cake to bake for a parrrtttyyy!!  My samba teacher Gabi was inspired by my baking and decided to hold a Samba Passion Cultural food day at her house.  In addition she needed a cake to celebrate one of the teams 30th birthdays, so that was me done for the day…Baking on!!!  I liked the look of this Princesstarta as it has several layers, vanilla custard and cream, not to mention the home made marzipan icing!!  Wow, flash. (more…)

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The 53rd Bake: Cherry & Almond Battenberg Cake

Well this looks interesting.  I’ve been looking forward to having a go at a Battenberg Cake, ever since I saw it being made as a technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off. It was first made in 1884 to honour the marriage of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenberg.  It looks hard…Eeeeeeek.  (more…)

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The 35th Bake: Gateau de l’Opera

I baked this Gateau de l’Opera on Sunday afternoon.  I had flicked through the recipe book to cakes thinking Sunday was a good day to attempt one as I had more time.  A simple three layered sponge popped out at me from the photo, a little bit involved but should Read more…

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The 21st Bake: Victoria Sandwich Cake

  I took the dog for a walk through the Roy Clements Treeway after buying the next lot of ingredients for my bake today.  I was out of selfraising flour, caster sugar and mascarpone crème(surprise surprise!) but the other ingredients were pretty essential so I tootled off to the local Read more…

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