Chocolate & Hazlenut Loaf Cake

I decided to see if I convert the recipe for the Orange and Fig cake (below):

I swapped the ground almonds for ground hazlenuts
I swapped the fruit juice and zest for hazlenut syrup (Monin coffee syrup) and vanilla extract
I swapped the extra virgin olive oil for hazlenut oil
I added a cup of copped hazlenuts (toasted) and chocolate chunks
I topped with chocolate sauce made by microwaving 50g dark chocolate, 120g milk chocolate, 50g unsalted butter and 1 tbsp of golden syrup for 1 minute
I poured the sauce over the cakes (made two again) and added a few whole toasted hazlenuts  

Olive Ol, Orange, Honey & Fig Loaf Cake

Recipe from the Jamie Oliver Magazine:

300g Sugar
3 Eggs
200g Flour
125g Ground Almonds
Zest of 1 Lemon (I skipped this)
Zest & Juice of 2 Oranges
125ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
100ml Milk
4 Figs (I used 8 chopped not halved and they were dried not fresh))
3 Tbsp Honey (I just squezzed it from the bottle onto the cakes without measuring)
I added 1 Tbsp of Orange Extract (Sainsburys Valencian Orange Extract)
180 Degrees Celcius
I used 2 standard loaf tins for all this mixture and lined them with the ready bought liners
I cooked them for 30 mins not the 40 mins it says then added the figs ontop and honey and only put in for another 10 mins.
Really really moist and tasty.

Grandma's 80th Birthday Cake

And the completed cake:

Fondant Owls

My first attempt at using fondant - not too bad even if I do say so myself! These are for my Grandma's 80th birthday cake. It's the boozy Christmake made from the recipe on www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk I am still feeding it with more brandy for another week before decorating it.

Ziggy's 1st Birthday Cake

The Hummingbird Bakey Brooklyn Blackout Cake covered with blue icing, chocolate Pocky biscuits, edible glitter, edible white pearls (bubbles) and duck candles. He liked I think?

 

 

Mini Kahlua Cupcakes

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Mini Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes

Wow - really good, perfect for a party they have quite a kick!

Black Forest FroYo

I used full fat Greek yoghurt, honey, toasted almonds, morello cherry jam and some chuks of chocolate covered marzipan. Yummy flavour but I made a big mistake. I thought 3 hours of freezing the drum would be enough but it wasn't so it didn't really churn and went quite hard. Next froyo I will freeze the drum overnight.

Nutella Crinkle Cookies

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Nutcrackle

I made these for my friend Bonny's 31st birthday present and they went down very well!

Homemade Pizza

 

We used the base from Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home, then for sauce I roased some home grown tomatoes in olive oil and salt and pepper then sqaushed them through a seive. IU then heated the sauce through with some oregano, a garlic crushed clove and splash of balsamic vinager. Then spead some blobs of pesto, some pine nuts, some sliced onions, peppers, olives and mushrooms and covered with mozzerella - way better than Dominoes! 

 

 

Killer Valrhona Brownies

Killer Valrhona Brownies - Tea with Bea

Amazing!!!!

I didn't use any coconut, I swapped it for hazlenut paste but no question that they are the best brownies ever - so fudgey and chocolatey 10 out 10!