Happy Valentine's Day

Sadly I was too slow to get one, but there was a huge box of these
super-cute mini cupcakes in the office today.

Thanks Rach, Nige and Leona for letting me photograph yours.

I'll just go hungry, it's fine.

Vanilla choc chip cookies

Very simple, but very tasty, here are some vanilla choc chip cookies...

I roughly chopped a bar of dark chocolate rather than using choc chips,
as then you get nice big chunks of gooey chocolate.

I also added some chopped brazil nuts, almonds and hazelnuts
for added crunch and flavour.

Double choc cookies for Catrin

Here are some double chocolate cookies I made for
Atb creative director Catrin's birthday...


The recipe is from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook and
contains a mere 450g of dark chocolate for 12 cookies.

Yep, they're pretty hardcore... the perfect accompaniment
to a poster advocating excessive alcohol consumption.

Ever happy to pose for a photo, here's Cookieface.

Blondies for Rachel

It was Rachel's birthday, so I made her some blondies.

That's right, blondies.

They are brownies but with white chocolate.

For good measure, I also added chopped milk chocolate
and crushed Dime bars.

A winning combination, though I do say it myself.

Stem ginger cupcakes

I got the Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery book for Christmas so

decided to make some ginger cupcakes.

They are super-treacley and tangy, much denser and
stronger in flavour than usual cupcakes, so great for Christmas time.

They feature black molasses, treacle and stem ginger pieces,
so are not for the faint-hearted.

To finish, slather in ginger fudge icing and
sprinkle with demerara sugar...

Flu cakes™ for Sandra

It was Sandra's birthday last week but unfortunately she
was off sick with flu...

As she is one of Alice the baker's most valued customers
I knew I couldn't get away with not making something.

So I made her favourite - lemon - but with a *hilarious* twist...
Edible rice paper crumpled up to look like used tissues.

I stopped short of adding a snot substitute
and was duly reprimanded by my highbrow colleagues.

Here is Sandra showcasing the attractive tupperware
box I transported the flu cakes™ in...

And here she is, delicately sampling a flu cake™.

I think she ate approximately five that day,
the highlight being the one she stuffed whole as she left the office.

Pumpkin pie

We were going to make a Thanksgiving dinner, but my awkward
eating habits put paid to that idea, (I don't really like turkey, sorry).

Instead, I said I would make a pumpkin pie, so here it is!

Served warm with creme fraiche. Mmmm...