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Strawberry & Cream Sandwich Sponge

Strawberry & Cream Sandwich Sponge
Posted in : Cakes, Layer Cakes, Local Produce, Lockdown Baking, Recipes, Summer on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com
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With strawberry season in full swing, this is the perfect recipe to make use of fresh strawberries (or raspberries).  I actually grew these strawberries myself! Ingredients for the sponge 225g unsalted butter, at room temperature 225g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 large eggs 225g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder splash of
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Mini Egg Cake

Mini Egg Cake
Posted in : Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Layer Cakes, Lockdown Baking, Occasions, Recipes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com
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A perfect bake for Easter time, this cake will keep the kids happy during lockdown too! A three tier chocolate sponge, decorated with vanilla buttercream in different pastel shades and topped with Cadbury’s Mini Eggs. Recipe adapted from www.janespatisserie.com Ingredients for the sponge 400g Stork margarine 400g light brown sugar 340g self raising flour 60g
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Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird Cake
Posted in : Cakes, Layer Cakes, Recipes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

What better way to beat the January blues than with cake? Hummingbird cake is sure to add a bit of sunshine to the recent cold, dark days! It’s similar to carrot cake but contains banana, pineapple and pecans rather than carrots. It’s a beautifully moist cake covered in cream cheese frosting. This recipe is taken
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Gingerbread Cake

Gingerbread Cake
Posted in : Autumn, Cakes, Christmas, GBBO, Layer Cakes, Occasions, Recipes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

I’m really enjoying The Great British Bake Off this year.  The ‘Spice’ episode from a couple of weeks ago was right up my street and left me desperate to make a Gingerbread cake!  I turned to one of my favourite bloggers (Jane’s Patisserie) for inspiration!  Here I’ve followed Jane’s recipe (Christmas Gingerbread Cake) for the
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