Baked anything tasty lately?

Corkgirl18

Rolo cookie bars.
Will definitely be making again!

RentDayBlues

My littlest’s graduation cake

Chilli brownies. Bit overcooked but good flavour from a teaspoon of chilli powder added to a brownie recipe.

Also felt like a good idea with the heat! Curious what work will make of them tomorrow (or if I will be excommunicated)

Sabre0001

Made lemon cupcakes with a lemon curd core for the mother's birthday. Some mishaps along the way but happy with how they turned out in the end.

Corkgirl18

Baby Cheesecakes

RacoonQueen

Peanut butter stuffed brownies. I did these for a baking challenge on Instagram but I couldn't get decent pics So ended up just piling them on a plate to put up here
I probably could have done with leaving them overnight before cutting them but wanted to get photos in daylight then they turned out crap anyway.
Will bake again next weekend, went down well with the people who actually like peanut butter in work today. Also made fudge stuffed blondies but overcooked them because I didn't want to miss the end of the 5000m race at the european under 20s by running to the oven. :pac:

RacoonQueen

Nutella* stuffed brownies. Same recipe as above with chocolate rather than peanut butter. These are ridiculously delicious. I tend to make my brownies intensely dark and rich. The layer of sweet chocolate gooeyness against the rich dark choc flavour works really well.



*I hate nutella and this is actually SuperValu Hazelnut spread but Hazelnut Spread stuffed brownies doesn't quite have the same ring to it

B0jangles

Vegan orange cupcakes for my mother's birthday!

I'm not much of a baker but I'm really happy with how these came out - the piping's a bit mad because the orange zest in the 'buttercream' clogged up the nozzle horribly

gozunda

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Nutella* stuffed brownies. Same recipe as above with chocolate rather than peanut butter. These are ridiculously delicious. I tend to make my brownies intensely dark and rich. The layer of sweet chocolate gooeyness against the rich dark choc flavour works really well.



*I hate nutella and this is actually SuperValu Hazelnut spread but Hazelnut Spread stuffed brownies doesn't quite have the same ring to it

They look fantastic btw. I'm hungry now ...

Teeley

Does anyone have any tasty sugar free bun/cake/tray bake recipes?! Thanks.

dee_mc

Teeley wrote: »

Does anyone have any tasty sugar free bun/cake/tray bake recipes?! Thanks.

When you say sugar free do you mean using artificial sweetener in place of sugar, or do you mean "no added sugar" like using fruit etc instead of refined sugar, or something using maple syrup or honey in place of sugar?

Teeley

dee_mc wrote: »

When you say sugar free do you mean using artificial sweetener in place of sugar, or do you mean "no added sugar" like using fruit etc instead of refined sugar, or something using maple syrup or honey in place of sugar?

Thanks for your reply..I'm looking for recipes with fruit, honey or maple syrup instead of refined sugar. I don't want to use artificial sweeteners.

RentDayBlues

I make a nice flapjack that’s sugar and gluten free - I use honey and maple syrup. Sadly, it’s not calorie free

Teeley

RentDayBlues wrote: »

I make a nice flapjack that’s sugar and gluten free - I use honey and maple syrup. Sadly, it’s not calorie free

Calories are not an issue..just trying to cut out sugar in my family’s diet! Would love the recipe please.

RentDayBlues

Teeley wrote: »

Calories are not an issue..just trying to cut out sugar in my family’s diet! Would love the recipe please.

My kids love these!

200 g unsalted butter
125ml honey
125ml maple syrup
150 g chopped dates
400 g porridge oats
100 g pumpkin seeds

Melt butter, honey and maple syrup
Add all other ingredients
Press into a square tin - make sure to really press it in so it keeps its shape

Bake for 25mins at 180degrees

Leave in tin to cool - I normally put in the fridge before I cut into squares

RentDayBlues

RentDayBlues wrote: »

My kids love these!

200 g unsalted butter
125ml honey
125ml maple syrup
150 g chopped dates
400 g porridge oats
100 g pumpkin seeds

Melt butter, honey and maple syrup
Add all other ingredients
Press into a square tin - make sure to really press it in so it keeps its shape

Bake for 25mins at 180degrees

Leave in tin to cool - I normally put in the fridge before I cut into squares

I normally double up the recipe and get about 60 slices out of it - they keep so well in the fridge

Teeley

RentDayBlues wrote: »

I normally double up the recipe and get about 60 slices out of it - they keep so well in the fridge

They sound delicious!..thank you.

pwurple

Teeley wrote: »

They sound delicious!..thank you.

Just in case you got the wrong end of the stick there, as you said you are trying to remove sugar from diets. Honey and maple syrup are both sugars...

RentDayBlues

pwurple wrote: »

Just in case you got the wrong end of the stick there, as you said you are trying to remove sugar from diets. Honey and maple syrup are both sugars...

Natural sugars - they would be considered “sugar free” for baking purposes

Toulouse

My wedding cake!

Small tier was lemon filled with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd, medium was carrot cake and large was red velvet, both filled with cream cheese frosting. All covered with Swiss meringue buttercream.

The chocolate one was gluten free, filled with cream cheese frosting and covered with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream.

Dizzyblonde

Toulouse wrote: »

My wedding cake!

Small tier was lemon filled with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd, medium was carrot cake and large was red velvet, both filled with cream cheese frosting. All covered with Swiss meringue buttercream.

The chocolate one was gluten free, filled with cream cheese frosting and covered with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream.

It's fabulous - and huge congratulations!

tickingclock

Wow, serious skill in those cakes especially with the piping. Congratulations

sdp

beautiful cakes! and Congratulations

Muahahaha

I dont suppose anyone here has Aldis Ambiano stand mixer. Its coming up again on Sunday for €60 and was thinking of buying. Though the description says "Operation time of 4 mins approx". Im not sure if that refers to full speed or just any speed but would it be enough to knead pizza dough, whip cream, etc?

Gloomtastic!

Muahahaha wrote: »

I dont suppose anyone here has Aldis Ambiano stand mixer. Its coming up again on Sunday for €60 and was thinking of buying. Though the description says "Operation time of 4 mins approx". Im not sure if that refers to full speed or just any speed but would it be enough to knead pizza dough, whip cream, etc?

Bought an Aldi Stand Mixer a good few years ago. Not sure if it’s the same model. I use it for dough kneading. The stand isn’t strong enough to handle dough so I use it by hand. The dough attachments are a bit loose but do the job. Mrs G! uses the stand for whipping cream and cake mixtures no problem.

So for a fraction of the cost of a Kenwood or Kitchen Aid it does what’s needed - just!

Muahahaha

How do you mean you do dough by hand ? Like you start in the stand mixer first but then have to finish it by kneading on a counter top? Im trying to get away from kneading, it would be the main reason Id buy it but would want something that kneads it start to finish

Gloomtastic!

I meant that my mixer is detachable from the stand and you can use it by hand but I’ve just seen a picture of the mixer you are looking at and it doesn’t look like that is an option.

It does however, come with a three year warranty so keep the receipt and any problems, just send it back.

B0jangles

I looked up a few reviews of the standard aldi stand mixer and it does sound like it can cope with bread dough, as long as it's not a very heavy/dense dough. There's a dough hook included, so they can hardly claim its not designed for kneading. I'd say at 60 quid it's worth trying out, if it's not up to the job you can always return it.

Muahahaha

Yeah I'm going to grab one on Sunday. I cant justify spending €300+ on a Kenwood or Kitchen Aid as Id only use it occasionally so this for €60 should fit the bill. Have read a few reviews of it online and they're mainly quite positive.

Gloomtastic!

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah I'm going to grab one on Sunday. I cant justify spending €300+ on a Kenwood or Kitchen Aid as Id only use it occasionally so this for €60 should fit the bill. Have read a few reviews of it online and they're mainly quite positive.

Let us know how it goes please, especially the kneading dough bit. :P