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Baked anything tasty lately?

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    #1142
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    I must try that to compare and contrast :)

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    #1143
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Cherry and almond oat breakfast buns.
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    #1144
    [Deleted User]
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    Flapjacks & a chocolate topping brought into work today. Because it's Friday.

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    #1145
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,276 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    Where do you work? I want to work there too!


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    #1146
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,108 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I made a banana loaf yesterday - there's not much left.

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    #1147
    Rockiemalt
    Registered Users Posts: 866 ✭✭✭Rockiemalt


    kylith wrote: »
    Cherry and almond oat breakfast buns.
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    These sound and look lovely, could you share the recipie please?


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    #1148
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Sure thing!

    4 cups porridge oats
    1cup dried cherries
    1 cup flaked almonds
    1 tsp baking powder
    Half tsp salt
    Quarter cup brown sugar
    Third cup honey/golden syrup
    2.3 cups milk (or plant based alternative)
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 tsp almond essence

    Mix, divide (12 buns/6 muffins/one big slab), bake at 180 for approx 20 minutes. If making 12 approx 175cal per bun


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    #1149
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,246 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Mmmm Dizzyblonde that banana loaf looks gorgeous - what recipe do you use? :)


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    #1150
    Dizzyblonde
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    leahyl wrote: »
    Mmmm Dizzyblonde that banana loaf looks gorgeous - what recipe do you use? :)

    It's an Odlums one that isn't on their site anymore. I tried the Hummingbird Bakery recipe and it wasn't as nice as this one.


    225g/8oz self raising flour
    125g/4oz butter
    125g/4oz soft brown sugar
    2 eggs
    2 large bananas (mashed)
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    100g packet chocolate chips

    1. Preheat oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3. Lightly grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.
    2. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, mashed banana and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat well (though I prefer to cream the butter and sugar a bit first)
    3. Add the flour and stir into the mixture. Finally, gently stir in the chocolate chips.
    4. Transfer to the prepared tin, Smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
    5. Bake in a central oven position for about 50 minutes until well risen and a knife gently pressed into the bread comes out clean.
    6. Allow to rest in tin for about 10 minutes then turn onto a wire tray to cool.
    7. When cold wrap in greaseproof paper and tinfoil.


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    #1151
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,432 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    2 ingredient macaroons....
    I can condensed milk,
    I bag of dessicated coconut,

    Method..
    Mix..

    And chuck in the oven either in a shallow roasting pan as a tray bake,
    Or use 2 oiled spoons to make individual macaroons,
    But grease the pan well, cos it sticks like crazy,

    I don't have any pics, because they didn't last long enough...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #1152
    Dizzyblonde
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    Markcheese wrote: »
    2 ingredient macaroons....
    I can condensed milk,
    I bag of dessicated coconut,

    Method..
    Mix..

    And chuck in the oven either in a shallow roasting pan as a tray bake,
    Or use 2 oiled spoons to make individual macaroons,
    But grease the pan well, cos it sticks like crazy,

    I don't have any pics, because they didn't last long enough...

    What temperature and for how long?


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    #1153
    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    My baby’s birthday last week so we had unicorn cookies and a rainbow dash cake


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    #1154
    Markcheese
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    What temperature and for how long?

    180 degrees and about 20 mins as a tray bake, about 12 to 15 mins as individual macaroons..

    And I did a version with the caramelised condensed milk, (the banoffee pie stuff), sea salt and lime juice..

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #1155
    Stargazer7
    Registered Users Posts: 374 ✭✭Stargazer7


    Markcheese wrote: »
    180 degrees and about 20 mins as a tray bake, about 12 to 15 mins as individual macaroons..

    And I did a version with the caramelised condensed milk, (the banoffee pie stuff), sea salt and lime juice..

    It must be macaroon season :D

    I made them this evening but with:

    100g dessicated coconut
    1 egg white
    50g sugar
    pinch of salt
    few drops of vanilla extract
    few drops of almond extract (optional)

    Had some red velvet curd (impulse M&S discount purchase :o) to glob on top before baking and they turned out pretty good :)


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    #1156
    Salvation Tambourine
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Salvation Tambourine


    Anyone know where to get a decent bench scraper? Tried HomeStore&More today with no luck. Nothing in Argos either.

    Something like this

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    #1157
    ace_irl
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭ace_irl


    I get 90% of my decorating stuff from amazon!


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    #1158
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,276 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    "Anyone know where to get a decent bench scraper? Tried HomeStore&More today with no luck. Nothing in Argos either."

    I bought a bench scraper like the one in your picture in TKMaxx, but their stock is very much luck of the draw.
    Your best bet is probably Anthony Ryan's Homestore.


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    #1159
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Nokotan wrote: »
    Anyone know where to get a decent bench scraper? Tried HomeStore&More today with no luck. Nothing in Argos either.

    Something like this

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    Nisbets have a pretty big selection of dough scrappers you can order online or in their Moore Street shop


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    #1160
    Salvation Tambourine
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Salvation Tambourine


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Nisbets have a pretty big selection of dough scrappers you can order online or in their Moore Street shop
    Thanks, delivery is a bit pricey online so I'll pop in next time I'm in town.


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    #1161
    RacoonQueen
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    Mint slices this weekend...soft biscuity base, peppermint filling with green food colouring for added effect and a rich dark chocolate topping. Mixed some double cream in with the dark chocolate to make it easier to cut. These are so delicious. I'm always wary of how easy it is to overdo peppermint flavouring, could probably have used a little less but everyones tastes are different, lots of people would want the 2 teaspoons.

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    And a variation of my Snickers cupcakes. I usually do this as marbled cupcakes and do up a peanut butter batter and a chocolate batter but I was too lazy to do both so I just walloped some peanut butter into my chocolate cupcake batter to see how that went. There was a faint taste of peanut butter from the batter but none at all for me from the actual cup cake. Then did a salted peanut and caramel filling and a caramel mascarpone icing, topped with more caramel and knock off snickers bars from Lidl :pac:

    Overcooked the cupcakes a little as I got distracted looking at pictures of other peoples cakes on instagram :( The icing could have done with a bit more sugar and a big more mixing I think to make it a bit more solid, was hard to pipe that consistency. I'm not a massive fan of cupcakes mostly because icing them can be so messy but I need to make cupcakes more, so much you can do with them decorating wise and I like making characters out of them...when I've more time :rolleyes:

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    #1162
    woodchuck
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    I made aquafaba (chickpea water) meringue! I'm not a vegan, but have issues with egg, so had been meaning to try this for a while. The chewy parts still had a slight beany flavour, but worked well with strawberries and cream :)


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    #1163
    woodchuck
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    I also made some small loaves of walnut and banana bread :)


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    #1164
    RacoonQueen
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    woodchuck wrote: »
    I made aquafaba (chickpea water) meringue! I'm not a vegan, but have issues with egg, so had been meaning to try this for a while. The chewy parts still had a slight beany flavour, but worked well with strawberries and cream :)

    They look great. I'm fascinated by the way the chickpea water can be used to make meringue. You've just reminded me to look it up to see how else it can be used...I can't eat chickpeas so dunno if I could use the water in baking I'm eating but it seems to be a pretty cool substitute and very usable in vegan baking.


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    #1165
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    They look great. I'm fascinated by the way the chickpea water can be used to make meringue. You've just reminded me to look it up to see how else it can be used...I can't eat chickpeas so dunno if I could use the water in baking I'm eating but it seems to be a pretty cool substitute and very usable in vegan baking.
    I've eaten the polar opposite of aquafaba meringue, and it was very interesting. They used pigs blood instead of the eggs, so they had a curious flavour with a slight metallic taste.


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    #1166
    woodchuck
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    Tree wrote: »
    I've eaten the polar opposite of aquafaba meringue, and it was very interesting. They used pigs blood instead of the eggs, so they had a curious flavour with a slight metallic taste.

    :eek: How do people come up with these things!! I'm just going to start picking random liquids and try whipping them to see if they'll make meringues...


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    #1167
    RacoonQueen
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    Tree wrote: »
    I've eaten the polar opposite of aquafaba meringue, and it was very interesting. They used pigs blood instead of the eggs, so they had a curious flavour with a slight metallic taste.

    Saw something on that recently. Definitely not for me that. :pac:


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    #1168
    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    Gluten free profiteroles. Normal ones and then an amazing lemon cream with caramel. So happy with them


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    #1169
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    RentDayBlues wrote: »
    Gluten free profiteroles. Normal ones and then an amazing lemon cream with caramel. So happy with them

    Drooooolllll!!! Could you share your gluten free profiterole recipe please?


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    #1170
    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Drooooolllll!!! Could you share your gluten free profiterole recipe please?

    Of course! Very basic

    50g butter, 160ml water - bring to the boil

    Add 75g gf flour and a teaspoon of sugar. Stir vigorously and return to heat for 30 secs.

    Remove from heat. Beat 2 eggs and add 1/2 egg mixture to batter. Beat well and add remaining egg

    Pipe and bake in oven for 35 mins at 180 degrees

    Remove and put a small cut in the side to allow for steam to remove


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    #1171
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    #RentDayBlues, thanks for that. I use Dove's gf flour and sometimes Odlums Tritamyl. I'll start with Dove's.


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