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Cockadoodledoo · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

I bet your kitchen smells lovely ZC..

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wildgarlic · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:07 am Post subject:

Well it was yesterday, but I made bread. I used the dough setting on the breadmaker and made some by hand too.

The BM recipe included milk powder, sugar, butter on top of the yeast, flour, salt and water that made up the recipe for the hand made version.

Both doughs rose well - the handmade one took a bit longer to rise but then it wasn't in the warm controlled environment of the breadmaker.

The BM bread was a lot fluffier than the handmade bread - and we all preferred the taste and texture of the handmade bread (I made them blind taste so there was no bias. The crusts were pretty good on both of them but I think the handmade bread had the edge.

Today - I toasted a slice of each and melted cheese on the top - again the handmade bread came out tops.

Both breads were much tastier than the bread that is baked directly in the breadmaker - and really the handmade one only took 10 mins extra in terms of kneading and is well worth that time in my opinion.
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khitajrah · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject:

I'm childishly pleased at how well this has turned out

It's a homemade chocolate cake (two layers of course) sandwiched together with chocolate icing. The outside is buttercream frosting and the spiders are tunnoch's tea cakes covered in chocolate icing and dipped in sprinkles. The head is a malteser, the same.... and the legs are mint matchsticks. Smartie eyes

Not so eco-friendly (or tooth or backside friendly) but it's for the kids Halloween Party tomorrow.
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Sassinak · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

That is fantastic. I bet the kids will be sooo chuffed

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Forget-me-Not · Neepster Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Insch

So far..... Toffee Apple cookies, they smell amzing from the oven, yet to see whether they fall apart. Trial batch for tomorrow's fundraiser so looks as important as taste for once.

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wildgarlic · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

That cake is something else!! Fantastic - it will go down a treat, I'm sure.

FMN - please could we have the recipe for those cookies

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Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

love the cake

Tartan Stamper · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

Love the Halloween cake
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khitajrah · Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

Our Christmas kransekake this year

Made it for Christmas Eve (it took a few days!)

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Forget-me-Not · Neepster Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Insch

Wow!

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