Monday 30 April 2012

Empire Biscuits

Empire Biscuits


Finished Empire Biscuits (my winning biscuits)
2nd Bake Off 27/04/2012




At Border Steak House 
(Leitholm pub)





Mixing the ingredients

Add a little flour and roll

Ready to roll

Roll to equal thickness, then prick all over.

 Cooked biscuits coming out the oven, yum yum

Claire's Biscuits

Ruth's biscuits

Diane's biscuit ready to eat, mmmmmmm
                                                       
  1st Bake Off winner Claire Livingstone handing over trophy to 2nd Bake Off Winner Cheryl Davidson 
                                                                         

Congratulations Cheryl: our 2nd Bake Off Winner

Monday 2 April 2012

Chocolate & Guinness Cupcakes

Finished Cupcake




1st Bake Off  30/03/2012




At Border Steak House (Leitholm pub)






Chocolate & Guinness Cupcakes
Ingredients/Recipe 
Cakes                             
250ml Guinness               
250g Butter                                                                             400g Caster sugar            
75g Cocoa                     
1 tbs Vanilla
142ml Sour Cream
2 Eggs
275g Plain Flour
 2 and a 1/2tsp Bicarbonater of Soda
Topping
300g Philadelphia 
150g Icing Sugar 
125ml Double / Whipping Cream  



1.  Heat Guinness and butter in a pan until melted, take off heat.
2.  Add sugar and cocoa.
3.  Mix eggs, sour cream & vanilla together and add to pan.
4. Whisk in flour & bicarbonate of soda.
5. Split into muffin cases or pour into a cake tin.
6. The topping, whip cream and then add Philadelphia and Icing sugar and mix.


Baking
Muffins - 180/Gas mark 4, 20-25 mins
Cake - 180/ Gas mark 4, 45-60 mins




Pouring the mixture
The mixer is a lighter than should be, but when I went to make I didn't have enough cocoa!

Coming out the Rayburn 
Mmmmmmmmm they smell delicious 

Coming out the Rayburn 

Just have to pipe the icing on

All finished and ready to eat!
Could this be a winning Chocolate & Guinness  Muffin  for the Bake Off?


Next Bake Off 
3 Empire Biscuits
 Friday 27th April at 7.30pm 
Border Steak House


Congratulations Claire: our first winner.