Posts Tagged: Cake

The BIG Day

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Mum’s The Boss has been many things to many people over the years – but one consistent theme and founding pillar has always been cake! So it seemed only right and proper that when it came time to pass MTB on to its new owner that we should meet up and do the deal over tea and cake.

The date was last Tuesday – 11th September 2012. This was a very significant date – as it was also the 4 year anniversary of the first ever Mum’s The Boss meeting. A happy co-incidence? Maybe, but we also had a very significant phone call with Debbie about the sale of Mum’s The Boss on July 17 th – which was also the date 4 years earlier that Sam + I met – with 4 other ladies – in a coffee shop in Bedford to discuss whether we should go head and arrange something.

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Mary Berry’s Banana and Chocolate Loaf

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If you watched the Great British Bake Off for Sports Relief you will have seen one of the technical challenges was for all the contestants to make Mary Berry’s Banana and Chocolate Loaf cake. Surprisingly, for such a simple cake, it was one of the most disastrous challenges I think I’ve ever seen!  However, I was inspired to give it a go, convinced that I could make a better job of it – and I did!

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Banana and Chocolate loaf

I always seem to have overripe bananas in the fruit bowl, so any recipe that uses up squishy bananas is going to be a hit with me – and this one was truly delicious. This may be because I melted a Lindt Teddy Bear to drizzle over the top but I’m sure any sort of chocolate would be equally yummy!

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Rocky Road Cupcakes recipe

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These delicious little rocky road cupcakes made their first appearance at our 2nd birthday meeting – and seemed to be very popular so thought we had better share the recipe!

Recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

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Cooking is always a fail safe activity to keep the children busy in the holidays. These strawberry cheesecake cupcakes are a delicious treat and perfect for the summer, making good use of fruit that is in season, and which you may even have growing in your own garden. They look great and taste even better!

Five Uses for Overripe Bananas

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One thing you can guarantee about kids is that they are contrary. One week they love something, the next they won’t touch it with a barge-pole. Such is the case, in our house, with bananas. My children always used to enjoy a banana or two, but now they are met with scorn and disdain. Trouble is, I keep buying them on autopilot, so every week or so I find myself lumbered with squishy, overripe bananas and a lack of ideas for what to do with them.

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What do you do when the children won’t eat them? Photo by Shutterstock

A few weeks ago I put out a cry for help on Twitter for recipe ideas for my surplus bananas and half an hour later I had a long list of suggestions. At the time I joked that “I could feel a blog post coming on”. So, as promised, here it is

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Raspberry and White Chocolate Brownies

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My discovery of this yummy recipe is all thanks to writer and Daddy Blogger Tim over at Bringing Up Charlie. I made these Raspberry and White Chocolate Brownies for our last Business Drop-In and, unusually, politeness/January diets went out the window and everyone came back for seconds.

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Some people might find white chocolate a little sweet and sickly but teamed with the raspberries these cakes are moist and delicious whilst maintaining a hint of virtue in the tartness of the fresh fruit.

 

Ingredients
250g white chocolate
75g butter
125g caster sugar
2 large eggs
5ml vanilla essence
150g plain flour
2.5ml salt
150g raspberries (fresh or frozen)

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Truly Luscious Lemon Cake

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This recipe came from my friend after I tasted it at her house – so I have no idea of its true origins, but it is a great cake to make – quick, easy and very tasty. I have made this for Mum’s The Boss meetings and other occasions and it has always received many compliments. The other great thing about this cake is that it only uses ingredients that I would always have in the house. And maybe – just maybe – the squirt of lemon juice goes some way towards your 5-a-Day!!

Lemon Cake
4oz soft margarine
6oz self raising flour
6oz sugar
4 tablespoons of milk
2 large eggs
Squirt of lemon juice

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Fabulous Fridge Cake

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Chocolate Refrigerator CakeI have been making Chocolate Fridge cake for as long as I can remember, and is probably the most popular and requested cake that I make. In fact I have been known to ‘pay’ for things in fridge cake, and in some households a whole tray has been known to be eaten in one evening! I am never without these ingredients in my house and it is something I make at least once a month.

Like most things I enjoy cooking it is very quick & easy, but also a recipe without the use of scales, and with some flexibility with ingredients – which makes writing it down quite tricky! However I have been asked so many times now how to make it I felt I should give it a go……..

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Brilliant Brownies

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I have lost count of the times I have made these brownies and they have always turned our perfectly. As long as I always make sure I have a few packets of chocolate chips in the cupboard I know I can rustle up some gooey goodies at short notice, and have often made them on receiving a phone call from someone planning an impromptu visit!

Incredibly these chocolatey beauties come from one of my many kiddie recipe books – Finger Food for Babies & Toddlers by Jennie Maizels, which is a beautifully presented little book, ideal if your toddler prefers eating food they can hold rather than spoon in. These brownies went down so well at one of our Start-Up Events that one of our event sponsors assumed that cake making must be another business of ours!

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