All British Baker articles in March 2015 – Page 8
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Easter Cake Project
This quick and cheerful oval ganache-layered Easter cake, by Paul Bradford of the Sugarcraft School, is sure to be a crowd-pleaser, featuring a fun spring scene in pastels with a roll call of sugarpaste rabbits, ducks, eggs and daffodils.
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Christmas savarin cake
GBBO winner John Whaite’s Christmas savarin cake He won the hearts of the nation when he won this year’s Great British Bake Off. Here, former law student John Whaite gives CakeWire his Christmas version of a savarin.
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Wedding Cake Masterclass
We asked Elizabeth Solaru, who runs the successful Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium in London, to create a wedding cake that looked a million dollars but was relatively straightforward to make. Her answer was this stunning wedding cake: a three-tier stack of cushions, which is decorated with pearls, lace and sugar flowers.
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The Smash cake
For a great deal of cake-makers, myself included, the birthday cake is the reason they are now in this industry. A major birthday for a partner, child, parent or friend, for example, may have sent us running to books by cake designers Debbie Brown or Lindy Smith and wishing we could achieve such great results, rather than buying the preservative filled supermarket sponge cakes.
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Spooky Haunted Castle Cake
Inspired by Hammer House Horror, ghoulish goings on and things that go bump in the night, this cake is ideal for Halloween and the celebration of all things spine chilling.
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Christmas Cake Project
A Christmas Gift - in 12 StepsChristmas is traditionally a time for the giving and receiving of gifts and also a time for eating and celebrating. Here at CakeWire we have devised a delicious way of providing a Christmas cake as a gift to help celebrate the festive season.
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Classic British Cakes - Justine Spalding
This edition we are looking at British cakes. Hmmmm, what cakes are traditionally British? Fruit cake, sponge, it seems that the cakes that spring to mind are the traditional basics.
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Classic British Cakes - Victoria Forward
So this edition of Cake Wire is all about British Classics! As my new business, Victoria Sponge, finally gets underway (yes I finally managed to convince my landlord, yippee!), you would think that it would be obvious which classic I would be discussing today! However, I have decided to share a recipe for different cake with you instead!
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Classic British Cakes - Jill Scott
Whilst the Victoria Sponge will always be a classic I like to add a twist to most of my cakes so that they are unique and different to everybody else’s. Although I have never tried to sell a Victoria Sponge to my customers on the stall I would probably end up decorating it with whole fresh strawberries on the top.
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NewsBritish Pie Week: top facts
There are still two days left in British Pie Week 2015 and British Baker has rounded up some facts about the UK pie eater.
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Product NewsBread tops food waste list, finds study
Latest research has found that 25% of adults waste their bread – topping the list for the most thrown-away item.
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A box of chocolates AND a cake!
Text and Photographs by Bernice CamlinThis is a wonderful cake suitable for all sorts of occasions - birthdays, Valentine’s, Mother’s Day, anniversary’s etc. I made this cake for the first time for my friend Lesley’s birthday and it was such a success that I have made it many times since and each time I give it a different look.
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Think outside the box: Christmas Cakes
If you want to make a Christmas cake, make it a showstopper centrepiece for the table- no-one really wants to buy the traditional Christmas cake any more.
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Soggy Bottoms
Q: Last year my Christmas cake was too moist and soggy on the bottom. I baked it about 3 to 4 weeks in advance and followed the recipe to the letter! I was very disappointed and ended up buying one instead. Please could you let me know if there was anything I was doing wrong? Thanks very much!
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NewsUnited Biscuits chief executive to step down
United Biscuits (UB) chief executive Martin Glenn is stepping down from the post in early April.
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Birthday thoughts from Chicago
If there is one day that is highly anticipated in a person’s life, it has to be the coveted birthday. It is a time for joy and celebration - or woe and despair, depending on your perspective. It typically involves coming together to commemorate another year of being alive and well. However, no birthday would be complete without the centrepiece of all centrepieces, the cherry on top, the pièce de resistance: a birthday cake.
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Being a Judge
So here is my story of judging this year’s National Cupcake Championships rather then winning it. The insiders view!
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A beginners guide to Halloween
I’ve been scratching my head over what I should write for this Halloween edition. If your childhood was spent in Australia, chances are you too grew up desperately wanting to celebrate Halloween but it wasn’t the done thing and so never have.
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A New Mix in Baking
You may well have heard of the latest baking trend to hit the UK; the combining of two or more recipes to create a never-been-eaten hybrid treat.
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NewsLondon bakery re-opens following cockroach closure
A bakery in the London borough of Brent has re-opened following a £1,559 fine and forced closure for a cockroach infestation.