Cooking recipes from "Ink Sugar Spice" - page 10

Surprise inside cake – Swiss roll and Madeira

This cake was borne out of another Daring Bakers challenge for a ‘surprise inside’ cake.

Raspberry swirl pinwheel biscuits

These biscuits are a shortbread recipe with extra ground almonds.

Chimney cake

Another Daring Bakers challenge – thanks to Swathi from Zesty South Indian Kitchen.

Shark infested coconut cupcakes

Well, apparently it’s just been national cupcake week (or should that be fairy cake week as it’s the UK?) Not sure if this has been going on for some time, but I only spotted it in my l…

Spiced beef and cheddar pasties

These are roughly based on a traditional Cornish recipe – which I adore, but I’ve spiced them up a bit and added chunks of melty cheddar.

Chocolate tempering – a visual guide

I got a bit bored with never remembering the crucial temperatures in each part of the tempering process every time I wanted to work with chocolate in my bakes.

Christmas spiced marshmallows

These are a lovely way to get your fix of Christmas spices without having yet another mince pie or bite of gingerbread house.

Esterházy torte – nut dacquoise layer cake

Esterházy cake is a dacquoise layer torte originating in Budapest in the late 1800s.

Sachertorte

I’ve made Sachertorte before but found it to be a very adult-oriented cake, certainly one that my children wouldn’t particularly enjoy.

Bakewell tart with blackberries

I make Bakewell tart fairly often as it’s a bit of a family favourite.

Apricot, apple and almond Chelsea Buns

I was just thinking I hadn’t made an enriched dough recipe for a while… Background/history of the recipe Chelsea Buns are a specific version of a traditional, rolled enriched and sweete…

Chocolate, nut and lime Financiers

Financiers are one of those types of cakes that really could be made in any small tins and be just as yummy, however like madeleines they simply aren’t quite the same if they’re not don…

Science of bread making – how yeast works

So, being nosey as usual, after making a batch of spelt walnut loaf I thought I ought to learn a bit more about yeast and the bread fermentation process.

Cornish saffron plaited loaf

Fruity Cornish plaited saffron loaf

Pão de Queijo recipe – Brazillian Cheese rolls

Notes on the recipe Pão de Queijo (pão is bread and queijo is cheese) is a Brazilian bread alternative.

Strawberry, almond and pistachio cheesecake sponge

This recipe was taken from the most recent (June 2014) edition of the BBC Good Food magazine, however I had to replace/adapt some of the ingredients and the method a little.