Double treats this afternoon for the Christmas Robin and Bauble workshop.  We had Marzipan Bundt Cake AND this lovely seasonal pavlova - well it is nearly Christmas!  Recipe here  Thank you to everyone who came cx

Next week's workshops cake will be this yummy Christmassy bundt cake.  Its a cross between cake and stollen with marzipan running through the middle with a delicious cream cheese frosting.  Get the recipe here 
There will also be the old favourites - butter shortcake biscuits.  I quite fancy some hazelnut/cocoa meringues which MAY make it to the workshops ;) .....

Gone back to an old favourite this week's cake.  Have tried many chocolate cake recipes over the years but ALWAYS return to this one.  Get the recipe here or better still order your own Be-Ro recipe book here

One lady for tomorrow's robin workshop is gluten free so I will be making this old favourite.  The kitchen smells lovely as I've just boiled the whole oranges and leaving to cool - once the pips are out the whole oranges, skin and all, get whizzed up and go into cake!

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE

Biscuits and cakes … on today's menu are Almond Shortbread Biscuits and Cherry, Sultana & Almond Cake
(you may have guessed I love almonds!) here are the recipes below. 

Almond Shortbread Biscuits (Be-Ro Recipe)
Ingredients     225g plain flour, 75g caster sugar, 150g butter
Method            Pre heat oven to 160C. 
                              Rub flour and butter together, stir in sugar.  Knead lightly into a ball.  Roll into sausage shape and                                  cut into thin slices.  Place on baking tray and press an almond into the top of each biscuit.  Sprinkle                                 with sugar.
                              Bake for approximately 15-20 mins.  Cool on tray for five mins then transfer to a cooling tray

BBC Good Food's Cherry & Almond Cake 
Click on heading to go to the Good Food recipe.  I replaced half the cherries with sultanas