Ok so not much has changed since the last post (although am in the midst of summer holiday madness.) In the last few weeks of term I made a small heart shaped 25th anniversary cake, loads of fairy cakes and cookies. The fairy cakes and cookies were then packaged up and given as raffle prizes
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I've also been at a wedding where for the first time I saw a lovely, simple but effective wedding cake and thought.. I could do that. Hmm, maybe time to practise fruit cake recipes!
Anyway, onto the title. I've continued to work on the cookie recipe. Something is missing and might have to go back to following the recipe step by step as the first batch I made were definitely the best. However, I am unscientifically trying different flavours. The list now includes white chocolate and raspberry,
dark chocolate and orange,
white choclolate and blueberry,
white chocolate and cranberry with cinnamon,
milk chocolate and toffee,
stem ginger,
stem ginger with dark chocolate,
lemon and sultana,
and of course just chocolate! (not that there is a chocolate theme or anything! Am now considering other flavours and of course adding cocoa into the dough itself. I also made them whilst away, using another oven is always an odd experience but they were ok (and fed the sand castle builders!) I think a lot depends on temperature and very precise timings when it comes to getting cookies right. On that note, time to remove a tray from the oven.
Anyway, onto the title. I've continued to work on the cookie recipe. Something is missing and might have to go back to following the recipe step by step as the first batch I made were definitely the best. However, I am unscientifically trying different flavours. The list now includes white chocolate and raspberry,
dark chocolate and orange,
white choclolate and blueberry,
white chocolate and cranberry with cinnamon,
milk chocolate and toffee,
stem ginger,
stem ginger with dark chocolate,
lemon and sultana,
and of course just chocolate! (not that there is a chocolate theme or anything! Am now considering other flavours and of course adding cocoa into the dough itself. I also made them whilst away, using another oven is always an odd experience but they were ok (and fed the sand castle builders!) I think a lot depends on temperature and very precise timings when it comes to getting cookies right. On that note, time to remove a tray from the oven.
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