I have been overwhelmed by the amount of views Lorna's little bakes has received since my first posts a couple of weeks back. Thank you to everyone who's took the time to have a read and thank you for your feedback.
I am particularly impressed by the people who've shared pictures of their Viennese fingers!! My lovely pal Heather made a gluten free version for her friend, and my work pal Vicki and uni pal Hannah made excellent efforts. Well done lovelies!
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| Vicki's Viennese |
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| Hannah's Viennese |
A common challenge that the ladies mentioned was that they were difficult to pipe. There are a few ways round this. You can take your margarine out of the fridge an hour or so before hand and let it soften or you can boil the kettle and let the filled piping bag rest beside the warm kettle for a wee while to soften the biscuit mixture. Failing that, you can give your piping bag a bit of a massage to soften it in your hands, but let's be honest it depends if you're baking with an audience. Awkward... As a last resort, I could come and pipe them out for you but that really depends on how good you are at making cups of tea.
Since I posted last I've been baking loads! Last week I fundraised for Stand up to cancer (cancer research U.K.). All my work pals were great support and bought lots of cake. In one staff meeting I shifted around 2dozen cupcakes, 20pieces of Lemon drizzle, 40 shortbread biscuits, 20 Viennese fingers, 20 pieces of Peppermint crunch and 20 pieces of Mars bar cake. Thanks to the support of work colleagues and a dear pal we raised £92 which was incredible! I didn't bring a single thing home much to the disgust of my Dad but I was thrilled. I didn't really want to be eating lemon drizzle for breakfast.. And let's be honest we've all been there. My pal Stacey likes nothing more than gingerbread and custard for breakfast. Makes your Cheerios look pretty dull now doesn't it!!
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| A selection of the cakes sold! |
I also had the birthday of one of my oldest friends. She got a little bake as part of her present with these Jack cupcakes from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Truly simple but very effective and an easy make for Halloween this week! Ice your cupcakes with a splodge of buttercream icing and cut a disc of fondant with a round smooth edged cutter. Lay it on top and smooth it down with your fingertips. Using a piping bag with a small snip and no nozzle, pipe your design straight on using your black icing. I had a quick practice on some grease proof to see the effect. I think she liked them! (I've just had a right titter to myself as autocorrect changed grease proof to 'freaks proof'. Ha!)
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| A quick Jack piping practice |
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| Evil Jack |
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| A selection of Jacks :) |
If you have a go at any great bakes, send me some pics! I'm always keen to try new recipes and share ideas. I've got a lot of this week's recipes to share with you so watch this space.... xx
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