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Here is a guide on how to create a syrup/ honey glaze topping on your freshly baked cupcakes. Ingredients/equipment. Golden Syrup or Honey 2 x Wire Racks. Freshly Baked Cupcakes Brown or Granulated Sugar (optional) Remove your ready-made cupcakes from the oven and place them on a wire rack. 1. Take some syrup or honey from the cupboard and place it near the wire rack. 2. Place your hot cupcake onto the wire rack. 3. Now squeeze some syrup/honey onto the top of your freshly baked cupcake. 4. Carefully lift the hot cupcake and rotate it to the left and right to ensure even coverage of the syrup/honey. 5. The syrup/honey will form a glaze on top of your cupcake and absorb directly into the cupcake. (These glazed cupcakes...

If you want to indulge a little this summer then why not try your hand at making these quick and easy Summertime Trifles. You will require a batch of pre-made cupcakes that have been cooled, please see the Victoria Cupcakes Tutorial to help you. This recipe can be halved to make six cupcakes. Tip: How many trifles you get depends on the size of your plastic cups and how much cake and strawberry you wish to put in each. For a family of four, I would make 12 cupcakes, use 2 punnets of strawberries and use the large plastic cups for each trifle. Ingredients/Equipment: 1 Batch of Cupcakes 1 Punnet Strawberries (Pre-wash your Strawberries in cold water and dry them with kitchen towel). Fresh Squirty Cream Ready-Made Custard Chocolate...

Here is your step by step guide to producing cute cake pops. Preheat the oven to one of the following: Fan assisted: 180°C Regular Oven: 190-200°C Fahrenheit: 356F Gas Mark 4. Ingredients: 100 grams / 3.5oz butter or margarine 100 grams / 3.5 oz sugar (I used granulated sugar) 2 Medium Eggs 100 grams / 3.5 oz flour Decorate: A bag of candy buttons/melts 340 grams. Or approx 200 grams of milk chocolate baking chocolate to cover. Sprinkles/Popping Candy/Hundreds and Thousands 1. Weigh out your butter and sugar and place them into a mixing bowl. 2. Cream the butter and sugar together with a whisk. Whisk for approx 45-60 seconds. 3. Once combined, then crack an egg into a small bowl and then pour into your mixing bowl...

Here is a tutorial showing a step by step guide on how to make Triple Chocolate Rocky Road Treats. This will make 2 x 8" square tins which are about an inch deep. All the chocolate used in this recipe is baking chocolate which can be found in the baking aisle at the supermarket. Ingredients: 250 grams / 9oz Unsalted Butter 100 grams / 3.5oz Golden Syrup 250 grams / 9oz Pack of Digestive Biscuits (Small Packs are 250 grams) 100 grams/ 3.5oz Dark Chocolate 75 grams / 2.5oz Cocoa Powder (NOT hot chocolate powder) 50 grams / 2oz Chopped Almonds (Or nuts of your choice) 50 grams / 2oz Maltesers 50 grams / 2oz Mini Marshmallows 200 grams / 7oz Milk Chocolate 25 grams / 1oz White Chocolate You can either line your tins with baking...

How to make edible sugar-frosted flowers or fruits; you will need the following:- Ingredients/Materials:- Flowers: Primrose, Violet, Daisies or Daffodils - These are edible flowers; however, they may be better used as decorations rather than a food source. Fruit: Berries, Cherries, Strawberries or Grapes Liquid: Egg White, Stock Syrup, honey or syrup. Covering: Caster Sugar Materials: Paintbrush, Kitchen Towel, baking sheet, wire rack and plate. 1. Carefully wash/rinse your edible flowers or fruits and dry them using kitchen towel. Make sure your fruit is quite firm rather than squishy as this will give you better results. 2. Lightly brush the flowers (both sides of the petals) or fruit with one of the above liquids of your...

These would make a lovely Valentine's Day gift. To make chocolate strawberries, you will need the following:- Ingredients 1 Punnet of Strawberries (Washed under cold water and then dried using kitchen towel) 100 grams Milk Chocolate 50 grams White Chocolate 50 grams Plain chocolate 1. Break the 100 grams of Milk chocolate into a bowl. 2. Melt in the microwave in 30-second intervals until melted. (I melted mine for roughly 1 minute in total). 3. Then stir it in the bowl using a spatula. 4. Now take a strawberry by the stem and dip it halfway into the chocolate. 5. Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl. Tip: Leave part of the red strawberry exposed as they look more vibrant showing the richness of the...

How to make a 9" Madeira cake using the all in one method. Preheat your oven to one of the following:- 160°C Electric Fan Assisted 180°C - 190°C Electric Regular Oven Gas Mark 2 320F Ingredients: 600 grams / 21 oz Plain Flour (All-purpose flour for USA) 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder 500 grams / 18 oz Caster Sugar (Superfine for USA) 500 grams / 18 oz Margarine 9 Medium/Large Eggs 5 Tablespoons of Milk (I used Semi-Skimmed or Half Fat for USA) 1. Measure out your flour and then sieve it into a large mixing bowl. 2. Now sieve the baking powder into the bowl. 3. Weigh out the sugar and add to the mixing bowl, you may wish to sieve it to remove any lumps, but I didn't. 4. Now add the margarine to the bowl. 5. I cracked the...

Here is a step by step tutorial with pictures showing you how to make Apple Crumble. This recipe is baked in an 8-inch x 1-inch tin. Tip...Remove the butter from the fridge at least 30 minutes before making this crumble so that your butter has had time to soften. You may wish to weigh out the correct amount so as not to waste any. Preheat your oven to one of the following:- 200°C Electric Fan Assisted 210-220°C Electric Regular Oven Gas Mark 6 400F Ingredients:- 3 Bramley Apples/ 2lb or 1 kilo in weight. 100 grams/3.5oz Granulated Sugar (White) Topping:- 150 grams/5oz Plain flour 75 grams/2.5oz Unsalted Butter 75 grams/2.5oz Granulated Sugar (White) Method:- 1. Peel core and chop the Bramley apples into chunks and place them...

Here is a step by step tutorial showing you how to make Honeycomb Toffee. It may also be known as Cinder Toffee and is similar to Korean Dalgona Candy albeit we add Golden Syrup to this recipe whereas they just use the sugar and baking soda. Ingredients/Equipment:- 5 Tablespoons Golden Caster Sugar (Granulated may be substituted). 2 Tablespoons Golden Syrup 1 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda Measuring Spoons or Table & Teaspoon Wooden spoon Pre-greased 7" Sandwich tin. Method 1. Pour the Sugar and Syrup into a small/medium-sized pan and place on a medium heat. (I used no 4 on my hob). 2. Allow the syrup and sugar to melt; if there is raw sugar on the top, shake the pan to allow the sugar to be absorbed into the mix. DO NOT...

Lemon Drizzle step by step tutorial. 1. Preheat the oven to: Fan assisted: 170ºC Regular oven: 180º/190ºC (Approx) Fahrenheit: 338F Gas Mark: 3 Equipment and Ingredients Mixing bowl, electric whisk, spatula, pallet knife, loaf tin. Ingredients 150g or 6oz Margarine or Butter 150g or 6oz Sugar (Granulated or Caster) 3 Medium Eggs 150g or 6 oz Self Raising Flour 1 Lemon - Juice and zest. 50g or 2oz Icing sugar. 3. Whisk Cream together the margarine & sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric whisk. 4. Then Add 3 Medium Eggs (1 at a time). (Scrape the sides of the bowl using a spatula to ensure that all the mixture/ batter is whisked together). Beat in the eggs one at a time and blast with the whisk after each. 5. Add...

How to make Strawberry Mini Cakes Preheat the oven to: Fan assisted: 170ºC Regular oven: 180º/190ºC (Approx) Fahrenheit: 338F Gas Mark: 3 Equipment and Ingredients 2 Mixing bowls, electric whisk, spatula, pallet knife, sandwich tins, biscuit circle cutter. 150g or 6oz Margarine or Butter 150g or 6oz Sugar (Granulated or Caster) 3 Medium Eggs 150g or 6 oz Self Raising Flour Place: 75g of Margarine 75g Sugar in each mixing bowl Then Whisk Cream together the margarine & sugar in each mixing bowl using an electric whisk. Then Add 1 egg to each bowl and whisk in. With the final egg, beat it in a glass bowl and place half of the beaten egg in each mixing bowl and whisk in. Add Add the 75g, or 3oz Self Raising Flour...

How to make a Victoria Sandwich 1. Preheat the oven to: Fan assisted: 170ºC Regular oven: 180º/190ºC (Approx) Fahrenheit: 338F Gas Mark: 3 2. Equipment and Ingredients Mixing bowl, electric whisk, spatula, pallet knife, sandwich tins. 150g or 6oz Margarine or Butter 150g or 6oz Sugar (Granulated or Caster) 3 Medium Eggs 150g or 6 oz Self Raising Flour 3. Whisk Cream together the margarine & sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric whisk. This is where you are adding air into the mix as the sugar crystals attach to the butter and trap in the air. The paler the mixture, the more air you incorporate and the more fluffy and light your cake will be. 4. Then Add 3 Medium Eggs (1 at a time). (Scrape the sides of the bowl using a...

Here is your recipe, guide and tutorial on how to make Chocolate Orange Marble Cake. Preheat the oven to one of the following: Fan assisted: 180ºC Regular oven: 190-200ºC Fahrenheit: 356F Gas Mark: 4 Equipment and Ingredients Mixing bowl Scales Spatula Electric whisk Sandwich Tin Baking Paper Ingredients: 150 grams or 6oz Margarine 150 grams or 6oz Granulated Sugar 3 Eggs 150 grams 0r 6oz Self Raising Flour 1 Heaped teaspoon Cocoa 2. Weigh out the margarine and sugar and place them into a mixing bowl. Cream them together using an electric whisk until they have combined and are a slightly paler yellow colour. 3. Add the eggs one at a time to your mix and whisk after each, break the eggs into a separate bowl first then...