Lorraine's Cake Club

Try baking Claire Richards' very own favourite baked treat - cookies and cream chocolate cake

Ingredients

• 175 grams / 6 oz unsalted butter (left out of fridge to soften)
• 175 grams / 6 oz soft light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs, whisked in a bowl.
• 125 grams / 4 1/2 oz self raising flour
• 50 grams / 1 3/4 oz cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons creme fraiche

Method

Sift the flour, the cocoa powder and the baking powder into a bowl. In a separate bowl cream together the sugar and the butter.

Once the butter/sugar mixture is creamy, slowly pour in the whisked egg mixture and whisk together.

When that's all done, fold in the flour/cocoa powder and fold in gently, making sure you keep as much air in the mixture as possible.

Finally add in 2 tablespoons of creme fraiche and fold in.

Now put an even amount of the mixture into 2 separate tins - and put into a preheated oven, at 170 degrees, for between 20 - 25 minutes.
Once the cake is done, leave to cool for at least 20 minutes.

Icing ingredients

• 125 grams / 4 1/2 oz unsalted butter (left out of fridge to soften)
• 125 grams / icing sugar sifted
• 10 Oreo cookies crushed
• 4 tablespoons double cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Chocolate sprinkes

Icing method
Mix together the butter with the sifted icing sugar in a bowl.

Put the Oreo cookies in a food mixer and blend until completely crushed.

Add them to the bowl, as well as the vanilla extract and the double cream.

Mix that all together until smooth. Then use half of the mixture to sandwich together the two halves of cake, and half of the mixture on top.

Use chocolate sprinkles as you wish to decorate the top!

 Enjoy!

Milly x

 

Easter Hamper

Spring has officially sprung! With notes of jasmine and summer in the air, a group of friends and I have proposed a little task...

Secret Easter Bunny!

We all popped our names into a basket and hoped for the best. Our task was to create and fill a "hamper" with Easter goodies (no more than a total of £10). We thought this a better way to celebrate Easter time without lugging numerous large easter eggs about on the last day of term. We all give a hamper, we all get a hamper. So really, its a win win situation.

Well, despite the frantic last minute chocolate hunting...

However, being the eager little bunny I am, I decided to go ahead and make mine straight away...

Using pretty, pink, spotty wrapping paper I decorated a shoe box with ribbon and shredded tissue paper to allow a little luxurity.

I then went on a crazy chocolate spree and splurged on some rather adorable goodies.

Like it? How about making your own for a family member or close friend?

 

Give a little this Easter...

Milly x

Want to see what we got up to for this Mothers day?

Philadalphia Milk Cupcakes

Happy Sunday everyone! :)

After purchasing the new chocolate philadalphia, I was feeling the urge to experiment. I scraped the cupboards for ingredients, and luckily I just had enough from my Thursday cake bake.

Using the same method as the last cake recipe (only adding a few tablespoons of cocoa powder, I blind baked my cupcakes, and then iced them with chocolate philadalphia...

Adding a chunk of white chocolate adds to the solidity of the cupcake, and forces a sweetness upon tastebuds ;D

Keep calm and bake cakes!
xoxo

A day in the life...

What have you been up to this Saturday?



Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Hey there :)

After stumbling across the chocolate chip aisle (if you could call it that...) at a local supermarket, our cake making instincts kicked in. Here is our step to step guide on how to make our double chocolate chip cupcakes...

(Makes 18 cakes)

With the oven at gas mark 4, weigh 3 eggs; this will be your custom weight for all of the other ingredients.

Measure out the sugar and the margarine/ butter, and mix together.

Weigh out the flour and crack the eggs into the mixture, adding the flour slowly during mixing.

Add 1 whole packet of white chocolate chips and stir thoroughly with a spoon (not the electric mixer, as this will brake the chips).

Pour into cake cases and place in oven. We blind baked, but kept them in for roughly 10-15 minutes- depending on your personal taste.

Using Betty Crocker's wonderful frosting, pipe onto the top of the cakes once cool and sprinkle milk chocolate chips to complete.

Enjoy!

Keep calm and bake cakes!

Milly Joy and Phoebe Mae

xoxo

What do we think of...silicone cases?

Hey there :)

So after a while of pondering what to entice your taste buds with, we came across the ingenious idea of 'what do we think of...'.

Once a week we shall be reviewing something in which we have been using or raving about in the wonderful world of baking.

This week, we've decided to analyse silicone cupcake cases....

Sturdy, washable and easy to re-use, overall these are the baker's dream. Or are they?

On a personal note, I find these to add a strange taste to my cupcakes, possibly a hint of plastic...

Coating the edges in a sticky substance, I don't particularly enjoy manufactured home-baked goods :L

However, who ever invented them had good intentions in mind. And the teacup sort are a personal favourite!

Keep calm and bake cakes!

Milly Joy and Phoebe Mae

xoxo

 

Cake Pops by Molly Bakes

Filled with creative designs and delicious recipes, Molly Bakes sure hits home with this gorgeous little book starring the likes of cake pops galore!

Each unique but all equally irresistible; find out how to bake these cute balls of cake with an edge of eccentricity.

Following Molly's guide to all things sweet, learn how she discovered the baking profession, and how she came across the world of kitchen trays and cake pops.

A sure read for those rainy days; stock up on candy melts however, they're a must!

Keep calm and bake cakes!

Milly Joy and Phoebe Mae

xoxo

A note to say hello

Two bake-a-holics with a passion for cupcakes and cooking; yep that's us!

Here, you'll find rich recipes and tantalizing taste-bud ticklers.

Join our journey through buttercream icing and kitchen clutter, following our love for food and everything of it.

Keep Calm and Bake Cakes!

Milly Joy and Phoebe Mae