Some 'egg'cellent fun to brighten a morning

Although this doesn't quite qualify as a bake, but nevertheless essential baking equipment was needed, the trusty and very loyal muffin tray! I saw this in a cook book and couldn't believed I didn't think of it before. It's excruciatingly easy which is perfect for novices like me and my fellow under achivevers. So here's to playing it safe and creating an impact- the renewal of the bog standard egg on toast 

One step at a time

The Crown Jewels of Christmas baking has to be an impressive gingerbread house. This simple just painfully technical project is what can define you as a baker, it can resemble everything we love about Christmas. The gumdrop sweets to remind us of our childhoods and excitement of Christmas, the drizzle of icing resembling winters magical snow and the taste of spiced filled seasonal snacks. However the classic gingerbread house can alternatively reflect the attempts and never ending difficulties with baking. Such as the structure collapsing, the gingerbread being to crumbly to roll or the icing to wet  looking like slush rather than fluffy snow, which you end up with what looks like a natural disaster in the gingerbread community and a crushed ego. 

So I decided to take one step at a time, and my gingerbread stars were step one to my hopes of making a master piece.  

Christmas in a cupcake

 

Flushed away

I know what you are thinking.. 'What could you possibly have as an excuse to explain the fact you haven't posted in over a month?' And I'm afraid it's a rubbish and slightly embarrassing.. My phone fell down the toilet, therefore no access to Internet in what felt like an eternity. But have no fear, the baking did proceed better than the outcome of my phone.