Cheesy Chutney Muffins

The biggest issue I have with my baking is that my family often struggle to consume the vast amount of sweet treats which I wish to bake. So, to combat this issue I decided to make a savoury bake: Cheesy Chutney Muffins it was then.

This recipe came from GBBO alumni Miranda Gore Brown's Book 'Bake me a cake as fast as you can'. I got the book for my last birthday which I was delighted to find out it was personally signed, as my dad commutes on the train with her husband. Not only is she a baking hero of mine, but she also went to the same college as me in Durham University. This is all very good news, this means I am very much on track with my baking career.

Anyways, these muffins were brilliantly cheesy with homemade gooseberry chutney to sweeten them.
They were rated: 7/10 (from my family members, so may be quite generous)

But regardless, highly recommend them, very easy to make and perfect for those individuals who like something more cheesy than chocolatey....which happens to be my whole family- where I got my chocolate addiction I will not know. Anyways, I should be very grateful, nothing went abominably wrong which is always a surprise with the lack of skill/accuracy in my baking. So happy Saturday everyone.

Queen of Hearts

I am back and have a very exciting new bake for you all. Rather a late post but better late than never. After finally getting over the thought that we watched our last ever BBC Great British Bake Off , the dynastic duo of Paul and Mary to grace our screens for the last time, our village decided to have a bit of fun. In the light of spring harvest, (a while ago I know), my local very British village decided to do 'the Great British Spring Harvest Bake Off' - an original name, I know!

Anyway, not one to miss a baking opportunity, I got my apron on and my personalised baking spoon and got down to business.

I decided to get my recipe from 'Great British Bake Off- Showstoppers' recipe book - surely I would win with that!? You've got to copy the pros before getting too creative. I settled for the Rasberry Jam almond biscuits, basically a fancy and tenuous jammie dodger. 

This bake was actually easier than I thought it would be, although it was quite time-consuming it has definitely been my more successful of my attempts at baking. And quite a fun Sunday activity. 

So with my dad playing Paul Hollywood and my mother playing Mel, I set to watch them act our their parts in a mini tent inside our village hall. After acting like a cringy parent, recording and laughing over loud at their jokes, the performance of a pita bread bake off was followed by a mini indoor 'street' party in the hall. My biscuits went down a treat, however, they were upstaged by some very impressive bakes provided by the village grannies! How can I compete with them.. they have got about 50 years more experience than me. I took it all very well and decided to compensate for the lack of love for my biscuits by eating almost off of them myself. Better luck new year. However I made jam for the first time, that's my little victory!