Sausage Rolls and Mince Pies

It is the last Friday before the Christmas holiday.  It is traditional (and expected) that the baking be Sausage Rolls and Mince Pies.  So as not to disappoint I spent a majority of yesterday in the kitchen making mini muffins for Laura's students and both flaky and shortcrust pastry (which needed to rest) before making Sausage Rolls and Mince Pies.

Wishing everyone Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays.

Enjoy!

Coral

Chocolate Gingerbread

It is quite unbelievable that December is here and that there are only two more baking days (Friday cake) before the Christmas holidays.

For the first Friday of this month I have made a Chocolate Gingerbread dusted with icing sugar.

Enjoy!

Coral

Orange (Jaffa) Drizzle Cake

Friday has rolled around again.  For today I have made an Orange Drizzle Cake for your enjoyment, it is the second cake this week.  Due to an excess of baking at the weekend Tuesday saw a Banana Cake with Banana Icing, another 9 x 13 cake.  I did not want this cake to be wasted so sent it to the office with Nigel knowing that it was be consumed (It's a tough job but someone has to do it).

Enjoy!

Coral

Pumpkin Carrot Cake

When deciding on a cake I usually look around the kitchen to see what I have.  This week it was a toss up between bananas or pumpkin and carrot.

With that in mind I have made a Pumpkin Carrot Cake, replacing the nuts with chocolate and icing the top.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

It has been two weeks since the last post.  This is due to the fact that Nigel was out of the office for the first and I could take a break for the second.  Having said that everything is back to normal.  As has become custom, Witches Fingers are baked for the Halloween baking but as Nigel was not at work this did not happen.

October is the month that pumpkin features predominantly in the cakes.  It is now November and I have made a perennial favourite, Glazed Lemon Cake.

Enjoy!

Coral

Pumpkin Cake

Still baking with pumpkin as the main ingredient, this week I have made a Pumpkin Cake.  This particular cake is usually baked in a bundt pan but for work usually works best in the 9" x 13" format.

Pecans have been used instead of walnuts in the streusel topping and chocolate chips replace the walnuts in the cake.

Enjoy!

Coral

Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Butter Icing (Frosting)

It is mid-October and the main ingredient is still pumpkin.

This week I have made a Pumpkin Carrot Cake and topped it with a Cinnamon Butter Icing (Frosting).  Chocolate chips have been used as a substitute for the pecans.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin chocolate Chip (and Chunks) Cake

As mentioned last week, most of this month's baking will contain pumpkin. The recipes used are usually modified and baked in the 9 x 13 format as this tends to be the best format for the office.

This week a Pumpkin Muffin recipe has been used, replacing the raisins with Chocolate Chip and topped with a Cinnamon Cream Cheese icing (frosting).

Enjoy!

Coral

Pumpkin Gingerbread Snacking Cake

It is hard to believe that October is here already.  That being said we move into pumpkin season.

The first of the cakes made using pumpkin is Pumpkin Gingerbread Snacking Cake.

Enjoy!

Coral

Chocolate Cherry Snack Cake

This is the second entry this week, due to a bonus Banana Cake with Banana Icing on Tuesday.

Last weekend I replenished my stock of dried cherries and so decided that this week, for today, I would bake the Chocolate Cherry Snack Cake.

Enjoy!

Coral 

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

I am making an extra entry this week due to the bonus cake today.  I baked a Banana Cake with Banana Icing for Church on Sunday but ended up not going.  I did not want the cake to be wasted so their loss is your gain.

Both Nigel and our daughter, Laura, ran the Rock 'n Roll 1/2 Marathon in Montreal at the weekend (as, I understand, did a few others from work) and was tracking their progress on the computer.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

After two weeks of Nigel travelling (no cake on Friday!) things are back to normal.

This week I decided to make a Glazed Lemon Cake as this recipe is extremely popular whenever I make it (never a crumb left).

Enjoy!

Coral

Maple-Glazed Doughnut (Bundt) Cake

This week I decided to try a new recipe.  Although this cake is meant to be baked in a bundt pan I have baked it in the usual 9" x 13" format.

The 9" x 13" format works best for the office.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

Made an early start on the baking this morning while it is only 26 C (the forecast is 30 C, 36 C with humidity).

This week I have made a Banana Cake with banana icing.  I know that I made this two weeks ago but in this weather the bananas are ripening rapidly and I have run out of freezer space.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

This week I have opted to make the perennial favourite, Glazed Lemon Cake.  It is not just a favourite in the office but whenever I bake it.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

This week I have made a Banana Cake with Banana Icing.  This cake is moist.  There always seems to be far too much icing and I end up refrigerating the left overs so, this time, I made 1/2 the quantity and that seems ample.

Enjoy!

Coral

Apple Pie Cake

After several weeks of using the toaster oven for baking (not a problem for a small cake) the problem with the regular cooker was finally repaired on Monday and so I can now bake cakes of a suitable size for the office.

This week I had an excess of apples and at the suggestion of Nigel, settled upon an Apple Pie Cake. Using a different recipe than usual (the usual recipe is an adaptation of a muffin recipe)and dusting with icing sugar.

Enjoy!

Coral

Carrot Cake and Chocolate Cake

This week, due to a delay with the repair of the electronics of the cooker, baking for a crowd is a little more of a challenge as oven capacity is reduced to the toaster oven.  Not to worry, I am still baking.

As I am, indeed, using a smaller oven (which means smaller pans) I have made two cakes of different flavours, one is a carrot cake and the other is a chocolate cake.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

This entry is a little late for last week's cake as my computer was away for repair.

I had some nice fragrant bananas and decided to make the Banana Cake with Banana Icing.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

We're Back!

After an absence of two weeks due to Nigel travelling and taking a few days vacation, things have returned to normal and I am back to the baking (not that it really stops!).

This week I have made the ever popular Glazed Lemon Cake.

Enjoy!

Orange (Jaffa) Drizzle Cake

It would  appear, looking back at the previous posts, that this cake was last baked for the office in January.  Therefore, I thought that it was about time it made another appearance.

Enjoy!

Coral

Apple Pie Cake

This week I have several cakes to bake for different events.  When deciding on the recipes Nigel suggested the Apple Pie Cake for today.

Enjoy!

Coral

Blueberry Yogurt (Buttermilk) Pound Cake

Both Nigel and our daughter were in Ottawa last weekend to run the Ottawa 1/2 Marathon, grocery shopping was, therefore, done on Monday evening.  Fresh Blueberries were a good price this week and so I decided that the cake for this week would be Blueberry Yogurt Pound Cake.

When it came to baking yesterday I discovered that I was out of natural yogurt and had no orange juice.  I replace the yogurt with buttermilk and the orange juice with juice from some mandarins which I had in the store cupboard.  I also baked this cake in the 9" x 13" format for ease of cutting, rather than the bundt pan.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

Last week a request was made for Lemon Cake,  As Nigel extended the long weekend by taking Friday off it did not happen.  I have, therefore, made the Glazed Lemon Cake for today.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

This week I had some bananas just waiting to be used.  I have, therefore, made a Banana Cake with Banana Icing.

Looking back at the blog this cake was last baked for the office two months ago.

Enjoy,

Coral

Carrot Cake

This week I have made a carrot cake.  The original recipe is a little small for the office so I double it and bake it in a larger pan.

Looking back, it would appear, that this recipe was last baked in August 2014.

Enjoy!

Coral

Glazed Lemon Cake

Due to travel and Easter there has not been a cake baked for the office in 3 weeks.

According to the blog it has been a while since I baked a Glazed Lemon Cake for the office and therefore that was my choice of recipe for this week.

Enjoy!

Coral

Bumbleberry Cake

Earlier in the week a small amount of Chocolate Cranberry Snack Cake and a larger quantity of Apple Muffin Cake was provided.  Now it  is time for the Friday baking.

For today I have made a Bumbleberry Cake (usually baked in a bundt pan).  In order to make it easier for dividing and so that more people can be satisfied I usually adapt the recipes to fit a 9" x 13" pan.

Enjoy!

Coral

Chocolate Chip Cake

This week I have made a Chocolate Chip Cake with a Streusel topping.  The topping does contain pecans.

The Raspberry Chocolate Chips were replaced with Chips 'n Chunks and a little Pure Orange extract was added.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

It is Friday and Nigel is back in the Office which means that there is cake.

This week I had an excess of bananas just waiting to be used.  I have made a Banana Cake with Banana Icing in the usual 9 x 13 format and there are also some individual cakes.

Enjoy!

Coral

Chocolate Cherry Snack Cake

A little late posting this week as I started the day with a 4 km walk on the treadmill.

This week I decided to make the Chocolate Cherry Snack Cake for you Friday treat.

Enjoy!

Coral

Banana Cake with Banana Icing

Last week, due to absence from the office, there was no baking.  This week, we are back with a Banana Cake with Banana Icing.

Enjoy!

Coral

Applesauce Snacking Cake

It has been some time since this recipe was last made for the office.  Today, for your eating pleasure, I have baked an Applesauce Snacking Cake.

Enjoy!

Coral

Matrimonial Cake

I was checking the store cupboard this week and found that I had dates to make Matrimonial Cake (a.k.a. Date Squares).

Looking back over the blog I had not made this recipe since August 20th 2010 and therefore it was definitely time for an 'encore presentation'.

Enjoy!


Coral

Jaffa (Orange) Drizzle Cake

Whilst shopping last weekend I decided that the cake for today would be the Jaffa Drizzle Cake.  This is a cake containing zest, soaked with an orange syrup and drizzle with melted chocolate.

Enjoy!

Coral

Chocolate Cake

This week I have made Chocolate Cake for your enjoyment.  The recipe contains two cups of cold coffee which helps to enhance the flavour of the chocolate.

Enjoy!

Coral

Gingerbread

This is the first blog entry of 2015 and I would like to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year and hope that you all enjoyed the break.

It is the first Friday after the Christmas holiday.  The weather is definitely wintery (cold, although quite a bit warmer than yesterday, and snowy).

The cake that I decided to bake for today was gingerbread which I liberally dusted with icing sugar.

Enjoy!

Coral