What have you baked this week?

DH does most of the baking round here. Makes great bread and fruit scones to die for! We try not to do cake but due to a glut of apples on our tress this year I am contemplating making apple crumble and apple cake today. Whether that is realised depends on the demands of dog and GSs! I always find some excuse

I've made a vegan carrot cake, a pear upside down cake and a savoury pie with rice flour pastry. I love baking - I'd rather cook it than eat it!

Nothing and I thought I was going to be the only non baker, little cooker, and non interested in the kitchen one on here, it's inspiring to see I m in good company

I made two pans of cinnamon rolls. Made the dough in my bread maker.

Yes Jalima, probably, I have just always had the Sainsbury's tubs as I use it in fruit cakes as well.

The pieces of ginger seem to be the extra that makes it different and popular.

Nothing - I'm dieting!

Could you use stem ginger Hilltopgran?
That seems more readily available in syrup in jars

Watched my grandson making Chocolate cake by Skype today, he manged to break the eggs all over the floor! Skype makes such a difference when they are at a distance.

Ginger cake.
Very simple all in one method.
line a loaf tin, oven at 170 fan.

150gms Rye Flour, wholemeal or white
1tsp baking powder
150gms soft butter/Marge
150gms sugar, soft brown preferably
2 large eggs
Tbs of golden syrup
1tsp ginger powder
1tsp mixed spice
Half a tub of glace ginger pieces - I get this at Sainsbury's not seen it elsewhere.
Add a little water if mixture seems too stiff

Mix all together, adding glace ginger after beating well, put in lined loaf tin and bake for approx 45 - 50 minutes until cooked

I nearly choked on a delicious casserole made by a friend years ago.
I thought it was chicken but it was rabbit and I just could not eat it. (I just thought of poor Frisky )

Iknow Bakewell and the pudding Shop and as far as I know the recipie is a secret. The real Bakewell pudding or tart is soft and squidgy.

I have baked scones this week and at the weekend I plan to do Rabbit pie but not for the GCs. They have them as pets.

Likewise nellie. No hope for me!

Nothing! What a bad granny I am.

They are much nicer when they're done in the oven.

The apple cake is very nice, I have made one this year but not able to bake etc at the moment (plastered, not the kind).
I did manage to chop up the tomatoes etc and drizzle with olive oil.

In the oven Jalima, I take baking seriously

Thanks for the apple cake recipe Jalima, always glad to try new recipes and I will have a go at making it when I get a chance, next week or so is very busy.

Hope it's as good as the courgette one you gave us, have used that several times but just finished the last of them (courgettes that is) and I am in full 'apple' mode now.

Apple and Blackberry crumble ( because we had one from Tescos which was horrible ) and a batch of Asian chilli jam.

Tomorrow not baking but I am making pickled onions for Christmas ??

jalima I use the Bakewell tart recipe in my trusty, dog eared Be-ro cookery book. It has never failed me.

DD calls them drops scones, I call them Scotch pancakes.

ps I like those too

I made apple sponge for pudding on Sunday. Today I made drop scones for breakfast as we hadn't any bread. They are called pancakes in Scotland, and according to my grandchildren, I'm famous for them. ?

and I love apple cake
This is a good recipe:
www.lynsted.com/Recipes/Cookbook/English_Apple_Cake.html

Not all this week, but apple crumble, apple pie, apple cake, apple in and out pudding, etc. If it has apple in it I have been making it for the last few weeks, chutney, marmalade, jam blah blah blah. We have a huge Bramley tree which every few years goes mad with fruit, this is one of them. Yesterday I spent three, yes three hours chopping up 24lbs of apples to make wine and help use them. I'm sure the last time I had to do that I was much faster. Then in six months or so I will have to drink this wine. It's a hard life

I haven't baked for ages and now I'm on low carbs, I have no motivation to do so. If I had family at home, it would be different, but as it is, when I go to visit they bake for me.

I couldn't do that, I would have to 'test one'

Two batches of gingernut biscuits - and not a one passed my lips!