Baking

  • VIDEO: S’more Brownies
    Baking Recipe Videos
    Charlotte Strong January 25, 2023
    VIDEO: S’more Brownies
    If you’ve ever been lucky enough to try the classic American campfire delicacy that is s’mores, marshmallows toasted with chocolate between crackers until melting and delicious, you will love our S’more Brownies. Taken from our bestselling cookbook Home Sweet Home, we’ll show you how to make this fudgy chocolate brownie with a gooey marshmallow topping that goes golden and toasty. It’s super-easy and perfect for sharing by the campfire.   Watch Tarek make our S’more Brownies here: S’more Brownies   The much-loved American campsite treat — this time used for topping brownies! It's essential to line the baking tin with foil as this will stop any burning when it comes to putting the tin back under the grill or using a cook's blowtorch for the marshmallow topping.   MAKES 12-15 BROWNIES   FOR THE BASE: 200g (7oz) DIGESTIVE BISCUITS 125g (4 ½ oz) UNSALTED BUTTER   FOR THE BROWNIE: 115g (4oz) UNSALTED BUTTER 120g (4oz) DARK CHOCOLATE (MINIMUM 70%
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  • Five skills all bakers need
    Baking Baking Advice
    Charlotte Strong January 19, 2023
    Five skills all bakers need
    If you’re baking at home and wondering how you can improve your skills, there are a few key qualities that can help you to progress as a baker. 1) Organisation Baking is a juggling act. This means organising everything from your ingredients to forward-thinking your way through the stages of the recipe.   Lots of thinking ahead is required when you’re a baker and you need to be considering what needs to be done in advance so that everything is ready when needed. It also means incorporating steps that aren’t necessarily in the recipe, such as cleaning down your kitchen as you go.   Weigh out your ingredients before you start, check that everything is ready to use (e.g. chopped chocolate, butter and eggs at room temperature) and that you have all the necessary equipment
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  • The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook – Revised and Expanded out soon!
    Cookbooks Baking Baking Advice
    Charlotte Strong January 19, 2023
    The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook – Revised and Expanded out soon!
    The number one baking bestseller is back! The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook has been revised and expanded with eight irresistible new recipes, including the bakery’s fast-selling Mile High Chocolate Salted Caramel Cake. First published in 2009, The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook took the baking world by storm, introducing the authentic and unapologetically indulgent flavours of American baking to the world. Jumpstarting a craze in the UK for American cupcakes, most notably the famous Red
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  • Baking equipment: what every baker needs
    Baking Baking Advice
    Charlotte Strong January 19, 2023
    Baking equipment: what every baker needs
    They say a worker is only as good as their tools, so make sure you have the right equipment to hand when baking for the best results. Tins Non-stick tins are preferable to ordinary tins or silicone tins. While silicone tins are non-stick, they don’t distribute heat as evenly. A good non-stick tin will help you to remove cakes and any baked on cake mixture easily. For cheesecakes, we recommend a springform tin. For cupcakes, a deep muffin tin is what we use for our recipes, rather than a fairy cake tin. We like big cupcakes and we cannot lie! You can invest in a special whoopie pie tin if you wish or simply scoop the mixture onto a flat tin with spaces between the scoops for the sponges to expand as we do. Baking paper or non-stick baking spray Lining your tins takes no time at all and will save your cake from sticking. Baking paper is great for lining square and round cake tins and
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