Category: Recipes
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Cranachan Cakes
A Sweet Scran specialty, the traditional Burns night desert of Cranachan, turned into cupcakes! Cranachan is a Scottish desert of whipped cream, raspberries, toasted oats, honey and whisky! These are quite decadent cakes made with a GOOD whisky, in my case, Dalmore cigar malt and as such are perfect for Hogmanay! How does one turn…
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Christmas Chocolate Bites
Chocolate bites, similar to my mint slices, but using my spiced ginger shortbread as the biscuit agent!Lovely little spiced “Christmas” flavoured chocolates for that wee festive treat!You just get a gentle hum of ginger in the background but you can add more should you wish a stronger kick! You will need circular moulds if you…
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Spiced Ginger Shortbread (Dairy or Vegan)
Deliciously buttery, very short, spiced ginger shortbread, ideal for a wee Christmas treat!This is very crumbly shortbread as opposed to more traditional, harder, gingerbread!You can sub the butter for Flora plant butter to make it vegan and as the predominant flavour is ginger, the taste is almost identical. RECIPE METHOD
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Vegan Coffee and Walnut Cupcakes
This is my previous coffee and walnut cakes but “Veganified” and you know what, I may just make this the default recipe as they came out so moist and fluffy! RECIPE CAKES VEGAN BUTTER CREAM TOPPING METHOD CAKES VEGAN BUTTER CREAM CONSTRUCTION
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Malteser Cakes
Nice and malty chocolate sponge with a malted chocolate buttercream, filled with chocolate spread and topped with whole and chopped Maltesers! RECIPE CAKE Butter Cream Topping Method Cake Butter Cream Construction
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Scottish Macaroon Bars!
The Scottish sweet treat made with chocolate, coconut and tatties!Yup, you read that right.Boil ’em, mash ’em, put ’em in a sweet!Also, they are naturally vegan. Recipe Ingredients Method
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Vegan Jammie Dodger Cupcakes
Lovely and sweet Jammie Dodger cakes made with Flora plant butter, swirled and filled with raspberry jam and topped with a mini Jammie Dodger! RECIPE CAKE TOPPING METHOD CAKE TOPPING CONSTRUCTION
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Ferrero Rocher & Nutella Cupcakes
Really spoil someone with these deliciously decadent cakes.Chocolate sponge flavoured with choc/hazelnut, filled with Nutella, with Nutella buttercream, topped with a Ferrero Rocher. RECIPE CAKE Topping METHOD Cake Topping Construction
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Home Made Bounty Bars
These home made Bounty bars are tasty, moist and just the right amount of gooey!I found these home made bars can be too dry so I made a coconut syrup to add to mine and upped the volume of wet ingredients.The result is nice and melty bounty bars! This recipe does not use all the…
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Coffee and Walnut Cupcakes
Coffee sponge with walnut pieces made with light brown sugar topped with a sweet coffee butter cream!I personally use Douwe Egberts strength 4 for the coffee but whatever you have on hand is fine! RECIPE CAKE Topping METHOD Cake Topping Construction