Easter Baking 🐣🍫

Hi guys 👋🏻

I love an excuse to bake and Easter is the perfect one.

Also, I can now eat chocolate again as I gave it up on the 8th of Jan until Good Friday! Horray.

So, here are two Easter bakes that I have made this Easter weekend.

They are super easy, relatively quick and even child friendly.

Let’s take a look!


Chocolate Easter Nests

Chocolate Easter Nests

I surely don’t even need to include a recipe for this Easter classic!?!

This Easter season special is great to do with kids and one of my favourite ‘cakes’ whenever I seem them on sale.

I had to use shredded wheat this time as we already had it in the cupboard but my preference is cornflakes, and of course I used Cadbury chocolate and mini eggs.


Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies

Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies
Gooey goodness!

These brownies came out super gooey and were so delicious, especially warm!

I had this ‘Brownie in a jar’ mix from Christmas, that I hadn’t used yet and all you needed to do was add 125g of butter and 2 eggs (whisked together first). Super easy!

I then cut the creme eggs in half and pushed them into the batter, fondant side up.

A brownie recipe that I use alot is a BBC Good Good one, I’ll leave a link here .


What is your favourite Easter bake?

Let me know if you have a go at these.

Have a great Easter Weekend.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

Pancakes, 3 ways 🥞🤤

ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℙ𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕪!

…ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴜᴍᴍɪᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ! ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ꜰᴇʙ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴛᴇʀᴍ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅᴜʟɢᴇ.

ɪ ᴡᴏᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴜᴍʙʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴊᴀᴍiᴇ ᴏʟɪᴠᴇʀ’ꜱ ɪɢᴛᴠ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴏꜰ ‘ᴘᴀɴᴄᴀᴋᴇꜱ 4 ᴡᴀʏꜱ’ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ.

ꜱᴏ, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ɢᴏ (ᴛʜᴇ 4ᴛʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴡᴀꜰꜰʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ 🤣)

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ꜱᴏ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ… ᴡʜᴏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴘᴀɴᴄᴀᴋᴇ ʙᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏ ᴠᴇʀꜱᴀᴛɪʟᴇ!

ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ!

Thick, fluffy, American style pancakes. Draped in Bananas and Biscoff spread.
I’ve never been able to make these thicker, fluffy pancakes before so I was so happy with this delicious stack!!
Savoury Ham & Cheese filled pancake toastie.
This was so delicious and I was pleasantly suprised with this one.
Traditional, thin crepe style pancakes. I always have these ones every year.
Lemon, sugar & golden syrup.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀?! 🥞

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

Festive Leftovers 🥧🎄

Hi guys! 👋🏻

Now I don’t usually post after Blogmas until New Year but, I felt inspired and we all have a bit more time on our hands at the mo don’t we!

So, heres my festive leftover pie!

Perfect after those big roast dinners on Christmas day and great for being a bit thrifty.


Here’s what you’ll need:

  • A sheet or block of puff pastry
  • Leftover turkey
  • Leftover veg
  • Bacon or leftover Pig in blankets
  • 3 table spoons of double cream
  • A little milk
  • Cranberry sauce
  • A little grated cheese (optional)
  • Salt, pepper & garlic powdee to season

Lay out/or roll out your pastry. Cover the pastry (leaving half an inch around the edge free) with your cranberry sauce.

Heat up the cream and milk lightly, simmering it. Season.

Fry off some bacon.

Add your Turkey and bacon into the bubbly, creamy mixture.

I would also add the leftover veg at this point too. I added frozen peas to mine as I had no leftover veg.

Make sure it’s all warmed through thoroughly.

Grate a little cheese on top of the cranberry sauce.

Carefully spoon your creamy filling onto the pastry, on one side.

Fold the pastry over to cover the filling. Use a fork to create a seal around the edge. Pierce the top a few times to allow steam to escape.

I decorated mine with stars from the pastry scraps.

Spray with butter frylight or egg wash before baking in the oven for 25 minutes.

Yum!


I was slightly inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Hodge Podge Christmas Pie, I watched a video on his Instagram yesterday!

Here’s a link to that recipe:

Jamie Oliver’s Hodge Podge Pie


Let me know if you give this a go!

Enjoy 🍽

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

Blogmas Day Twenty Four: An Easy Christmas Day Dessert 🍫🥧🎄


ONE DAY TO GO!!

The penultimate post is here.


As I said a few days ago, I have one more recipe for you! And it’s perfect for a special Christmas day occasion.

It’s a delicious, and relatively easy and quick, Salted caramel (do I need to say any more?) and chocolate tart.

It doesn’t require a lot of ingredients which is great! And apart from time for it to set it doesn’t take too long either. It only took me an hour or so one evening so its great as a fancy, last minute showstopper.

Don’t let the making caramel stage scare you… it’s not as horrendous as you’d think and, if you have a food thermometer this will really come in handy.

I will link both of the recipes that I used below.

I used pre made shortcrust. Remember to bake it blind for 15 mins before removing the baking parchment and beans (or whatever you have, I used dried pasta) pop it back in until it starts to turn golden.

Chocolate Ganache

Caramel

I had some nice flakey salt that I added during the caramel recipe process (as stated but I doubled it) and I sprinkled more salt on, generously, once I had poured the caramel into my cooled tart.

Leave the caramel to set and then add your silky smooth ganache on top. Good quality Dark chocolate is the best.

As someone who likes baking, I enjoyed this recipe because it uses lots of different techniques that perhaps I wouldn’t bother to try usually.

And it looks impressive too!


This is going to be our Christmas day dessert, served with some thick double cream, YUM!

Give it a go!

It’s indulgent but you won’t regret it.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

Blogmas Day Sixteen: My Favourite Festive drinks ☕


• My Favourite Festive Drinks •


I love a Coffee or drink from a Coffee shop and especially the festive flavours around at Christmas time.


So, here are some of my faves…

Costa: Terry’s Chocolate Orange Hot Chocolate

This was yummy.

If you were one of the first wave of people who ordered this you also got a Terry’s choc orange segment with your drink.

This was a really, yummy, creamy hot choc… it could have done with a little more orange flavouring though!


Costa: After Eight Mint Hot Chocolate

This is my favourite festive drink by far.

Because what’s more festive than a hot chocolate.

And the mint syrup is super festive too.

Me and my twin sister get this every year, its sooooo good.

I think it’s usually just called a mint hot choc but, it’s been branded around After Eight Mints this year… I could be wrong though (it could always have been)… anyway, you also got a After Eight Mint on the side of your drink.

Again, I think there were limited number of these.


Starbucks: White Mocha Frappe with Peppermint Syrup

This is a new discovery this year thanks to Zoe Suggs Vlogmas! & my sisters recommendation.

The White Mocha Frappe is super delish and flavourful on it’s own, and the peppermint flavour makes it super festive.

It’s a really tasty drink.

This is great if you prefer a cooler, refreshing drink.


I’m really hoping I get a chance to try the Caffe Nero ‘Salted Caramel Latte’ & their ‘Mint Hot Choc’ before the christmas season is over!

Caffe Nero is my fave.

What’s your favourite festive drink???

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

🅆🄷🄸🅃🄴 🄲🄷🄾🄲🄾🄻🄰🅃🄴 🄰🄽🄳 🅁🄰🅂🄿🄱🄴🅁🅁🅈 🄲🄾🄾🄺🄸🄴🅂 🍪

ʜᴇʏ ɢᴜʏꜱ! 👐🏻

ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴍᴇ, ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ! ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴏᴋɪᴇ!?!

ʙᴀᴋᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ʜᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.

ꜱᴏ, ʟᴇᴛ’ꜱ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘᴇ.

It is from BBC Good Food (Check it out here


𝕀𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤

• 𝟙𝟘𝟘𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 • 𝟜𝟘𝕘 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 • 𝟜𝟘𝕘 𝕘𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 • 𝟙𝟙𝟝𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕣 • 𝟙𝟘𝟘𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖, 𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕤 • 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕙, 𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 •


𝕄𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕕

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟙: ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝟙𝟡𝟘ℂ/𝕗𝕒𝕟 𝟙𝟟𝟘ℂ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟚: ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕪.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟛: 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟜: ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕤, 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝟙𝟘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 (𝕕𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟).

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟝: 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝟙𝟘-𝟙𝟝 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟.

𝕊𝕋𝔼ℙ 𝟞: 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 (𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥!) 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.



ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏʟʟᴏᴘ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴄʜᴜɴᴋꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴏᴄᴏʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴄʜᴏᴄ ᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ.

ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʏᴜᴍᴍʏ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ɪꜰ ᴍʏ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰʟᴀᴠᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴏꜱ! & ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘᴇ ɪꜱ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ Qᴜɪᴄᴋ!


Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

Blogmas 2019 Day Seventeen: Mini Mince Pies.


Hi guys!

I thought it was time for another recipe as I’ve only done one so far this festive blogmas season.

Check that out: Pretzel Reindeer treats

Plus, the mince pie obsession has well and truly returned.

So, I thought I would have a go at making my own mini ones. These are Perfect for a little treat.

These are super easy and super quick!


What you will need:


•Jar of mince meat

•Shortcrust ready roll pastry (Chilled)•Small circle cutter•Small star cutter•Low cal spray•Baking tray•Parchment paper

Optional Extra:

Caramel


What you will need to do:


•Line your baking tray with the parchment paper.

•Pre heat your oven to 180° C

•Lay out your pastry and cut into two.

•Use half of the pastry to cut out your circle bases and half with stars for the tops.

•Place the circles into the baking tray with a little space between them.

•Spoon a generous amount of mince meat into the centre of each circle.

Optional: Top the mince meat with your extra flavouring (Terry’s choc orange segment or blob of caramel)

•Lift up the edges of the circles a little so that when they cook the mince meat doesnt all pour out.

•Top with one of your cut out pastry stars.

•Spray with your low cal spray/egg wash/milk. Anything that will give it that lovely golden brown finish.

• Pop into the oven until they are golden brown.

•Enjoy warm or cold.

The cool thing is I made these for my husband to take to work as part of his bake off competition and we won!! Whoop whoop 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Bake off winners.

So, they are definatly worth a try.


Let me know if you have a go at making these or if you make any other Christmassy treats.


8 days until Christmas 🎄

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

Halloween Bat cupcakes 🦇

I hope you enjoyed Halloween on Thursday 🎃

What did you do?


If, like us, you are celebrating Halloween this weekend then this little recipe will be right up your street.

These bat cupcakes are super cute, chocolatey and my ultimate favourite flavour combo, chocolate orange.

They are perfect for the spooky season, a Halloween party, to make with the kids or to just to help you indulge with a cuppa this weekend.

So, enjoy!


What you’ll need…

  • A chocolate cupcake packet mix (12 cupcakes)
  • 1 egg
  • 1.5 tbsp oil
  • Water
  • Chocolate buttercream icing
  • Orange extract
  • Jaffa cakes
  • Jaffa cake nibbles
  • White choc drops (for eyes)
  • Icing tubes (to draw on the fangs)

What you’ll need to do…

  • Make the packet mix as instructed
  • This usually entails adding your egg, oil and water to the packet mix and stirring.
  • Separate into your cupcake cases evenly.
  • Cook in the oven (See individual packets for times/temps.
  • Whilst the cupcakes are cooking, mix some orange extract into your chocolate buttercream.
  • Leave your cakes to cool before decorating.

Decorating…

  • 12 Jaffa cakes
  • A pack of Jaffa nibbles
  • Chocolate orange Buttercream
  • Icing
  • White choc drops

  • Top each cupcake with a generous helping of chocolate orange buttercream.
  • Cut each Jaffa cake in two, to create wing shapes.
  • Pop the wings either side in the icing.
  • Pop two nibbles in between the wings for the eyes.
  • To add detail to the eyes, use a little leftover buttercream to stick a white chocolate drop onto the nibbles.

Eat & enjoy!


I hope you like this little recipe idea, they taste heavenly or should I say devilishly good 👹

🎃🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃🎃

Chocolate Orange Brownies.

I thought I would do another recipe post and what better than brownies, Chocolate Orange ones none the less!!

Rich, gooey, indulgent and orangey.

I love baking and for any of my fellow Terry’s Choc orange lovers out there, you will LOVE this 👌🏻


My twin sister Sarah tagged me in the video for this recipe on Facebook. I will leave the details linked down below.

Chocolate Orange Brownie Recipe

❤🍊🍫😋


Ingredients


  • 150 g Dark Chocolate
  • 150

  • g Terry’s Chocolate Orange
  • 200

  • g Unsalted Butter
  • 3 large eggs (or 4 medium)
  • 275

  • g Caster Sugar
  • 90g Plain flour
  • 35

  • g Cocoa Powder
  • Zest

  • of 1 Orange (or 1tsp orange extract
  • 300g of Terry’s chocolate orange chopped

Before

After

I love the texture (& of course the taste) of the Choc orange segments that are pushed into the tops of the brownies, amazing.

These were so gooey & sticky and I am just obsessed with chocolate and cake and chocolate orange as a flavour combo so these were an absolute winner.

I took these to my Nieces 2nd birthday party and they went down a treat.


Let me know if you give these a go, and what you think of the recipe too.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

Our Easter bakes 🍫

Here are the results of our Easter baking…

‘No bake’ Easter slices

Rice crispie cakes

Check out the full blog post here & my Easter activities too –> here.

🐣🐣 I hope you are enjoying your Easter Sunday funday! & this beautiful sunshine in the UK ☀️☀️

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂