Skip to main content

Becca's Lockdown Bakes

Lockdown due to COVID-19 means my dad's gotten used to a constant supply of cakes! A few of the things I've made (all gluten free as mum's a coeliac):

Carrot and Parsnip Music Cupcakes

It was my cousin's 21st and she's massively musical so I made (and delivered) some cupcakes adapted from a carrot cake recipe.

Gin & Tonic Cake

Mum loved her birthday cake from BBC Good Food. With gin and tonic water as ingredients, it made for a more special bake that was refreshing on the sunny day!


Coffee & Walnut Cake

I used Delia's all-in-one recipe so this cake was super quick to make (and went down really well despite being on the drier side).

Raspberry & Passion Fruit Cake

A fruity bake, slightly more involved, but went down very well! I followed this recipe from Lorraine Elliot, but adapted it because of what I had in the house and have thrown in some metric units.

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cake

This one went down extremely well and definitely my favourite of the lockdown (but that might be due to it's chocolatey nature). This recipe from Budgens (!!) is well worth a try and produces a delicious and moist cake.

Rhubarb and Almond Cake

We had rhubarb in the garden and instead of the usual crumble - I made this! It was deliciously tangy and looked cool.

Red Velvet Cake

I love a Red Velvet cake but surprisingly hadn't tried to bake it before. I found this Jamie Oliver recipe and a tub of buttermilk. The distinctive chocolate cake didn't disappoint and the cream cheese icing is DIVINE!!! 

Chocolate banana bread

Banana bread appears to be the lockdown staple, so I had to make it at least once!! We had a load of bananas so I made this - it was real yummy with the addition of cinnamon and chocolate making a change from a bog standard banana bread.

Fruit Scones

I used a National Trust recipe and added some raisins. My coeliac mum definitely enjoyed having a gluten free scone!

Hazelnut Parsnip Cakes

My first venture into parsnip cake, I was originally sceptical at putting parsnip in cake, but these cakes were delicious and not dissimilar to carrot cakes. They felt healthy too - I used a small amount of gluten free flour and blitzed hazelnuts in a food processor to form the bulk of the cakes.

Sticky Lemon Cake

Another quick and easy bake, the way the lemon syrup is poured on (and holes poked into the cake) makes it super moist and very flavoursome.

Orange & Mini Egg Cookies

Using this as a basis, I added about zest 3/4 of an orange to a half batch and used mini eggs (in various stages of being chopped up). They went down well.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Are robots stealing our jobs?

Photo by  Rock'n Roll Monkey  on  Unsplash From replacing workers in factories to driving buses, there are many worries surrounding the advancements in the robotics industry. These concerns are not entirely unfounded as many processes are becoming more and more mechanised. There are even robot rock bands! The worries seem to stem from robots having the ability to carry progressively complex tasks; The Henn-na Hotel in Japan is the world’s first hotel to be staffed by robots. These robots speak many languages and aid in the checking in and out processes, they are able to store luggage and carry it to the guests’ room. Facial recognition software is also used as a room key replacement. Loss of jobs seems to be a large area of human concern. In fact the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) have recently warned that robots will replace a third of the UK’s jobs and a study conducted in 2013 by Oxford University estimated that “47 percent of total US is at risk...
Post a Comment
Read more

London Cat Village

Okay this post is just an excuse to post a load of photos of cute cats. This weekend I visited the London Cat Village in Shoreditch and enjoyed a delicious slice of cake as well! I would definitely recommend, if you get the chance, going to this adorable place. Anyway here the photos, enjoy:
1 comment
Read more

A long weekend in Stockholm, Sweden

For the Easter bank holiday weekend (yes that was a while ago) I travelled to the capital of Sweden: Stockholm. I went not knowing anything at all about the city, but I think this gave me more of an open mind to discover that it was different to other places I've been to. Although it was cold, the wintry sunsets gave beautiful reflections over the waters. I loved just wandering around the streets with my camera hung around my neck and enjoying the sights. Speaking of sights: on my first full day, I liked going on the hop on and off bus around the city. It stopped really near to where I was staying and the bus drivers were all really friendly. It was cold so I didn't do much hopping off, but listening (in a language I understand) to the history of the city was a great way to get a feel for it. On the next day I went to The Vasa Museum,  let's just say that I wasn't expecting much from a museum dedicated to an old ship... However it was very interesting. Th...
Post a Comment
Read more