tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55981723018323623642024-03-12T18:05:02.219-07:00Abi Makes ThingsAbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-70836443525855757302014-06-08T02:49:00.001-07:002014-06-08T02:49:22.509-07:00I have my life back!!!!<p dir=ltr>So Uni is over, and I've loved it but it's been stealing my baking time. </p>
<p dir=ltr>At our ball on Friday, as a goodbye gift, the New society presidents gave me a hummingbird bakery book (cake days). There was a little thrill that ran through me, which reminded me of how much I love baking. </p>
<p dir=ltr>So first post uni bake: Cornish fudge brownies</p>
<p dir=ltr>Starting with the hummingbird bakery traditional brownie recipe, I swapped out the sugar for 300 g condensed milk, and 100g icing sugar, then added 175g chopped fudge. </p>
<p dir=ltr>The result is gooey fudgey goodness. I think I would add the fudge after about 10 mins in the oven next time, as all the fudge must have sunk to the bottom at the start, so the bottoms of each brownie has a lush fudge layer. Not a problem, but not what I intended. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Recipe</p>
<p dir=ltr>200g dark, good quality chocolate (don't scrimp here, it's where money will be well spent- I used Tesco's finest swiss dark chocolate ans it's on offer at the moment!)<br>
175g fudge - I went with Tesco's Cornish dairy, nothing special. Chop into 1cm ish sized cubes<br>
1 tin of condensed milk (397 g)<br>
50-100g icing sugar depending on your taste. <br>
130g plain flour<br>
3 eggs<br>
175g margarine/butter</p>
<p dir=ltr>Melt chocolate and butter together in a bowl above simmering water. Take your time here; enjoy watching the transforming chocolate.  </p>
<p dir=ltr>Add condensed milk and sugar. It'll thicken and become a bit strange to stir. This is normal. Carry on. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Add in flour. Being lazy and not using a sieve is totally fine. Stir stir stir. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Add eggs one at a time, and remember to crack each one into a glass first - there is no worse feeling than cracking a bad egg into an almost-finished mix. </p>
<p dir=ltr>I hate adding eggs into brownie mix- the just never want to be absorbed easily. Persevere if you are doubting. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Stir through the fudge. Or maybe sprinkle over a part cooked mixture. Your choice!</p>
<p dir=ltr>Butter your tin (33X23 cm is recommended), pour in, and pop in the oven. I had it in for 30ish mins - it looked firm with no wobble when shaken. </p>
<p dir=ltr>LET IT COOL IN THE PAN. Then cut and lift out. <u>T</u>hey get better the longer they are left, so if you have the willpower to wait 24hrs, you'll be rewarded!!</p>
<p dir=ltr>Enjoy!! </p>
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So here's a couple of my dissie and Of this first sketchbook. Happy happy girly. </p>
<p dir=ltr>P.S. Some of the pages in this sketchbook are tracing paper. Such fun!<br>
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Right now, it's time to laugh at an awful excuse for coffee cake. <br>
What happened- I put a well made Hummingbird recipe into the bottom oven of the aga... And then I watched outnumbered and Anna Karenina. Whoopsies. </p>
<p>But, it didn't burn because it was on a silly low lovel of heat. So essentially I didn't bake it, I dried it. Result? A <b>very </b>solid cake.</p>
<p>In an attempt to save it from the bin, I came up with the idea of coffee drizzle, with the intention of restoring some moisture in the 'sponge'. </p>
<p>It did not work. <br></p>
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Housemate envy: 10/10... deffo should make more</div>
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Presentation: 7/10 - put no effort into it</div>
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Yummy points: 9.5/10 - might add chocolate chips</div>
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The Tulips in the garden are the ones I planted back in October. I'm so happy that they are beautiful, if a little heavy for themselves. With all the stress in my work life right now, I need something like this to remind me that I am capable of doing something worthwhile. <div>
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AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-59868676520539902552013-05-01T13:55:00.002-07:002013-05-01T13:55:51.232-07:006 weeks without baking... What's wrong with me?I cannot believe how long it has been without baking. Between being ill and being busy, it's been difficult to get home to sleep let alone to make a cake.<br />
Anyway, here is my comeback; The Brooklyn Blackout Cake<br />
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It is a Hummingbird Bakery recipe; a three tiered chocolate sponge, enveloped with a chocolate custard icing which was an absolute faff. </div>
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Housemate envy: 9/10 a very anticipated cake, that didn't disappoint. Half gone!</div>
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Presentation: 8/10 Would have loved to have a more squared off shape instead of a dome. Need to sort out my rise. First ever crumb coating though - success! </div>
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AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-20664885907646686852013-03-26T07:24:00.001-07:002013-03-26T07:24:09.568-07:00Recent cakes!Sorry I haven't been updating recently... I've been super busy with Architecture.<br />
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All food recently (including cake) has been ginger tinged - I bought SO much by accident (online shopping nightmare). As a result I have developed a ginger blindness; there can never be too much now, and it is disturbing my loved ones....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cocktail party at Mary's - Such a great night of creating <br />yummy combos and getting accidently drunk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary made a cake for Luke's birthday - it was LUSH</td></tr>
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<br /><br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-27370971424758936122013-02-18T14:21:00.001-08:002013-02-18T14:28:28.296-08:00Giving up on Lent, and DeadlinesLittle bit nervous about my review tomorrow, but never mind.<br />
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Gave up on 'No Processed Food' - It's so difficult. It's harder than giving up sugar last year, because at least then I could eat pasta, bread and cheese.<br />
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I procrastibaked on Friday (maybe?), and made a weird fruit cake. I substituted butter for a touch of oil, and switched sugar for honey. I also added sunflower seeds.<br />
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... verging on "I will never be cooked".<br />
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It was kind of like Soreen, in the way that it stuck to our teeth.<br />
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Housemate Points: 9/10 - very surprising<br />
Presentation: 8/10 - very normal, nothing special<br />
Yummy points: 9/10 - maybe more spice!AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-67914604758467062082013-02-16T12:14:00.003-08:002013-02-16T12:14:57.381-08:00Woodland adventuresI have the luck to be able to walk a gorgeous dog every saturday. Today was sunny so I took a LOT of photos...<br />
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<br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-10215597089712033382013-02-13T06:29:00.001-08:002013-02-13T06:29:49.790-08:00Lent - Day OneToday is the first day, and I've put all my bread in the freezer.<br />
There are a few things I am keeping that are processed - bacon, green tea, and oil. I think that this little list might grow and grow, but for now, it's veg, lean meat, milk, water.<br />
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<br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-81987395674497080242013-02-13T02:14:00.001-08:002013-02-13T02:14:34.196-08:00Lent begins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This year I am giving up all processed foods. Which should be super good for me.</div>
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AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-73169091198393429592013-02-10T09:02:00.001-08:002013-02-10T09:02:17.458-08:00Sussex for the WeekendThis weekend I went home. It has been very good, especially since I have horrid tonsillitis.<br />
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AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-85829389727726150982013-02-10T07:48:00.002-08:002013-02-10T07:48:45.836-08:00Apology cookiesOn Tuesday night, I went out with my housemate. We were pretty loud when we returned in the wee hours of the morning. So I made some 'sorry for waking you up' treats.<br />
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Oatmeal and Raisin cookies.<br />
Was still a little on the wrong side of tipsy, so it's a miracle that these came out ok. I used a <a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/OatmealRaisinCookies.html">Joy of Baking recipe</a>, but deviated. A lot.<br />
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Housemate Envy: 9/10 - a simple recipe that simultaneously helped hangovers and mended fences.<br />
Presentation Points: 9/10 - I could have wrapped them up, or presented them on a nice stand, but they were too yummy to waste time doing that. They had a nice 'golden brown' going on, and soft in the middle.<br />
Yummy Points: 8/10 - need more raisins and oil for a more gooey cookie. A real homely bake, that dangerously feels like it should be healthy. Maybe substitute sugar with apple puree? More dried fruit?<br />
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<br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-23178380908856595272013-02-05T06:57:00.002-08:002013-02-05T06:57:42.740-08:00Cabbage RollsDon't scream 'she's going vegan' so quick - these are bloody lush. And only 381 cals.<br />
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Basically it's a load of veg (mushrooms, spinach, kale) mixed with pollock and rice wrapped in steamed cabbage leaves. And of course, a yummy amount of soft goats cheese on top.<br />
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So instead, I have been working on <a href="http://architectureandi.blogspot.co.uk/">opera house plans</a> in my room, serenaded by hail, and with some very yummy porridge!<br />
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On the 28th January, I filmed a music video of my talented friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/songsbymaryjane?fref=ts">Mary Jane</a>. We visited different locations and filmed the same song over and over. I then edited it into a very raw-feeling video, where you can hear the changes in sound in each cut:</div>
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I also made a coffee cake on Friday. I used a hummingbird bakery recipe as the baseline. But I halved the quantities, added more coffee and a dozen toffees. My idea with shape was to make a house... Not a great success.<br />
Nevermind, it was great and we ate it with cups of tea whilst watching the rugby yesterday.<br />
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Housemate envy: 10/10 (it got rave reviews from all of them, plus guests we had back to watch the rugby.)<br />
Presentation Points: 5/10 (very questionable, and not how I envisioned)<br />
Yummy Points: 9/10 (I know this is my best coffee cake yet, but I felt the sponge could have been less dense. Buttercream was a dream -no recipe.)<br />
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<li>Mix with 1 tsp honey, and 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder.</li>
<li>Add enough rice crispies until it seems about reasonable. </li>
<li>Roll into balls about 2cm in diameter. (there were about 12 for me)</li>
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AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-52499577678248187122013-01-24T09:00:00.000-08:002013-01-24T09:00:24.463-08:00Gluten free fruit cake and SNOWWe didn't get any snow in plymouth, so we went to dartmoor to find some....<br />
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And I made that gluten free cake. It was a bit dense, and sour (since I did a lemon drizzle topping)<br />
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<li>Soak 500g of dried fruit (mix of whatever you like - I had apricots, sultanas, peel, dried raspberries, currents) in a big bowl with 600ml of boiling water and 3 tea bags. I used 2 PG tips and 1 oolong tea bag.</li>
<li>Leave overnight. Go to the pub, don't worry about baking hungover; it's easy as hell, go have some fun.</li>
<li>In the morning, remove the tea bags, and mix in 200g of sugar. I used granulated because I am poor.</li>
<li>Crack an egg in, and mix.</li>
<li>Spice it up with whatever you have in the kitchen. My weapons of choice were cinnamon and lemon rind.</li>
<li>Mix in 250g of gluten free flour. I didn't see the need to sift.</li>
<li>Bake at 170 C for about an hour. Test its 'done-ness' by inserting a metal skewer/knife and see if it comes out clean.</li>
<li>Give it 5 in the tin, but while it is warm, stab it a fair amount of times, then drizzle on the icing - juice of one lemon mixed with about 100g of granulated sugar. Using granulated gives it a great crunch. </li>
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Housemate envy: 6/10 (There isn't any left, but that might have been because there was a lot of us, and the snow makes you want to eat lots of cake. People thought it was an interesting thing - lots of questions)<br />
Presentation points: 8/10 (Forgot to take a bloody pic of it whole. It was a bunt cake, which makes cake easier for picnics as there's no wispy bit in the middle to crumble.)<br />
Yummy points: 7/10 (It's hard to judge as it was a bloody weird cake. But I had a fair bit as it was good enough for me.)<br />
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<br /><br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-42034756116589774992013-01-22T11:44:00.000-08:002013-01-22T11:44:48.187-08:00No Snow for Plymouth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Instead of doing floor area schemes of an opera house (uni project, which can be read about <a href="http://architectureandi.blogspot.co.uk/">here</a>), I did my first collage-type-thing since college. How strange.</div>
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<br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-72101638352937719882013-01-20T16:08:00.000-08:002013-01-20T16:08:05.620-08:00Etsy RosesJust a quick post about my etsy restart! Made some <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/121118057/duct-tape-rose">duct tape roses</a>, in preparation for valentines day.<br />
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This is the one I talked so fearfully about in<a href="http://architectureandi.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/architectural-theory-january-deadline.html"> another blog post</a>, but it's over now. For submission, I took 3 photographs of my elderly relatives, showing them as they are, with a bit of text saying <i>who </i>they are. I wrote the supporting text and all references on my type writer. I love it so much!</div>
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<u>A Carrot Cake</u><br />
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This was baked for a coffee and cake chat with my friend <a href="http://wordsbymaryjane.wordpress.com/">Mary</a> (who sings amazingly, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/songsbymaryjane">check it out!</a>)<br />
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Housemate Envy: + 9/10 (There is a reason that I don't have a picture of the whole cake!)<br />
Presentation Points: 6/10 (The top icing was quite thin and runny, so I constantly felt like the fairies in sleeping beauty when they make the birthday cake, see below!)<br />
Yummy points: 9/10 (It was beautiful, three different kinds of icing in it, moist, good crumb. The bottom was a smidgen overdone though)<br />
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I have definitely seen this before, but I didn't save the link so it cannot be credited :(<br />
I was super happy with this, and wore it out on friday.<br />
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<br />AbigailBanfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953721820957458117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598172301832362364.post-53932062550381554402013-01-08T15:12:00.002-08:002013-01-08T15:12:49.879-08:00Coffee Cake vs Essay Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have a deadline coming up soon. Two in fact, in quick succession. </div>
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So of course I baked a cake this evening, whilst watching the iron lady. </div>
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It's a strange kind of coffee cake. Again a little made up, but surprisingly sucessful:</div>
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200g butter</div>
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200g sugar</div>
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3 eggs</div>
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Coffee (made super strong coffee in cafetiere, then boiled this on the hob until it was super concentrated) </div>
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about 200g self raising flour - enough to make it cake batter looking</div>
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Then there's a cheeky hollow in the middle with coffee buttercream in - but you can't really see it in the photos... then coffee glace icing on the top. </div>
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New point system:</div>
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Housemate envy + 5/10 (it's kind of safe, but everyone loves coffee cake it seems) </div>
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Presentation points + 1/10 (big fat mess - top layer may or may not have broken in two when removed from tin...)</div>
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Yummy points + 8/10 (light sponge, but not enough coffee taste)</div>
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Total points today : 14/30</div>
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To celebrate being back home in plymouth, I baked beetroot cupcakes yesterday - made up the recipe and everything!</div>
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Make like a normal sponge:</div>
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Icing is normal buttercream icing coloured with beetroot juice.</div>
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They kind of spilled over the cup cake cases, so they are pretty big! I think next time, I will puree the beetroot in the cake mix rather than chop. </div>
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