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Queen Victoria sponge cake – with a savoury twist

In another lead-up week to the start of the Great British Bake Off, The Baking Nanna and Rob Allen hosted another #GBBOTwitterbakealong and asked for a vote. Victoria sponge overwhelmingly won – I guess everyone likes a good old fashioned cake don’t they? Well, I voted for bread! It’s true: I do like a VickyContinue reading “Queen Victoria sponge cake – with a savoury twist”

Iced Souvaroffs with rhubarb and apricot jams and pistachio cream

Now – who’s excited about the imminent new series of the Great British Bake Off? Almost everyone involved in the Twitter baking community for a start! I’ve included some of my illustrations in this recipe to help you make these Souvaroff biscuits. This year the fab and lovely Baking Nanna and Rob Allen have put togetherContinue reading “Iced Souvaroffs with rhubarb and apricot jams and pistachio cream”

Strawberry and cream Souvaroffs – the original jammie dodgers

These petit four sablés have been adapted from a very old French recipe I found (late 1800s). Although it was a French recipe, these biscuits had an intriguing Russian name and I tried to research where they came from or who they were named after. I discovered one or two French websites that claimed theContinue reading “Strawberry and cream Souvaroffs – the original jammie dodgers”