Monthly baking/cooking challenge

BrightonBelle

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I have sooooo many cookery books which I haven't even looked at let alone used any recipes from, so this year have decided to try to bake a new thing (will probably be a dessert of some sort) every month - or maybe more often if I can.

I will be updating this thread and a dedicated album on FB with the picture in the recipe book (what its supposed to look like :p) and what it actually looks like.

Feel free to join in if you wish! :p

BB x
 
This sounds like fun. Post up the recipe a few days in advance and we can all have a bash and see who's the best (and more importantly, who's the worst!).
 
Baked this the other day - Mojhito Genoise Cake

Recipe can be found here: http://www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/11455/lorraine-pascales-mojito-genoise

Heres what it should have looked like:
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And here's what it looked like:

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A little more 'rustic' than intended, but tasted very nice :)
 
Looks tasty :)

And also this is a great idea, I attempt to try new recipes regularly but it's a bit 'here and there' but I do have a lot of cookery books. I got the Hairy Bikers Pie cookbook for christmas, tried a pear and chocolate recipe last week and it tasted really nice.
 
So far this week I've done chocolate and vanilla Mille Feuille and a Roast Gammon Joint with roast veg (onions, shallots, potatoes, carrots) that was lovely. I forgot to get a pic of the gammon joint with the cloves and stuff in :(
 
I'm going to try and do a recipe a week from one of my cookbooks that I've just got - I'm a student so my main meals are all the usual Meatballs, Spag Bol, Curries etc so I want to branch out into some other things. The 3 cookbooks I have are Hughs Veg, Jamies Great Britain & 101 One Pot Dishes so going to try two of those this week I think :)

Shall pop the results in here I suspect..
 
Bucket said:
I'm going to try and do a recipe a week from one of my cookbooks that I've just got - I'm a student so my main meals are all the usual Meatballs, Spag Bol, Curries etc so I want to branch out into some other things. The 3 cookbooks I have are Hughs Veg, Jamies Great Britain & 101 One Pot Dishes so going to try two of those this week I think :)

Shall pop the results in here I suspect..
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An economical idea might be to shuffle the recipes so common ingredients can be shared between recipes
 
January - White Truffle Cake

Recipe and pic:
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Actual:
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Tasted delicious!!! Didn't do exactly the same topping (chocolate caraque) as ran out of time :( and the springform tin I had was wider so my cakes isn't as thick as the original picture, but to be honest its so rich and sweet - you don't need much more than I made!

BB x
 
That cake looks well nice BB.

As you said it is a bit thinner than the original. I'd have made it bigger but then I can be a greedy sod. :D
 
February - Fruit Cake

Recipe book
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Actual
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Well firstly I used the only springform tin that I had which was too big.

Secondly I didn't do the icing.

And thirdly I swapped some of the fruit :D so didn't entirely following the recipe exactly but it still tasted great ;)

BB x
 
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March - Passionfruit Angel Cake

Recipe
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Actual
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:/ oh dear they appear to be getting worse! lol forgot to grease the tin and should've used more icing sugar in the icing as it ended up as a passionfruit drizzle cake in the end! :p Still it all went though ;)

Also made some 'Blondies' :)

Recipe

http://www.brutsellog.com/2008/02/02/blondies/

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Actual
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Never made Brownies before (for the shame! :p) partly because I don't like dark chocolate so obviously I jumped at the chance when I heard about Blondies :D there was some white chocolate left over too... what a shame! :rolleyes:

Think I should have been braver and taken them out at 20mins... next time! They ARE delicious though!!!

BB x
 
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April - Key Lime Pie

This one I am happy with :p and it actually looked like the picture in the recipe book = win! Plus it tasted rather good too ;)

Recipe
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Actual
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As you use 4 egg yolks with this I decided to make use of the leftover whites and make a 'by-product' dessert of pavalova :o

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Yes I could have used fresh fruits, but this wasn't the dessert that was the main focus!

BB x
 
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