More Baking!

Haven't done too much from the Bake Off book recently because I've been baking other recipes, some worked some didn't.....   All my adult life I have been ripping out recipes from magazines and newspapers and keeping them all in binders and folders with the intention of trying them sometime - one of my New Year's resolutions last January was to start cooking some of these!  So that's what I have been doing in the hope of discovering something really fantastic to put in my "favourites" folder.

Recently I made German Apple Cake from one of my Aga cook books - we have loads of Bramleys to use up this winter and it was very nice although I managed to give it my trademark Aga burnt top.  Basically it was a standard cake mix in the bottom, a thick layer of apples coated in sugar and butter, topped with a cinnamon crumble topping.  Nice served warm.

I also made Orange and Poppy Seed muffins - these were a bit different to usual muffins in that they had 200ml of yoghurt in the wet ingredients.  I felt that they were a bit plain so added some orange coloured tangy icing on top and that did the trick.

Orange and Poppy Seed Muffins