This week's baking consisted of David's favourite Victoria Sponge Sandwich with lots of home made raspberry jam and butter cream, followed by lavender shortbread and then mini coffee and walnut muffins. The shortbread was a bit of a challenge because I decided to follow Louise Walker's Aga recipe - I didn't have any rice flour (nor could I get it in the major supermarkets) so I used ground rice which was a bit coarser. She also rolls hers out very thin and the best way to do this is by placing the dough on a piece of bakoglide then loosely spreading a piece of clingfilm over it - hey presto you just roll on top of the cling film, no sticky rolling pins and the dough is exactly where it should be for sliding onto a baking tray! I had some cooking lavender in my herbs and spices drawer and have been meaning to use it for ages, should have put more in than I did because I could not taste or smell it. Will try thicker shortbread fingers next time, plus more lavender.....
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| Mini coffee and walnut muffins |
The mini muffins were made for a Christmas Social that I went to and there were some left over so I brought them home to gorge on myself! The beauty of minis is that you get all the flavour without having to have a big piece of cake, i.e. you eat less (in theory).
