Honey and pear layer cake



Page 224 - Honey and pear layer cake

What a yummy recipe, and quite simple too. A fairly standard Hummingbird cake but with some lovely pears poached in honey. The sponge is so moist too - a winner!

Again - a special mention to my lovely dad Graham for providing his homemade honey from his bees in the garden for this recipe... There's a piece in my fridge for you Popsicle!!


Cinnamon and raisin loaf

Page 219 - Cinnamon and raisin loaf

A lovely, simple loaf. Nothing too fancy but as a massive cinnamon fan I loved it. Perfect for a snowy afternoon with a cup of tea :-)

And really easy to make - I managed to do it whilst wearing my baby in her Baby Bjorn!!

Beetroot and chocolate cupcakes



Page 193 - Beetroot and chocoalte cupcakes



Tried it... didn't love it!

They're not as random as they sound - I love carrot cake and also liked the courgette cake I made from the Hummingbird book a few months back. But to be honest the beetroot doesn't add anything to a normal chocolate cupcake, apart from the cream cheese frosting!

So - can tick it off the list but won't be making them again!

Only 13 recipes to go...!

Spiderweb cheesecake

Page 189 - Spiderweb cheesecake

 
This was a fairly simple cheesecake recipe but the spiderweb design made it look quite fancy. It was the first time I've used gelatine and it was really simple to make - I love the fact this didn't need to go in the oven!

Chocolate and lime cheesecake

Page 216 - Chocolate and lime cheesecake

Yay another cheesecake! And with a double chocolate cookie base :-)

Very tasty although the lime was perhaps not as sharp as I would like. Quite refreshing though, we had it as ANOTHER of our Christmas Day desserts!

Cranberry and white chocolate cookies

Page 215 - Cranberry and white chocolate cookies

Another tasty sounding recipe! They were nice although I prefer my cookies chewy rather than crunchy and these were crunchy - but with a cup of tea they were nice. Cranberry and white chcolate is always a winning combination, and I'd make them again to perfect the consistency.

I guess you need to bake on a lower temperature for longer to get them chewy?!

Chocolate, Caramel and Hazelnut Cheesecake

Page 207 - Chocolate, Caramel and Hazelnut Cheesecake

I was beyond excited about making this cheesecake as it sounded like heaven on a plate. It was tasty, although I think I was a bit disppointed at the same time. We had it as one of our Christmas Day desserts and mum quite rightly said that there was too much going on with it. You didn't really need the chocolate layer as the caramel was enough with the hazelnuts. 

One criticism - I doubled the amount of caramel in the cheesecake and you couldn't really taste it very much.