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Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Mascarpone Easter Meringues

Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Mascarpone Easter Meringues

April 05, 2025

If you're looking for decorative dish for Easter then this is an easy recipe and fun to do with the kids. The boys used the excess for decorations so we had a farmyard of furry chicks all round the kitchen. 

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Gaby's Bakery - Mini Egg Easter Brownies

Gaby's Bakery - Mini Egg Easter Brownies

March 29, 2025

The salon is decked out in Easter decorations now, so I thought it would be seasonal to have some fun with a most loved brownie recipe. Kids will want to help but you'll need to keep an eye on the sweets...

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Gaby's Bakery - Upside-down Blood Orange Cake

Gaby's Bakery - Upside-down Blood Orange Cake

March 06, 2025

These are the last months of plentiful blood oranges which go to make this recipe such a mouth-watering treat.

The fruit has crimson or blood coloured flesh which comes from the anthocyanins, a family of polyphenols. The red colour comes when the fruit develops with low overnight temperatures as in the Mediterranean winters, so peak season is February to April.

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Gaby's Bakery - Mediterranean Egg Muffins

Gaby's Bakery - Mediterranean Egg Muffins

March 01, 2025

A short trip away from sweet this week with a moreish egg muffin. Michael is my normally obedient taster but wasn't responsive when I gently proffered one at him. "Taste this." I said. "I'm not in the mood for savoury and I've just brushed my teeth."

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Gaby's Bakery - Blueberry Muffins

Gaby's Bakery - Blueberry Muffins

February 22, 2025

What have the Welsh ever done for us? Well, apparently muffins originated in Wales sometime in the 11th century and are now just about everywhere having been popularised by the Americans in the 19th century. You needn't go to the high street, as you can make a beautiful light fluffy version for yourself. Try this.

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Gaby's Bakery - Valentine's Jammy Dodgers

Gaby's Bakery - Valentine's Jammy Dodgers

February 14, 2025

The Valentine holiday has origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February, to celebrate the coming of Spring. It included fertility rites where men would strip naked and sacrifice a goat, and a lottery where boys drew names of girls from a box.

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Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Curd Cakes

Gaby's Bakery - Lemon Curd Cakes

February 07, 2025

Fluffy and fresh. These light vanilla flavoured sponges melt in the mouth while the zesty curd gives a tangy hit, soothed by the marscapone. Ten minutes prep, and twenty minutes to bake, then a quick compilation once they cool down. Try them.

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Gaby's Bakery - Hamantaschen

Gaby's Bakery - Hamantaschen

February 01, 2025

Beginners in origami will like this one. Hamantaschen or hamantash, are triangular pocket-filled pastries associated with the Jewish holiday of Purim. The pastry texture can range between biscuit and cake but I prefer a more biscuity quality.

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Gaby's Bakery - Lamingtons

Gaby's Bakery - Lamingtons

January 24, 2025

All the way from down-under, Lamingtons are an iconic butter or vanilla-sponge cake traditionally made on Australia Day. The cake squares are coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut. The thin mixture absorbs into the surface of the sponge cake giving the cake its distinctive texture 

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Gaby's Bakery - Strawberry & Cream Tarts

Gaby's Bakery - Strawberry & Cream Tarts

January 18, 2025

Here's a little bit of summer to brighten a gloomy January. Strawberries are firmly associated with Wimbledon Tennis. But human ingenuity has extended a 4-6 week natural harvest to pretty much all year by growing under glass, and also now...

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Gaby's Bakery - Faux Tarte Tatin

Gaby's Bakery - Faux Tarte Tatin

January 12, 2025

True Tarte Tatins take time (alliteration not intended 😊), the preparation of this version is super quick. I used up a spare roll of puff pastry; apples and nuts are always on hand here. 

Try these delicious treats at home. You won't be disappointed.

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Gaby's Bakery - Gingerbread-House Mug Toppers

Gaby's Bakery - Gingerbread-House Mug Toppers

December 21, 2024

Here's a bit of fun for Christmas which the kids will love having a go with. You'll need the cookie cutters, but they come in all shapes, sizes and designs nowadays. 

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