This afternoon I went to Calder & Hops because it was a leaving lunch for one of the L2MU's supporters Donna Haigh. I had a great time and everyone did. We all reminisced our favourite events she supported. My fave event she did was the Van Gogh experience in York. It was a tiny glimpse into my world. I told everyone about me and my sisters theatre trip last night where we saw Dracula The Bloody Truth. Everyone brought Donna cards and gifts, even I baked some Strawberry Shortcake cupcakes:
Recipe:
Ingredients
150g Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
150g Margarine (Olive Spread)
100g Self Raising Flour
Oreo Golden Wonder biscuits
Strawberries/Strawberry Essence or and flavoured essence of your choice.
Food colouring of your choice
Equipment
Mixing Bowl
Mug
Scales
Fork
Timer
Bun Tin
Plastic box with lid to put the buns in
Mixing spoon (or electric whisk)
Cooling Rack
2 Eating spoons
Oven
Oven Gloves
Paper bun cases
Method:
Wash and dry your hands
Get out ingredients you need
Get out all the equipment you need
Turn the oven on to 180 degrees
1. Place bun cases into the bun tin
2. Cut ends of strawberries off
3. Add one Oreo Golden Wonder into each bun case
4. Add the strawberries into each bun case
5. Crack 3 eggs into a mug
6. Set the timer for 2 minuets
7. Beat the eggs with a fork.
Keep beating the eggs until the timer makes a noise.
8. When the timer makes a noise...
9. Pour the beaten eggs into the mixing bowl.
10. Weigh 150g of margarine into the mixing bowl.
11. Weigh 150g of Caster Sugar into the mixing bowl.
12. Set the timer for 2 minuets.
13. Stir everything in the bowl.
Keep stirring until the timer makes a noise.
14. When the timer makes a noise...
15. Add a couple of drops of strawberry essence or any flavoured essence of your choice.
16. Set timer for a minuet.
17. Stir the flavoured essence into the mixture. Keep stirring until the timer makes a noise.
Note:
Only use strawberry flavoured essence between mid autumn and early summer as strawberries are out of season at the time unless you're using strawberries that came from a different country. Use actual strawberries from early summer to early autumn.
18. When the timer makes a noise...
19. Add some food colouring into the mixture.
20. Set the timer for another minuet
21. Stir in the food colouring until the timer makes a noise.
22. When the timer makes a noise use two teaspoons to fill the buns cases.
Bearing in mind that with the biscuits you made need to add less than two teaspoons into the bun cases
23. Put the buns into the oven.
24. Set the timer for 15 minuets.
25. When the timer makes a noise...
26. Check to see if the buns are ready.
27. If the buns don't look golden put them back into the oven.
28. Set the timer for 10 minuets.
29. When the timer makes a noise...
30. Take the buns out of the oven and leave them on the cooling rack to cool. If you think they don't look ready put the buns back in the oven for 5 minuets.
Optional: leave the bun in the bun tin to cool for 5 minuets.
Butter cream recipe:
Ingredients:
125g Icing sugar
75g Butter/Margarine
Equipment
Digital timer
Spoon/Electric mixer
Mixing bowl
Measuring scales
Method:
1. Weigh 75g of butter/margarine and add them into the mixing bowl.
2. Weigh 125g of icing sugar into the bowl.
3. Set the timer for 2 minuets.
4. Stir the butter and icing sugar together until the timer makes a noise
Baking tip:
When making the butter cream icing always make it in the morning and leave to set in the fridge until either teatime or the following day depending on what your making the buns for. That way if your using an icing syringe or piping bag it'll stay in the shape of the nozzle of your choice.
They were meant to be a present for Donna and her family but in the end everyone who came had a bun each, so I'm not complaining about that as they all gave me 10 stars and told me they were really good. Even Kieran gave me his own Paul Hollywood handshake. I wish I could do bake-off but baking in as I can't cope with pressure because due to my disability it causes me to get overwhelmed with stress and it'll lead to a meltdown. But all in all they went down a treat 😊.