White chocolate mirror glaze

 

This glaze has a pearly shimmer to it, it's so versatile & you can add food colour to it.

If you don't want to add food colouring then put a tablespoon of your favourite jam.

You can keep this refrigerated in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks. 

Ingredients:

85g cream

20g water 

15g corn syrup

130g good quality white chocolate (melted)

2g gelatine dissolve in 1. Tbsp water

12g oil 

Few drops of food gel colouring 

Method:

Bring to boil the cream, water & corn syrup.

Pour over slowly to the melted white chocolates. 

Using a ballon whisk constantly whisk to combine, it will look curdle as soon as you add the liquid to the chocolate, but keep stirring and it will come together like thick syrup.

Once this is all combined add the soften gelatine and whisk until it has all dissolved then gradually the oil. This gives it a lovely shimmer and loosen it up. 

Add food colour to the colour you wish to achieve or jam. 

This glaze is ready to coat on a chilled cake when it is really thick, it should look like glucose syrup.

Tastes really good and so easy to make. 

You can use on mousse cakes and buttercream cakes. 

 

Decorate with mini orange macarons, recipe can be found here.

I also used chocolate lacquer glaze, recipe is here

Coconut & Strawberry Jam slices

I was given freshly grated coconut by my sister in law, I've never eaten fresh grated ones before and was surprised how soft and creamy it taste. I've always used desiccated coconuts from a packet in supermarkets to bake with, I've been looking at some recipes that uses grated coconut so I decide to make a tray bake with this.

These slices of coconut cakes are great for picnics or tea parties.

Tastes really good with the jam in the middle and the biscuit base is crumbly.

Very satisfying results. Another bake ticked off my list. 

Ingredients:

Base:

200g self raising flour

100g butter, diced 

50g sugar 

2 egg yolks 

Topping:

200g freshly grated coconuts

100g sugar

3 egg whites

5. Tbsp of jam 

Flaked almonds to decorate.

Method:

Rub the butter and flour together until you form bread crumb texture, add in the egg yolks & sugar and work with your hands to make a dough

Add 1. Tbsp of cold water and mix until you get a moist dough 

Press the moist dough into a lined baking tray and smooth out the top, bake in a preheated oven at

180c for 15 minutes

Sugar cut out cookies

 

Here's a recipe for Sugar cookies, its very simple to make and tastes really good. 

I have used Christmas cookie cutters to make Christmas cookies with my children. 

But you can use these as normal cookies or we would call these biscuits in England.  

 

 

We decorated it with royal icing and edible decorations.