Summer Berry Genoise

Wimbledon has just finished! And thus a light, fruity, creamy summery cake is needed.

A genoise is different to a normal sponge as it has no raising agents. The only thing that aids this is beating egg whites into stiff peaks, thus filling them with air! The yolks are also included in this sponge, whisked with sugar. And mixed with the remaining sugar and plain flour. And finally melted butter. It is then baked.

The cake is brushed with a rose water and honey syrup, after being cut open -  very badly...  

              

Finally the cake is filled with a whipped cream and fresh strawberry and raspberry icing - like thing.

I then put a few berries on the top to provide a bit of decoration and it was ready to eat! 

                                                     

So that is a delicious and summery berry which is light pudding but still lovely. 

Now all that needs to be said is....

WELL DONE MURRAY!

Next Recipe: Blueberry and Orange Muffins

Flapjacks

Flapjacks are very easy and very quick. Popular at school bake sales around the country as busy mothers don't have time to make anything else. Therefore you are probably all familiar with them. If you are not, Google a more detailed recipe, sharpish!

So due to the mundane-ness of the flapjack, this shall be brief.

To make flapjacks you mix oats, melted butter, syrup and honey together- creating something like this...

mmmmmm oats 

Then you squidge them into a grease proofed tin with the back of a wooden spoon so the mixture is flat. This is then baked.

They are pretty dull to look at, so I tried to jazz them up a bit with a bit of melted chocolate drizzled on the top. Everything dull can be fixed with chocolate. 

This may be the worst photo I have ever taken in my life... 

So that was the humble flapjack- boring, simple and comforting.

Next Recipe: Passionfruit Cheesecake

Treacle Tart

Treacle Tart is a traditional English pudding and surprisingly enough it doesn't have any actual treacle in it. 

It is a shortcrust pastry filled with a golden syrup, lemon, apple, egg and breadcrumb mixture.

There was a bit of a pastry incident... nothing a bit of first aid couldn't fix....

I had so much mixture I had to make little ones too but I have no pictures of them.

It is very sweet and perfect with cream as it takes away some of the sugary sweetness.

Next Recipe: Carrot Cake