Mince Cakes!

This baking was also done for Christmas but due to forgetfulness on my part, I left out the butter!

Interestingly, these little mince cakes still taste pretty alright and a colleague even ate two as it's 'fat-free'!

Ginger Shortbread!

Again, this baking was done for Christmas as I have always thought that cold winter days call for baking that is warm and heartening.

However, these ginger shortbread didn't turn out that well and the Husband thought they were not good at all!

Chocolate Chunk Cranberry Muffins!

This baking was done in December but I have been a bit slow with my entries!

These muffins are baked out of flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, butter, egg, vanilla extract, buttermilk, sugar, chocolate chunks and dried cranberries. They are then topped with a streusel topping of flour, butter, sugar and chocolate chips.

I thought they were ok but not great.

It took two days to finish in the Office!

Chocolate Gingersnaps!

A surprise hit! The Husband loved them and has asked for the recipe to be included in the Book.

These gingersnaps are baked out of plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground black pepper, treacle, sugar, butter, egg, balsamic vinegar, vanilla extract, chopped chocolate and chopped candied ginger. They are then rolled in more sugar before baked in the oven.

These were finished in a day in the Office!

Gingerbread Cupcakes!

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of these gingerbread cupcakes that I baked last weekend.

These cupcakes are baked out of self-raising flour, butter, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger, chopped stem ginger, dark muscovado sugar, golden syrup, orange juice and eggs.

They are then topped with icing mixed out of icing sugar, butter, ginger syrup, ground ginger and sugar flowers.

The Husband said 'Cupcake is quite bland but the icing is very good which makes the cupcake overall quite yummy."

Dream Cake!

This cake was at the special request of a colleague.

I thought it was an absolute disaster as the topping was too wet and sank to the bottom of the cake. The middle four pieces were so wet that I had to bin them.

Surprisingly, the rest of the cake was actually really well-received by the Office.  

The cake is baked out of caster sugar, plain flour, butter, eggs, milk, baking powder and vanilla extract. The topping is mixed out of desiccated coconut, brown sugar, butter and milk. 

The Husband's recommendation - "Dream cake - kind of sweet and sickly and a bit wet but still quite tasty."

Dark Chocolate Wasabi Walnut Brownie Cookies! & Dark Chocolate Orange Raisin Brownie Cookies!

These two cookies are baked out of the same cocoa dough - butter, sugar, brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. I then separated them into two batches - one with chopped wasabi chocolate and walnuts and the other with chopped orange chocolate and raisin.

The picture on top is the dark chocolate orange raisin brownie cookies and the picture below is the dark chocolate wasabi brownie cookies. 

The Husband's recommendations to the Office:
- "Orange cookies - too good for you. Leave them along."
- "Wasabi chocolate thing - very interesting. Try it you might like it."