Mamamakes - Lincoln

21/01/2018

Yesterday evening we had a lovely dinner with friends and of course I took a dessert! This super easy Lemon tart can be made in no time at all.

As I'm sure you will all agree making puff pastry is something that I haven't got the time or the inclination to do so I always use ready made pastry. (SHOCK HORROR) Quite frankly I would rather do my ironing than making pastry.

1 pack of ready roll pastry
1 tin of Condensed milk
3 egg yolks
4 lemons (unwaxed)

🍋 Blind back your pastry case at 180 degrees until it's golden.
🍋Mix the condensed milk with the 3 egg yolks and add the juice and zest from all 4 lemons and stir.
🍋Pour into the pastry case and bake for 20 mins on 180 (fan oven, yours may vary).
🍋Leave to cool and chill for a couple of hours before serving.

Simples ! Probably one of the easiest desserts I've made. Gorgeous and zingy and a lovely change from heavy puddings. X###

19/01/2018

Look what came out of the oven this morning! Forgot how divine bacon and cheese turnovers smell. Lucky boys, I think they will be looking forward to their pack up today! X

12/01/2018

Goodness me, my lovely friend Melissa over at Cake it or Leave it was talking about Creme Egg Cheesecake. This reminded me that it's time to start thinking about easter goodies! Look at this beauty, one of my favourite makes! Will post a recipe later on. (And I haven't forgotten about the profiteroles, it's just been a pretty hectic week with college and kids!)
🐣🐰🌻

08/01/2018

I fancy doing something different this week, I love making new things that I haven't done before. I think I'm going to do profiteroles. Any tips? X

03/01/2018

Over Christmas I did something I'd not done before....I made a Christmas Pie! I thought I would share how I made it, you can change the filling to suit you so doesn't necessarily have to be Christmassy.

Have a go....it's easier than you think!

All it is is 450g plain flour sieved and a pinch of salt into a bowl, boil 200g of water with 170g of lard until it boils then pour it into a well in the middle of the flour. Stir it in until it makes a dough. Leave to cool for ten mins.
Roll out and put it in your tin (spring one) you have to patch the pastry up because it tares. Then all I did was mix a pack of stuffing up and put some on the bottom, then a layer of chicken, layer of ham, layer of cranberry sauce and repeat. Put the lid on and crimp...brush with egg. Don't forget the hole in the top of the pie. Cook for an hour on 180 and then take out of the tin and brush the sides of the pie with egg wash so it crisps and put it back in for a both 15 ish mins.
I cooked on 180 for an hour. All the meat was cooked inside so it's to mainly cook the pastry.

Good luck....let me know how you get on! ###

02/01/2018

So I came out of retirement for a very special wedding cake over the Christmas break. Our gorgeous friends got married over in Wales, we made their cake (Big G baked it and I decorated it) and took it all the way to Narberth in Pembrokeshire. What a fabulous time we all had on your special day. ### Congratulations Mr & Mrs Hughes. 🍾🎉 ###

Photograph courtesy of KB Photography.

16/12/2017

It's all going on the Mamabakes household. Christmas preperation and a family party to go to so thought I would throw in a bit of Christmasness! Festive rocky road. X###

04/12/2017

Just having a little play and have made some Ferrero Rocher Christmas puds! Definitely going to be making some more of these little beauts to put on the treat table! Xx

13/11/2017

I'm sure some of you may know that I wanted to learn to crochet......well it didn't go well! One day I will....it's on a list of hundreds of things I want to learn. By the power of Facebook does anyone make these gorgeous little numbers for Chocolate Oranges?! I absolutely love them. X

(Not my pictures....taken from Pinterest.)

13/11/2017

Ive had a lot of messages asking if I will be making cakes again, unfortunately I have a cram packed diary with college, kids, dogs and family so I will he unable to take orders.
I may every now and then put things on to sell but at the moment it is not part of the plan. Xx

My lovely friend Lindsay at Crafty Cuppies & Creative Cakes and the fabulous Melissa at Cake it or Leave it are who I would recommend for your celebration cake requirements! ###

12/11/2017

Now the dust has settled and life has got back to normal (as normal as our life can be with all the chaos!) I thought I would dust off the page and see if anyone is still about!
My journey has changed and I am now studying at college ready to start a new career. Fortunately, I still have a love for baking/making and doing all things creative so in between studying and writing assignments😬 I thought this would be a fab place to carry on doing things, sharing recipes and generally faffing! (as Mr G would put it.) ❤

23/04/2017