Today I just needed to bake

After the excitement and the ups and downs of the last couple of days I felt the need to chill out and bake some delicious treats for me and the family.

The kids decided that they wanted some pinwheels for lunch. Apparently a pinwheel is a rolled up piece of pastry with various fillings. They are pretty easy to make as well. Just take a piece of pastry about 25cm by 20cm and cover with tomato purée. Then place another piece on top and cover with pesto and grated cheese. Roll up into a Swiss roll, egg wash and chill before cutting into 1cm slices. Then bake in a medium hot oven for 20 mins.

They were delicious and the kids loved them.

Whilst the pinwheels were chilling and cooking I started on the next delicious delight. Mars Bar ice cream. Strictly not a bake but still. This is one of those very bad treats that has way too much fat, probably your whole recommended daily allowance in just one teaspoon.

This requires four Mars Bars, roughly chopped and melted gently in 250ml of full fat milk. Once cooled add 500ml of whipping cream and then churn in an ice cream machine until ready. Simple.

Yummy stuff, you can feel your arteries starting to constrict as soon as look at it.

However the most exciting bake today were the mini blackberry Bakewell tarts. A simple recipe using ready made short crust pastry and blackberries from my allotment. Ground almonds, a little flour, butter and an egg are combined to make a paste to fill the pastry cases. The blackberries are pushed into the mixture and then the tarts are sprinkled with flaked almonds. Baked for 15 minutes in a medium hot oven and then eaten hot or cold.

This recipe is courtesy of the latest Good Food magazine; fabulous. Try them.

Comments

  1. Anonymous17 August 2012 at 19:50

    Yummy yes please to all 3!

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  2. Anonymous23 August 2012 at 17:27

    Mmm the little tarts look very yummy!

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