Let's Bake: Gingerbread Men!

Strictly speaking this post isn't just for gingerbread men it's for all kind of shapes - we don't discriminate! I'm a huge lover of gingerbread and Christmas time is the perfect time of the for indulging on them. This year was the first year I made my own and I thought it would be really hard but thankfully it isn't and the gingerbread was a success. If you fancy making some gingerbread for Christmas or to help you get in the festive spirit then read on for an easy recipe. If you don't have a food processor then not to worry, I don't either and they turned out great. 

What you'll need;

• 1tsp of ground cinnamon 

• 2tsp of ground ginger 

• 350g / 12oz of plain flour (plus extra for rolling out the dough)

• 1 egg

• 4tbsp of maple syrup 

• 1tsp of bicarbonate of soda

• 125g / 4 1/2oz of butter 

• 175g / 6oz of brown sugar

• writing icing / cake decorations
• a mixing bowl
• clingfilm
• greaseproof paper
• baking trays

• a wooden spoon
• cookie cutters

What to do;

• Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.

• Add the butter and mix until the mixture looks like bread crumbs.

• Lightly beat the egg and maple syrup then add it to the bowl of the mix and mix until the mixture clumps together into a dough.

• Tip the dough out and need until smooth before wrapping it in clingfilm and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minuets.

• Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4

• Line the baking trays with greaseproof paper

• Once the dough has been chilled for 15 minuets take it out the fridge and roll out to your preferred thickness

• Using the cutters, cut out the shapes and then place them on the baking trays leaving enough room between them
• Bake for around 15 minuets before taking them out the oven and leaving them to cool
• Decorate to your preference (as you can see decorating isn't my forte)

There we have it an easy gingerbread recipe, you can wrap them up in a little food bag and add them in to Christmas presents or eat them all to your self! I hope you are all feeling Christmassy, only two sleeps to go.

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Let's Bake | Lemon Drizzle Cake

 

What you need:

2 Lemons 

3 Eggs

A tea spoon of Baking Powder

8oz of icing sugar
8oz of caster sugar

8oz of butter

8oz of self raising flour 

 

A couple of weeks ago you might have seen a tasty looking lemon drizzle cake pop up on my Instagram- you can follow me at @terriswan if you don't already. My sister and I set about making the cake to find our scales where a bit rubbish -must invest in better scales- so we had to adapt the amount into onuses, thank you Google!

Here's what we did:

Start by preheating your oven to 180 degrees then grate the zest of two lemons and add it to a bowl with the flour, caster sugar, butter, egg and baking powder. 

We then mixed the ingredients together and placed the mix into a loaf/cake tin, make sure to pre-grease the tin before putting in the ingredients. 

Leave in the oven to cook this will take around 40 minutes, however tempting don't open the oven door! If your unsure if the cake is cooked or not you can put a knife through the middle of it comes out clear then it ready and I it comes out with cake mix on it then it needs longer in the oven. 

While the cake is cooking you can get your icing ready to do this all you need to do it mix the icing sugar and the juice of two lemons together. 

Once the cake is ready take a knife and poke little holes into the cake then pour your icing over the cake. You can do this when it's still warm or once it's cooked, I done it while it was still warm so the icing would infuse the inside of the cake. I then let the cake cool and put a little lemon zest on the top then it was ready to eat. It really is that easy and it tastes delicious, the perfect spring cake!

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