Um…So I Like To Bake…

hey guys

hiiiiii

so another baking blog post

so i kind of bake like every week..usually on the weekends. and i bring some in for my uni friends…who all appreciate it. =D and also my family of course.

yes it is therapeutic and i LOVE trying new recipes

but it also tastes yum!!!

perhaps i am giving everyone diabetes… (i hope not…diabetes is not a joke)

so here goes…

NB: the recipes that don’t have links are from the Hummingbird Bakery Recipes books or i couldn’t find a link

Cinnabon Style Baked Doughnuts

since i found the recipe of course i had to try it ASAP. i mean the cream cheese frosting is beyond delicious and i added some nuts for a perfect finish.

omg these are so yum. =D

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

there are RIDICULOUSLY SUGARY and like should be illegal. but they taste yum.

these are ridiculously sweet but so good.

Maple and Pecan Muffins

this is the first time i made muffins and i DIDN’T REALISE HOW EASY IT IS. also…maple syrup is EXPENSIVE. but anything with pecans is fab. i hope to make a maple and pecan loaf cake soon. these got eaten really quickly.

my first time making muffins. these are delicious!

Buttermilk Pound Loaf Cake

every1 loves a plain and simple cake. as soon as i made it every1 satrted picking ta it and then were like ”MMMMM…more!!’. it’s perfect with a nice cup of tea or just on its own.

simple yet delicious!!! this did not last long in my house…

Chocolate Melting Moments with Nutella

these are also really easy to make and are very rich but tasty.

deliciously rich and they DO melt in your mouth!

Carrot Cake

so my friend requested me making a carrot cake and i always thought it’d be kinda difficult but surprisingly easy to make. THREE LAYERS OF PURE GOODNESS. and the walnuts. and i used a lot of carrots. it’s not dry at all. it’s just beautiful. and every1 who ate it LOVED it (even if they don’t usually like carrot cake)

omg. this is incredible. it’s SO EASY to make and it’s just so yummy!!!

Reese’s Choc Chip Cookies

reese’s peanut butter cups are one of the greatest inventions. and in cookies. oh it is delicious. i found mini cups online but if you live in the US you can get them in stores. i chopped the pieces and added them to the dough.

REESE’S PB CUPS IN A COOKIE!!!

Baked Nutella Doughnuts with Nutella Glaze

anything nutella is perfect. these doughnuts are lovely and chocolatey and the nutella glaze is just so hgjfkhkjfhgkjdfn

idk what to say other than if you love nutella you need this in your life

Chocolate Muffins with Peanut Butter Chips (i added the PB Chips)

2nd attempt at muffins. choc muffins- simple and yummy.

lovely choc muffins and the pb chips made them event better!

Toasted Marshmallow Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

nutella and marshmallow. perfect combo. the marshmallow make sit gooey and the nutella makes it soft. the bsicuit itself was a bit over baked but that added that perfect balance of crispness.

Before and After- it’s a perfect balance between gooey, soft and crunchy!

Viennese Biscuits

this is one of my fave things to bake for guests as it is SUPER EASY especially if you have an icing set (which you NEED). and the chocolate ones are the best. every1 loved them. it’s a no hassle tea tie treat. =)

these are so easy to make and perfect for guests.

Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Peanut Butter Chips

oh. my. glob. these are soooo rich and PERFECT with a scoop of ice cream and just OMG that rich chocolate mixed with the Peanut butter chips oh it’s glorious.

omg…this is soo rich and PERFECT with ice cream…the pb chips…oh this is beautiful!

Mini Oreo Cheesecakes

so one f my friend’s said she likes oreo cheesecake so i made mini oreo cheesecakes for her b.day. it’s actually quite easy and TASTES AMAZING. it’s like cream cheesey and oreos and just wonderfully oreotastic.

amazing

there was more than enough for 24 mini cheesecakes so i made a whole one too…

muy delicioso

Profiteroles

so i saw this video

and i was like OMG IS IT THAT EASY??? i need to make this. so i did. they’re honestly best after they set in the fridge and even a day later. but that burst of fresh cream and the melted chocolate oh it is yummy. sadly the recipe only makes about 12 so they disappear pretty fast!!!

RIDICULOUSLY EASY TO MAKE

Vanilla Cupcakes with Mock Cream

my brother wanted plain cupcakes and this is my go to recipe. of course i had to go overboard on the sprinkles and sparkles. coz that’s just who i am.

you can never have too much sprinkles or glitter

Reese’s Cup Cookies with PB Drizzle

so i made the other reese’s cookies earlier…BUT THESE…THESE ARE THE BEST. THESE ARE THE ONE. my friend came over and we baked cookies at night (coz we’re so gangsta…) and idek what to say other than f you love peanut butter and if you love cookies and reese’s pb cups then MAKE THEM AND EAT THEM. i used the mini cups again but this time A WHOLE ONE.

THESE ARE BETTER THAN THE OTHER ONES AND OMG THEY ARE SO GOOD

Baked Churros

one day i got up and decided i want to bake something quick and easy. now usually when i bake i am prepared (take the butter out in the night so it is soft) so i was looking for something that used melted butter. and then i was like OH YES I WANNA TRY CHURROS. so i made them and it’s pretty much choux pastry. also they didn’t last long because they were so good. =D

THEY WERE GONE IN LIKE AN HOUR

Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

my mum loves lemon and lemon drizzle cake and so i made this for Mother’s Day. i tried a piece and it was too lemony for me. i don’t really like lemon cakes but she enjoyed it. =D

i don’t like lemon cake but my parents enjoyed it.

Cinnamon Rolls

so i made these for my mum’s birthday. and it literally took all day because of the proving etc…

this was my first time making anything with yeast. but it was fun.

and the end result OH MY GOSH THESE ARE AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS. i mean they’re not so sweet which why they’re better than cinnabon and they got eaten quickly! this recipe made about 2 cake tins full of buns. so you roll it and then cut it and place it in a cake tin and then when it’s done you gut the bun etc. and the icing…oohhh… so good!!!

they’re better than cinnabon…

Chocolate Eclairs

i bribed my brother by telling him if he watched Catching Fire with me i’ll make him eclairs. =P

he actually enjoyed the film!!! yay. and the eclairs are  bit harder to make than the profiteroles. but they were still perfectly delicious.

not as easy as the profiteroles but still yum

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

i made this for my friend’s birthday. she really enjoyed it. =D

idk what this tastes like but my friend said it was good. =D

Banana Boston Cream  Cake

i didn’t know what to make for my dad’s birthday. he wanted like a pudding cake or something idk but i was like really? so i showed him one of the Humingbird Bakery recipe books and he saw this and said CUSTARD YES THIS IS IT. i made a face coz it didn’t really sound that nice but hey ho it’s not my birthday. so i made this and it’s actually quite nice. the banana flavour isn’t too strong and the custard isn’t that much so it’s okay.

actually quite nice

Gooey Chocolate Oreo Crunch Butter Cake

i asked my friend what she wanted me to bake for her birthday and she said something with oreos. so i found this recipe a while ago and was waiting for an occasion to make it since i knew it’d be big. and this was it. it is glorious. super chocolatey and rich. and just wonderful. it’s also fun to bake!!! it’s actually like three layers. there is a base layer which is the crust and then the gooey layer and then oreos and then the top which is melted chocolate and peanut butter. so maybe 4 layers? but it is SO YUMMY!!! it needs to set though so rather bake it a day early.

THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!

and then…

this is perfect

anyways that’s it for now. i’ll probably be baking some cookies throughout revision and exam season to keep be going.

and once that’s over i’ll resume my my baking adventures….i recently bought a pie pan so i hope to make pies and try some bun/bread recipes and of course more cake recipes!!!

i also discovered these 2 amazing blogs:

Passion for Baking

Cooking Classy

so till the next time

and HAPPY BAKING!!! don’t be scared…just make sure if MEASURE everything accurately and follow the recipe and you should be fine. also if you don’t live in the US…when following US recipes make sure you CONVERT temperatures and certain ingredients (flour, sugar, etc) as there are different kinds!

baking is fun and SHOULD be fun. not stressful. so don’t make it harder for yourself.

have fun!

xoxo

Juwi

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yes

choc chips make me happy

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GANACHE!!!! 😻

“I have no self control in kitchen stores.” Taylor Swift

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Ready, Set, BAKE

Salaams fellow peeps!

so this post is an update on all my baking adventures since i last blogged about baking (i think that was in september…oops)

The Great British Bake-Off...Tuesday nights were awesome because of it. i was rooting for Francis so i’m glad she won, although those wedding cakes in the final were a bit…boring. but whatever. anyways..that show is so funny and really interesting and so nerve-wrecking i could never bake under pressure (i already did a bake of with my friend last year…okay…in 2012). but when i bake i like to have the kitchen to myself and yeah. anyways i just admire the Kitchen Aids they use in GBBO. but the amount of DRAMA for a baking show…it was really funny and i just enjoyed watching them make stuff and judging it. but also like they have some weird recipe flavour combinations. anyways if you live in the UK you can apply for season 5 now!

Junior Bake-Off- this is the kids version on CBBC and i loved it. these are some talented young bakers. i only started baking recently like a few years ago but if i started when i was 10 i would hope that i’d be amazing by now! i do need to improve and expand my baking and try some more pies (i’ve only made pecan pie and choc chip cookie pie) and possibly even breads. i thought Emma or Harry would win and Harry did win which in a way i’m glad…because idk if you know any young boys who like to bake!. i mean my little brother likes to watch/help my stepmum bake because he has nothing better to do. also it IS fun…the process and then the outcome! =D but yeah…it gives me hope that there ARE boys who bake (and cook) that exist.

i also watch Cake Boss no and again…i do love seeing the elaborate cakes and the crazy cakes people ask him to make but also i love seeing them prank each other! also i love watching how running a bakery works on a large scales…those giant ovens etc

i sometimes watch other baking competitions hows but they’re usually on a massive scale so half the cake is edible and the other half is like wood or plastic to hold the cake or whatever.

finally my mum bought me the new Hummingbird Recipe book: Home Sweet Home with some more fabulous recipes!

i’ve been baking like crazy co i love it. i mean hello, i find it very therapeutic. and also it’s so much fun. i love the smell of baking and wearing the apron my friend made for me and it’s just the best.

but i like having the kitchen to myself…just me and the kenwood (a kitchen aid is my dream) and all the ingredients etc but my kitchen is quite small so the more people the more crazy it gets then it isn’t very relaxing.

Pusheen the cat baking! so cute

so here goes…

Nutella Cookies: i used this recipe but used chocolate buttons instead of caramel chocolate

these cookies are insanely delicious. they’re so soft and chewy and oh gosh the SURPRISE IN THE MIDDLE.

it’s magical!

topped with some icing sugar they are just splendid

Nutella Cookies

back in September, two of my friends came over and we made a Nutella Cheesecake. although my one friend didn’t want to get her hands dirty i mean REALLY? such a loser smh but we had fun and MY GOSH WAS IT YUMMY

Nutella Cheesecake: we used this recipe

it’s also REALLY easy to make!!!

Nutella Cheesecake

the picture is kind of bad but i promise you it tasted ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS I MEAN HELLO WE USED A WHOLE JAR OF NUTELLA.

totes amaze

Chocolate Cake: 2 layers with strawberries and cream inside. my mum’s recipe.

made this for Eid. =)

Chocolate Cake

Date and Pecan Loaf Cake: i can’t remember where i got the recipe from but it was somewhere online

it’s usually a date and walnut cake but we always have pecans so i just used that.

also i made this by hand AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN URGH AND IT TASTES SO YUMMY!!! i really enjoyed making it and eating it!

Date and Pecan Loaf Cake

DOUGHNUTS!

so like my brother is obsessed with doughnuts and he’s been nagging me to make some but i’m like urgh so much effort and then is earched baked doughnuts and just bought the doughnut tin and like yay.

so then one day i made doughnuts. no mixer needed, you just need a big bowl and a spatula and the ingredients of course.

i used this recipe for the doughnut

and then this recipe for the chocolate glaze

so all the doughnuts were cinnamon flavoured but half were cinnamon and sugar and the other half chocolate

the doughnut pan only has 6 holes and most recipes make at least 12 doughnuts

BAKED DOUGHNUTS

anyways i’ll lefo be making more doughnuts now and every1 ate them as soon as they were ready!

Charity Week at SOAS: so i baked all week. made vanilla cupcakes with mock cream

Charity Week Cupcakes

also made nutella cookies, brownies with nutella icing

Fatichoh’s 20th b.day: double choc chip cookies (with ganache) and lemon cupcakes (Hummingbird recipe)

Double Choc Chip Cookies and Lemon Cupcakes

Strawberries and Cream Cake for Ashura:

for the sponge i used this recipe

but i hate jam in anything unless it’s a peanut butter and jam sandwich. so i just put cream and strawberries. and flake of course.

Strawberries and Cream Cake

Horseshoe Pastries: mis abuelos came to london for a week and my grandma showed me how to make horseshoes- it’s so easy!

they’re so lovely and crispy. =) it all depends on how you cut them and how long you leave it in the oven.

Horseshoe pastry

Red Velvet Cupcakes: hummingbird bakery classic.

i just love the cream cheese frosting. and using gel food colouring makes the colour richer.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Cheesecake: i’m pretty sure i’ve made cheesecake more than 5 times in 2013. it is so easy and boring but i still make it coz it’s yum. it’s my mum’s fool proof recipe.

Cheesecake

Viennese Whirls: i used this recipe

they’re so good they just MELTED IN YOUR MOUTH.

but it was so hard to pipe them. i need a new piping set.

Viennese Biscuits

Christmas Cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with mock cream. it’s a top secret recipe. =P

lol at the green icing

the only Christmassy thing is the green icing.

and glitter. but i always use glitter. edible glitter is the best

Oreo Cupcakes: hummingbird bakery recipe

putting the oreos into the batter…so much fun!

crushed oreos in cupcake batter! yum

Oreo Cupcakes

Chocolate Chunk Cookies: i used this recipe

so like

THIS IS HOW MUCH CHOCOLATE I USED

Chocolate Buttons and Chocolate cut into chunks!!!

and then I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN IN EXCITEMENT BECAUSE

I POURED IT INTO THE DOUGH AND IT COVERED THE WHOLE DOUGH AND JUST EXCITEMENT

and then i mixed it

cookie dough

FINALMENTE

THE END RESULT

BEHOLD

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

nom nom nom

Cinnamon Roll Loaf CAKE

Cinnamon Roll Loaf Cake

oh my glob but the icing is perfection. urgh this is so good. insanely delicious. one of my fave recipes. it makes 2 loaves and it will we gone by the end of the week! trust me it’s so good.

Chocolate Doughnuts with Krispy Kreme Style Glaze

YUM

Box of Treats: includes: 2 Nutella Brownies, 1 Double Choc Chip Cookie (the Nigella recipe) and 1 Cinnamon Doughnut (the ones i made first but i just glazed them)

i made these for my old school friends as presents coz i’m awesome. Alhamdulilah they really enjoyed it. and wEre like HOW DID YOU MAKE DOUGHNUTS?! =p

nom nom nom

SO IT’S 2014…more baking ahead. hopefully gonna try some more doughnut recipes and maybe try muffins. i do want to make a roulade and carrot cake. and of course plenty more cookies and cupcakes!

the sad thing is i can’t bake whenever i want to because i don’t have the house to myself and also i can’t bake at like 1am coz of the neighbours (the houses in london are close together and the walls are thin) so yeah…but also because if i use the mixer it will make a noise and disturb others in the house. i guess i cld bake by hand but still the oven and then the noises from the kitchen. one day i’ll have my own house and KitchenAid and will be able to bake whenever i feel like it!  Insha’Allah. =)

Happy Baking and Happy 2014!

xoxo

SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET ME THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY!

PLEASE.

of course

hahaha

urgh tangled is so perf

excuse me while i go dkjfkdfhgkjdfhk coz this scene…hkjfdhsfjd CUPCAKES JSHFKJSHD

lol i need to watch The Starving Games

HAHAHA The Starving Games parody film

this is the best thing ever

of course

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