Carrot cake - Take 2!

 

My second attempt at this carrot cake recipe. This time the icing turned out fine - I think it was because I left it in the fridge for longer than last time. This meant the icing didn't run off the sides, and I think this cake looked better than the previous attempt because the icing set.

Viennese Whirls

Again, to go in food basket for Christmas. These are Viennese whirls, and although the shortbread biscuit dough was very hard to pipe, I think they looked nice. The biscuit was light and fluffy and the buttercream was creamy. Altogether, the Viennese whirls were very nice.

Cheese Straws

For Christmas I decided to make a food basket for my mum and dad. I made these cheese straws to go in the basket as part of present. Although they took quite a while in the oven, I thought they tasted good and hopefully, mum and dad will think so too!

Chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate chip cookies I made for my friend as part of her Secret Santa present; she said she loved them! I thought they were really nice, so I made another batch for my friends when they came round the other day.

Carrot Cake

This is my carrot cake I made; my favourite type of cake!! This has 2 layers and cream cheese both in the middle and on top of the cake. The icing was too runny so there was also icing all down the sides were it ran down, oops. I really enjoyed this cake, and I thought it tasted really good!



Food Tech coursework practicals

For my food tech coursework I had to complete my own investigation. I chose to base mine on diabetic cupcakes for different occasions. These are the cupcakes I made:

These are red velvet cupcakes decorated to have a Valentine's Day theme.

These are banana and apple cupcakes decorated to suit a birthday occasion.

These are vanilla cupcakes decorated to look like a bride and groom, in order to have a wedding theme.

These are custard cupcakes which I baked in ice cream cones and decorated with diabetic decorations, to suit a party occasion.

These are fruit cupcakes decorated with gingerbread men to have a Christmassy theme.

These are chocolate cupcakes I decorated to suit a Halloween theme. I decorated them with shortbread biscuits made to look my tombstones, and candied orange peel to look like fallen leaves.