Balham Cake Off THE FINAL...

♥ Ceri makes... while so the final day of the Balham Cake Off has come.  The final challenge was to whip up a Tray Bake - an easy choice for me in choosing what to bake as I happen to have THE most delicious Brownie recipe!  Which is now also officially a prize winning recipe,  sadly for you I am going to keep this one a secret for now!

And here is my rather lovely prize certificate! 
 

Thanks to everyone who came to cheer me on!  Such a fun few Sundays at Trinity Stores and as if I needed an excuse to bake anyway...

♥ Ceri makes... xx

Balham Cake Off ROUND FOUR...

♥ Ceri makes...  in a truly traditional manner the clever organisers at Trinity Stores arranged for some rather serious judges from the Clapham WI to come and judge our 'Traditional bakes'.  I opted for one of my most popular bakes in the office - a Lemon Drizzle Tray Bake.  Its hardly suprising that it is so popular as the recipe I favour is one of Mary Berry's!

Other traditional bakes included a yummy Plum Bakewell Tart and a Sticky Ginger Loaf cake that would be perfect for a winter's eve.

Everyone is welcome to come & cheer me on in the final at Balham's Trinity Stores on 14th October,  see you there!

♥ Ceri makes... xx

Balham Cake Off ROUND THREE...

♥ Ceri makes...  today's bake off challenge at Trinity Stores was to bake 'Cakes for Kids'.  I decided to try something new & task myself with cake pops.  They really were as delicious as they look!

Future Balham Cake Off dates here...

See you there!

♥ Ceri makes...  xx

Balham Cake Off, Round TWO...

♥ Ceri makes...  Earlier today I was competing in round TWO of the Balham Cake Off at Trinity stores.  This week's challenge was to bring along a Balham inspired bake.

Everyone was so creative with their entries...

I'll pop my vanilla cupcake recipe on the blog later this week so you can try it at home yourself!

Upcoming Balham Cake Off dates here...

See you there!

♥ Ceri makes...  xx

Flourless Chocolate Cake...

♥ Ceri makes...  as promised here is the recipe for my first Balham Cake Off  challenge - a gluten free bake...

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries.

How to make at home...

♥ 225g caster sugar                    
♥ 300g plain chocolate
♥ 225g unsalted butter             
♥ 6 eggs, seperated 
♥ 1 tsp vanilla extract                
♥ 180ml strong cafetiere coffee, or to taste

♥ Plus a 23cm round springform cake tin

♥ Preheat an oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas Mark 4
♥ Grease and line your cake tin
♥ In a food processor pulse the chocolate and sugar until fine
♥ Mix in the egg yolks, butter, vanilla extract and coffee
♥ In a seperate bowl whisk the egg whites until they form stiff white peaks
♥ Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mix
♥ Pour into the cake tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a crack forms on the top of the cake
♥ Once cooled the cake will sink a little bit, but do not worry this is normal!  If you aren't serving until later pop it in the fridge to keep fresh

♥ To make the cake a bit more special
          ♥ Soak half a carton of morello cherries in a few generous splashes of kirsch or to taste
          ♥  When ready to serve spoon the kirsch cherries onto the centre of the cake

Enjoy! x

♥ Ceri makes...