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

Balham Cake Off, Round ONE...

♥ Ceri makes...  so Sunday marked the beginning of the five part Balham Cake Off hosted by Trinity Stores Cafe and Deli.  The challenge for this week was to bake a gluten free cake.  Not your average bake!  After some deliberation I decided chocolate was the way forwards and whipped up a Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries.  Yummy!  Recipe to follow so keep checking the blog!

Here are some of the delicious looking entries...

Pop into Trinity Stores for one of the upcoming challenges,  dates below.  If you mention my blog I will even give you a taster of my entry!

See you there x

♥ Ceri makes xx