Cadbury Marvellous Creations Fridge Tray Bake

I have loved the new Marvellous Creations range by Cadbury and while I was making the maltesers fridge tray bake the other day I had an idea. Why not using the marvellous creation bar as the milk chocolate as it would bring all the extra sweets with it. This what I created and it was awesome!

Ingredients

100g unsalted butter
3 tablespoons golden syrup
200g popping candy marvellous creations bar
300g digestives
120g maltesers
300g white chocolate
1 teaspoon of popping candy (optional as the popping candy in the chocolate will dissolve when you melted so this adds some more)

Method
Place the butter, golden syrup and chocolate in a saucepan and melt together on a gentle heat, keep stirring. Take it off the heat when it’s all melted together.

Crush the digestives to crumbs and add to the melted chocolate mixture. (I use a rolling pin and hit the biscuits while they are in a bag to make the crumbs.)

Once throughly mixed add the maltesers and popping candy.

Line a small baking tray with greaseproof paper.

Put the mixture into the pan and press in firmly to compact the mix.

Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over hot water.When it has melted pour the chocolate over the maltesers mix. Put in the fridge for until set – after 1 hour cut into slices and return to the fridge. It’s easier to cut when it’s still setting.

 

Ingredients ready!

The melted marvellous creations chocolate bar.

Digestive biscuits and maltesers in the chocolate.

Pushed in to the pan ready for the white chocolate. I love seeing the flecks of colour.

White chocolate on – if you move it around too much when trying to spread it you can pick up a few crumbs of digestives which makes the little lumps you see here.

40mins in the fridge and I sliced it up before it all became rock hard.

I don’t know why but I really liked looking at this from the side.

This is what the bottom side looked like when it had set – I love the colours

Starting to re-slice it when it was set.

The finished gorgeous tray bake. Family favourite now for sure!

MASSIVE SUMMER SALE

We are having a massive summer sale! 

Head to the Sew White website now to see all the sale items and pick up some bargains.

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Sale ends Sunday June 23rd

Maltesers Summer Fridge Tray Bake

Maltesers Summer Fridge Tray Bake

I posted this up about 6 months/year ago and never managed to get some photos of the result before it was eaten but finally there are photos and an updated recipe. If you like sugar you will like this!

Ingredients

100g of unsalted butter

3 tablespoons of golden syrup

200g milk chocolate

300g of digestive biscuits

175g of maltesers

300g of white chocolate

 

Method

Place the butter, golden syrup and milk chocolate in a saucepan and melt together on a gentle heat, keep stirring. Take it off the heat when it’s all melted together.

Crush the digestives to crumbs and add to the melted chocolate mixture. (I use a rolling pin and hit the biscuits to make the crumbs.)

Once throughly mixed add the maltesers.

Line a small baking tray with greaseproof paper.

Put the mixture into the pan and press in firmly to compact the mix.

Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over hot water.When it has melted pour the chocolate over the maltesers mix. Put in the fridge for until set – after 1 hour cut into slices and return to the fridge. It’s easier to cut when it’s still setting.

I had a lot of fun bashing the digestives biscuits

Mixing in the biscuits to the chocolate

Add in the maltesers

Fill a baking tray with the mix and push to make it a big slab

Add the white chocolate layer

Slice it up while it’s been in the fridge for a while and starting to set

Enjoy! I love seeing the maltesers like this

Childhood Baking Dreams

When I was little I loved costume dramas on TV and in movies. Whenever I was taken on school trips or family trips I always spent ages in the kitchens of old houses captivated by these baking goodies.

Even as a little girl at about 6 years old I loved Victorian kitchens and fell in love with copper pans. So shiny! I knew one day I would own one (hopefully more than one).

I was out shopping and I found this glorious copper cake tin. It was only £14.99 and unused! I really don’t know how to use it in comparison to contemporary cake tins but I am so looking forward to trying it.

I’m going to test it out with a bundt recipe from Dolly Bakes. http://www.dollybakes.co.uk/

I am so excited and I’m now on the look out for more copper cake tins.
I feel like this might turn into an addiction!

If you could recommend a recipe to try I would be so grateful! x

Also does anyone know how to keep the copper so shiny?

Making Bagels – no more shop bought for me!

Bagels

I was honestly the most surprised I have ever been when baking these bagels. I was hopeful they would work but was so surprised how they were just so easy and tasted so great. They even tasted wonderful toasted 4 days later. 

Ingredients

450g strong white flour,
1tsp yeast,
half a teaspoon of salt
20g caster sugar,
40g sunflower oil,
230ml tepid water.

Mix all together and knead for 10mins.
Leave in an oiled bowl for 1 hour.
Knead and divide into 8.
Roll into a small ball and using a handle of wooden spoon make the hole. Spin the dough round the handle or your finger to make the hole larger. As the dough rise the hole will close if it’s not big enough.
Repeat with the rest of the dough.
Put on a baking sheet and leave for 30mins.

Heat the oven to 180 degrees for fan, 200 degrees oven.
Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add 1tsp of malt extract (or baking soda if you don’t have malt extract).
Simmer the water and dunk the doughnuts for 2 minutes (1 minute on each side). I found putting the top nice side of the bagel down in the water first works well.
Remove carefully and drain them on a tea towel. Leave them for 1-2 minutes on the tea towel any longer and they will stick and it’s really hard to get them off without them deflating slightly.
Move the bagels to a baking sheet and brush with a beaten egg.
Bake for 15-20mins until golden brown.

Enjoy!

Using a wooden spoon to make the holes.

The hole in the middle needed to be a bit larger than I thought but as it grew it closed up.

Risen bagels ready for their 2 minute bath.

Here is the difference between the risen bagel and then the boiled for 2 minutes bagel.

Had to try them with salmon (forgot the cream cheese – doh!) They still tasted amazing!

I love bagels!

Blueberry Clafoutis

Blueberry Clafoutis

This is a fantastically easy and very tasty recipe.

Ingredients
-40g butter
-200g/1 punnet of blueberries
-3 medium eggs
-80g caster sugar
-few drops of vanilla essence
-grated rind and juice of 1 orange
-50g plain flour
-142ml soured cream

Method
-Preheat the oven to 190degrees
-Lightly grease an ovenproof dish and add the blueberries.
-Melt the butter and leave to cool.
-Mix the eggs, sugar, vanilla, orange rind and juice, and flour in to a bowl and whisk by hand until smooth.
-Gently mix in the soured cream and melted butter.
-Pour over the berries and put it straight in the oven for 35-40 minutes until it starts to go golden brown.
-Serve straight away – watch out as the blueberries will be very hot.
Enjoy!

Makes Everyone Smile – Cyclist in Wimbledon

This amazing cyclist is a regular sight in Wimbledon.

Full of colour and playing music, it is a great thing to see when out shopping.

Glitter Nail Varnishes

Sparkling weekend nails for the bank holiday. My friend and I went shopping and I saw these brand new Color Show by Maybelline nail varnishes. I love these! They are a nice colour and with tiny bits of white and black confetti glitter type pieces. The nail varnish was also very affordable – £2.99!

There are 4 colours – green, pink, blue and a clear with black and white glitter. It looks great over any colour.

Green was nice and a bit of a camouflage style. 

Pink looked nice.

I think the blue is my favourite!

Bagels Recipe

This is my friends bagel recipe which she had let me share.
It looks a lot easier than I thought it would be. I’m going to be trying it this week.

450g strong white flour,
1tsp yeast,
Half a teaspoon of salt
20g caster sugar,
40g vegetable/sunflower oil,
230ml tepid water.

Mix all together and knead for 10mins.
Leave in an oiled bowl for 1 hour.
Knead and divide into 8.
Roll into a sausage and form a ring.
Repeat with the rest of the dough.
Put on a baking sheet and leave for 30mins.

Heat the oven to 220 degrees.
Bring a large pan of water to the bill and add 1tsp of malt extract (or baking soda if you don’t have malt extract).
Simmer the water and dunk the doughnuts for 2 minutes (1 minute on each side).
Remove carefully and drain them on a tea towel.
Move the bagels to a baking sheet and brush with a beaten egg.
Bake for 20mins.

Pictures coming soon x

The Big Bank Holiday 20% Sale

It’s time for a massive 20% sale. 

For 4 days there is 20% off everything at Sew White. You don’t need a code as everything has been reduced on the site. Click below to head to Sew White and see some new items and all our products on offer.

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