Week ending 5th October

I have to say I have been very busy this week (and this was all done on Friday and Saturday) - I have made two loaves of bread, one white and one granary, 2 batches of those lovely oat and raisin cookies, some red velvet cupcakes (from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook) some sugar nib and fruit cupcakes, and some more cherry bakewell cupcakes. I have also started my alcoholic fruit soaking for my Christmas cake - for this I used this recipe from Ruth Clemens lovely web site (http://www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk/2012/09/time-to-start-your-christmas-cake.html )

First of all the bread, these are both from Jo Wheatley's book A Passion for Baking and they always come out beautifully - I use my Kenwood processor for these for the initial kneading.

White loaf

Granary Loaf

Red Velvet cupcakes - first attempt at these, the recipe was very easy to do, and I would definitely do these again, sooner rather than later too

Sugar nib and fruit cupcakes

Fridays batch of cookies

And Saturdays 

and finally for this week another batch of cherry bakewell cupcakes

And, in case anyone is interested, here is my fruit soaking in brandy and orange juice for the next 6 / 8 weeks!!!!! Then it will be time to marzipan and ice. I am making the More Fruit Boozy Fruit version of the three on her page.