Let me know how you get on xx

Your buns look delicious, I’ve never thought of making them in that shape before but think they’d be even better for sharing. I was just wondering would it be possible to make the dough in a bread maker using the typical dough setting?

Thanks

The Christmas cake recipe I used was this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chocolatefruitcake_84675.shtml

and there’s a pic of it here!
http://englishmum.com/2008/12/27/christmas-capers-at-english-towers/

Hope this helps! If you need any more, just click on the recipes tab and the top and choose ‘cakes and biscuits’. Save me a sunbed! xx

I then covered them thickly in vanilla butter cream icing and they are deadly

Thanks!

P.S. one day when my girlfriend is not around I will make a batch with yeast just for me @_@

Wow, the curry pizzas sound fab, might have to have a go at them. Let me know how you get on with the iced buns.

Wonderful looking buns indeed!

I have been looking for an Ice Bun recipe for a while but I keep getting American cake recipes. So I think I will try this although my girlfriend is yeast intolerant so I think I will try using 10g baking powder instead. I use this in my pizza base recipe and it rises very nicely and no waiting for it to rise I will let you know how it goes if you like.

If your interested the Pizza base recipe is as follows its really easy and quick to make just a few minutes more than unwrapping a frozen one and tastes so much better.

2 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup milk
1 large egg

Just mix dry stuff then add egg and milk stir with knife then need a bit just to bring it all together add a little milk or extra flour as needed. This will make a large 15 inch pizza base. I normally add a couple of crushed cloves of garlic to the dry stuff or 2 heaped tsp of mixed herbs for a nice hurb taste.

For toppings I usually drain a tin of chopped plum tomatoes and then spread it out over the base then sprinkle thickly with mixed herbs and maybe some onion salt. Then just chopped tomato, mushroom and pineapple you know anything you want really.

Oh yes one other thing I have been doing is instead of the tinned tomato I have been using Lloyd Grossman curry sauces and then putting tomato, onion and mushroom over the tops sprinkled with some cheddar im surprised at how good they taste cuz it sounds wrong!

Put any topping you like on and then stick in the oven (fan assisted) 175 for 15-25 mins until topping goes nice and golden brown.

Anyway thanks I will try to let you know how it went.