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We are Helen Callard and Hannah Collins and we have a passion for cakes!

With our baking , we have often found problems with some recipes for cakes and other things sweet! So here's our verdict on not only certain cookbooks but also on deserts and cakes you can buy !

Having just finished A Levels, this is our new hobby for the summer. Through this, we hope to share our cooking experiences with you and offer our ( hopefully interesting) opinions .

Also, to keep us in contact, whilst Hannah is awaiting university and Helen is ready to venture the world in her gap year , wicked !

WATCH OUT for our rating system! We use the letter H as our rating scale , basically 0 H's: steer clear. 10H's: that's full marks from Helen and Hannah!!

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Monday 27 September 2010

First recipe review

Hi it's Helen,
As part of our blog I am going to be testing out some recipes and giving my feed back... YUM !
Starting with the Lemon and Poppy seed Cake from the hummingbird bakery cookbook.

I definitely recommend this recipe as an easy cake to whip for afternoon tea and a delicious desert.
However, the first time I followed this recipe it was a bit of a challenge. Firstly I did not have the correct cake tin and had to make do with a standard holeless one instead. This meant I ended up with a thick slab of cake. So the next time I cooked the lemon and poppy seed cake I also made four muffins from the same amount of mixture. 
Secondly, another suggestion I have is to use less lemon juice in the lemon icing as it was far to runny and slipped of the cake. 
Apart from those few hiccups the cake was FAB !
I GIVE THIS 7H's 




Watch out for more of our reviews from the hummingbird bakery cookbook.

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2 comments:

  1. HiFashion3 October 2010 at 03:05

    Welcome to the blogging world girls!! I'm a huge cake fan, so can't wait to read more!! Give me an email if you need any advice.

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  2. Unknown9 October 2010 at 04:11

    ive got the hummingbird cooking book and its fab

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