Baking Brad Episode 17

This is episode seventeen - cinnamon scrolls, probably my equal favourite so far.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• Even better when put in the microwave for 20 seconds
• The cinnamon and sugar filling was great, just needed to be a bit stronger

Bad

• The recipe only made about ten

Ratings

• The Cook - 9/10
• The Taste - 9/10

Base ingredients.

Filling ingredients.

Cinnamon scrolls.

Baking Brad Episode 16

This is episode sixteen - poppy seed slice. This one took forever and it did not help that I was coming down with a major illness.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• All the ingredients *sounded* good on paper (again)
• Learnt a new technique - cook with rice in the shell then throw it away?
• The base was pretty tasty

Bad

• I made the slice while I was sick, so mentally could not eat much of it
• The icing was too strong with all the lemon juice required, would have been better with vanilla and water
• Three passes through the oven was annoying

Ratings

• The Cook - 7/10
• The Taste - 5/10

Base ingredients.

Filling ingredients.

Cooking the base with temporary rice (did not have "baking beads").

The base and filling.

Icing ingredients.

Poppy Seed slice, now with more lemon.

Baking Brad Episode 15

This is episode fifteen - peanut butter cookies.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• All the ingredients *sounded* good on paper

Bad

• Asking Jason to read off how long the baking time was - he said 15 minutes (from the opposite page) instead of 10
• Getting burnt biscuits out of the oven after 15 minutes
• The peanut icing was just too strong - I don't think I really like peanuts
• Trying to form a rolled oats mixture into biscuit balls again

Ratings

• The Cook - 6/10
• The Taste - 4/10 (-4 points for overcooking)

Base ingredients.

Icing ingredients.

Peanut Butter cookies.

Baking Brad Episode 14

This is episode fourteen - rainbow loaf, not just for kids!

Recipe

• From Recipes+ magazine

Good

• Like bread, only better
• Super tasty

Bad

• Slices didn't look as good as the photos
• Too much mixture for the recommended loaf tin again, could have turned out a lot worse though

Ratings

• The Cook - 7/10
• The Taste - 9/10

Ingredients.

Before baking.

After baking, looks much worse than it was.

Baking Brad Episode 13

This is episode thirteen - double chocolate brownies, when single chocolate is not enough.

Recipe

• From Cakes & Slices

Good

• Easy to make
• Inside pieces weren't too dry
• Two types of chocolate

Bad

• Probably overcooked a bit, edge pieces were a bit hard

Ratings

• The Cook - 8/10
• The Taste - 6/10

Ingredients.

Double Chocolate Brownies.

Baking Brad Episode 12

This is episode twelve - banana bread.

Recipe

• Link

Good

• A daily serving of fruit...
• Great taste

Bad

• Had to use a blender to mash the bananas, not sure if it liquified them too much
• The top of the bread rose a bit too much and cracked, but still alright

Ratings

• The Cook - 8/10
• The Taste - 9/10

Ingredients.

Banana Bread.

Baking Brad Episode 11

This is episode eleven - cocoa sesame biscuits.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• Getting a bit quicker at measuring out ingredients (i.e. direct to the mixing bowl)

Bad

• Hard to combine into balls that would stay together (just like Anzac Biscuits)
• Taste wasn't great, the cocoa flavour was a bit too strong
• The return of refrigerated golden syrup (not a surprise this time but still annoying)

Ratings

• The Cook - 7/10
• The Taste - 5/10

Ingredients.

Cocoa Sesame Biscuits.

Baking Brad Episode 10

This is episode ten - banana cupcakes.

Recipe

• A packet mix I made up out of curiosity and for comparison

Good

• Easy to make
• I now own electric beaters!
• Light and tasty

Bad

• Probably better than anything I've made, although I haven't made cupcakes yet

Ratings

• The Cook - 9/10
• The Taste - 9/10

Ingredients for the cupcakes.

Ingredients for the icing.

Cupcakes.

$2 cupcakes (plus extra ingredients).

Baking Brad Episode 9

This is episode nine - choc-raspberry cheesecake slice (without the raspberries).

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• I learnt some value lessons about using gelatine, or I'll never use gelatine again
• It looked like a cheesecake
• The parts without solid bits of gelatine tasted alright

Bad

• Crushing biscuits without a food processor was a waste of time
• The slice still wasn't as thick as I hoped after refrigeration (freezing helped)

Really Bad

• Gelatine Part 1 - I used hot water to mix it, then let it cool, only it turned into one big clump before I was ready for it (timing is everything in baking)
• Gelatine Part 2 - I used hot water to mix it, then threw it in the cold mixture where it later turned into many small clumps (hot and cold do not mix)

Ratings

• The Cook - 3/10 (-5 points for gelatine)
• The Taste - 3/10 (-5 points for gelatine, I threw most of it in the bin)

Ingredients for the base.

The biscuit base.

Special ingredients to add to the filling later.

Ingredients for the filling.

The world's saddest cheesecake.

Baking Brad Episode 8

This is episode eight - berry cheesecake muffins.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• Added filling to muffins (pretty obvious really)
• Quick and easy

Bad

• The cream cheese filling could have melted a bit more
• The recipe only made six (or could have made eight slightly smaller ones)

Ratings

• The Cook - 9/10
• The Taste - 7/10

Ingredients.

Muffins.

Baking Brad Episode 7

This is episode seven - custard butter cake.

Recipe

• From Homestyle Cookies Muffins & Cakes

Good

• It was edible
• The icing tasted alright

Bad

• Trying to make smooth icing without electric beaters
• Using a 20x20 tin with only 75% of ingredients still only just worked, needs a much bigger cake tin than suggested

Really Bad

• The first attempt collapsing into a gooey mess in the middle
• Using a 20x20 tin as suggested, only I could tell it wasn't big enough (with so much self raising flour)

Ratings

• The Cook - 2/10
• The Taste - 6/10

Ingredients for the cake.

The second attempt, just barely came out alright.

Ingredients for the icing.

Custard butter cake.