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Fresh Design Kitchen: Useful chrome recipe holder stand

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Contemporary home kitchen baking accessories

Bargain recipe stand

Trying to prop up a recipe book on the right page without it flipping shut whilst you measure out ingredients and cook,  trying not to spill anything on your book in the process, can often be a recipe for disaster.

But having a stand on which you can pop your recipe book, and ensure it’s well balanced and stays on the right page where you need it, is a better idea.

This chrome recipe holder will do all the work for you, securely keeping the page you want open whilst you get down to the important business of baking, making and cooking.

The recipe stand was £19.95, but is now reduced to just £13.97 in the Graham and Green outlet.

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Southsea stripe square ceramic cake stand

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Nautical home accessories

Nautical style cake stand

We love a good cake stand and, for serving afternoon tea in style with plates stacked high with delicious goodies, you can’t beat a three tier stand.

The square plate design of this ceramic cake stand makes a change from the round versions and the blue and white stripes provide a jaunty, nautical appeal.

The Southsea stripe cake stand is reduced to £25.20 at Laura Ashley.

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Bargain buy: Aven fruit design flan dish

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Habitat flan dish sale bargainCeramic fluted flan dish from Habitat

There’s still time to catch a bargain buy at Habitat, where the sale ends on Sunday.

Amongst the bargains we spotted is this Aven ceramic flan dish, measuring 27cm in diameter.

The fluted edge dish is decorated inside with an apple and pear and around the outside of the dish is a jaunty blue ribbon-like pattern.

The Aven white ceramic flan dish was £15, but is now only £8.40 in the sale at Habitat.

Other good buys include a lidded wok with 7 piece accessory set for £16.80, a 12 cup rumbaba silicone cupcake tray for £1.92 and the Cleo black wood CD storage unit for £83.20.

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Scarlet Bakes homemade delicious cookie mix

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Make your own cookie kitScarlet Bakes make your own cookie kitsDelicious white chocolate and cranberry cookies

I first came across Scarlet Bakes at a local Farmers Market, where it was hard to resist the delicious cookies they had available. As well as selling homemade cookies, they also produce a great range of cookie mixes.

The homemade cookie mixes are layered up attractively in glass kilner jars (which you can re-use) and come with an easy-to-follow recipe. All you need to do is add butter and eggs and, bingo, you’ve got cookies ready to bake!

The ingredients for the cookies are high quality, without artificial colours or flavours, and they use local organic flour, British oats and fairtrade vanilla. In most cases, they also sell gluten free versions too, which is a really nice touch.

The cookie mixes make a lovely gift, especially for anyone who’s a fan of baking. They’re available in a great choice of flavours, including rainbow cookie mix, triple chocolate chip cookie mix and the super yummy white chocolate and cranberry cookie mix.

The Scarlet Bakes cookie mixes are £12 each and each 500ml kilner jar of ingredients makes between 18 and 20 cookies, which seems good value for money.

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Whoopie pie bakeware cake tin and recipe

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Make whoopie pies

Make whoopie pies

One of the latest baking crazes to hit the UK is that of the whoopie pie. Not nearly so elegant as the cupcake, the whoopie pie is a mini American-style sponge cake that is sandwiched together with a buttercream filling and often iced or decorated with frosting on top too.

If you’re keen to unleash your baking abilities and have a go at making your own whoopie pies, then here’s a tin that will make your job much easier. The whoopie pie cake tin is the perfect size to make a whoopie pie – it conducts heat evenly, so your cakes will remain light and moist and won’t dry out – and it has room to make 12 whoopie pies in one bake off.

The whoopie pie cake tin is £7.99 from De Cuisine and they provide a recipe too, to help you get straight into cooking. For more whoopie pie cooking ideas and inspiration, you may like to check out the Whoopie Pies book.

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Bargain number cookie cutters set

Monday, July 12th, 2010
0 to 9 bicusit cutters

Set of 0 to 9 bicusit cutters

If you enjoy baking and like the idea of making shaped numerical biscuits or celebratory cakes with numbers,  then this set of cookie cutters will get you set up with all the numbers you’ll ever need.

The set of 10 cutters comes complete with a full set of numbers from 0 to 9. Although described as cookie cutters, they work just as well with icing, which makes them ideal for use with decorating birthday or anniversary cakes with appropriate numbers.

The set of number cookie cutters is available from Cox and Cox. It was £20, but is now reduced down to the very affordable price of £8 for the set.

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Make your own cupcakes with this cupcake kit

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

cupcake-kit2Fabulous cupcake kit  

If you can’t get enough of cupcakes, or you’d love to learn to bake and decorate your own cakes, then this fantastic cupcake kit could provide hours of baking fun.

It contains cupcake recipes, lots of very pretty cupcake cases and decorating tools – all you need to provide are the ingredients and the kitchen to bake in, and voila, pretty cupcakes could soon be on your table.

The cupcake kit is available from Oliver Bonas, where it’s currently reduced in the sale. If you’re not buying it for yourself, it would make a lovely gift for a friend.

For a bit more baking inspiration, then why not also take a look at this cupcake book, which is packed with even more delicious recipes.

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Four fabulous pie dishes

Monday, March 1st, 2010
 
Mini fluted pie dish
Mini fluted pie dish

It’s British Pie Week (1st – 7th March 2010) and what better way to help you celebrate it in style, than some fabulous pie dishes!

The blue mini fluted pie dish is perfect for all those mini pies you want to make and is very affordable at only £6.50 from John Lewis.

Emile Henry pie dish

Emile Henry pie dish

This cheery red Emile Henry pie dish measures 26cm and would brighten up any table. It’s available from Amazon for £20.99.

James Martin pie dish

James Martin pie dish

If white is more your style, then this oval pie dish, by Denby and James Martin, would fit in perfectly well with any of your other bakeware. It’s made of porcelain and is dishwasher, microwave and freezer safe. It’s available from Debenhams  for £25.

Traditional enamel pie dish

Traditional enamel pie dish

Finally, if you love hunting for bargains, then why not have a look on Ebay? There are lots of new and old pie dishes listed, including this new Falcon enamel pie dish, which is perfect for cooking up traditional pie treats, such as steak pies.

The 26cm Falcon oval enamel pie dish is blue and white and is a bargain at only £3.90.

For lots of tasty pie ideas, and hints and tips for making perfect pastry, check out the British Pie Week website.

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Silicone heart shaped muffin tin

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Bake heart shaped muffins

Bake heart shaped muffins

There are a lot of heart-shaped novelty homeware items on the market, but this is at least one of the more practical ones.

If you love baking, then why not buy this to bake your loved one some heart-shaped muffins?

The tin is made from super flexible silicone, which makes it easy to store (you can bend it and squeeze it in smaller spaces, compared to traditional metal tins) and easy to use, as you don’t need to grease it.

This six cup silicone heart shaped muffin tin is £9.99 on Amazon.

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Giant snowflake cookie cutter

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Make your own cookies

Make your own cookies

Keeping warm indoors is the ideal solution to this cold, snowy weather and there’s nothing like a spot of baking to warm up the kitchen.

We love the idea of these giant snowflake cookie cutters – not least the fact that you can create lovely stained glass effects with them, with the simple addition of some boiled sweets.

The intricately designed cutters measure 19cm in diameter, so you’ll end up with a good sized cookie at the end of it.

The snowflake cookie cutters are in the sale at Cox and Cox, for £9.10.

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