Beorn's Honey Cakes

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For Christmas last year (2025), I got Skye a recipe book that contains recipe's from Tolkien's world, so recipe's from The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings.

So when it came to her birthday, I wanted to have a day of things made from the book, and to start the day it was these Honey Cakes.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

125g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

75g unsalted butter, melted

75f light muscovado sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 small, very ripe bananas, mashed

4 tbsp clear honey

Start off by lining a muffin tray with 12 paper cupcake cases and preheat the oven to 160C/Gas Mark 3.

Sift the flour, baking power and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.

Mix together the melted butter, sugar, eggs and mashed bananas into a separate bowl.

Tip in the dry ingredients and mix together gently until evenly combined.

Divide the mixture between the cupcake cases.

Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until risen and just firm to the touch.

Once baked, transfer to a wire rack and drizzle  each cake with 1 tsp of honey.

Serve warm or cold.

You may notice I used light brown sugar as I didn't have any muscovado sugar and it still worked perfectly

These were really easy to make and were delicious. They didn't last too long before both myself and Skye ate them all. They're definitely perfect as either sweet treat or a breakfast snack.

I can't wait to bake another batch to enjoy.

If you would like to make any of the recipes from the Recipes From The World of Tolkien book, you can find it available to order on Amazon and Waterstones.

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Cinnamon Swirls

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I was looking for something to make for breakfast an came across this Cinnamon Swirl recipe from Pinch of Nom.

This recipe can be found in the Quick & Easy recipe book, in the sweet treats chapter.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

320g light puff pastry

1 tsp cold water

2 tbsp granulated sweetener

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp skimmed milk

Start off by pre-heating your oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas Mark 5. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Unroll the pastry and moisten with cold water.

Sprinkle over the granulated sweetener, followed by the cinnamon to form an even layer.

Roll the pastry along the long edge, to form a long roll. Try to keep the roll as tight as possible and use a little water along the edge to help the roll stick together.

Cut into thiry-two pieces, with a bread knife. Place each swirl onto the baking tray. Press each swirl down a little  to help the pastry layers to stick together.

Brush each swirl with a little milk and bake for 20 minutes until crisp and golden.

Leave to cool on a wire rack and enjoy.

These are really easy, simple and quick to make. I got a lot less than 32 out of this recipe, but I think if I make these again I'd double the pastry so I could freeze a batch as they're the perfect treat for breakfast for special occasions like birthday's and Christmas mornings.

The flavours are really nice and taste like shop bought cinnamon swirls.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe books in all 

major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

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Churro's

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It's been a few years since I baked any of the sweet treats from the Pinch of Nom recipe books. I was looking at some things to bake back in January as we were heading to Manchester. I've never attempted to make churro's, so I decided to give them a go.

This recipe can be found in the Quick & Easy recipe book, in the Sweet Treat chapter.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tbsp brown granulated sugar

55g unsalted reduced-fat butter

125ml water

1/4 tsp salt

90g plain flour

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 tbsp granulated sweetener

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Pre-heat your oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7.

In a small saucepan combine the brown granulated sweetener, reduced-fat butter, water and salt. I used a sugar alternative to demerara sugar as none of my local supermarkets had brown granulated sweetener.

Heat slowly over a medium heat until the butter has melted.

Bring to the boil and take off the heat.

Tip in the flour and beat until it forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the pan.

Add the vanilla extract and egg.

The mixture will look like it's separated at first, but carry on mixing and it will come back together and turn glossy.

Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper and pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped nozzle. 

Pipe thirty churro's, approximately 10cm in length, onto the baking sheets, leaving room foe them to spread slightly.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until they are crispy and golden brown in colour.

Mix the sweetener and ground cinnamon in a small bowl and dip each churro in the mix, coating them on all sides.

Leave them on the baking sheets and keep warm in the oven, or serve.

The only difficulty I found with this recipe was the beating the mixture to bring it all together, my mixture wasn't really a pouring consistency so I'm not sure if I over beat the mixture, or didn't beat it enough. As you can see from the pictures, I think I over baked mine as some were a lot darker in colour than a nice golden brown.

I'd definitely give these another try as they were actually nice and I'd love to make the chocolate sauce to give them that something extra.

I'd definitely recommend reheating them and having them warm, they definitely taste better warm.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe books in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

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Sticky Toffee Pudding

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I really need to get looking at some baking recipe's, I really love baking but lately I never seem to do much when it comes to new bakes.
Today I'm going to share with you the sticky toffee puddings from the Pinch of Nom recipe book.
Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

Low-calorie cooking spray

75 g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp black treacle

3 tbsp granulated sweetener

50 g reduced-fat spread

3 medium eggs

1 tbsp golden syrup

Start by pre-heating your oven to 190C/Fan 170C/ Gas mark 5 and spray four ovenproof ramekins  with the low-calorie cooking spray.

In a large bowl put the flour, baking powder, black treacle, sweetener, spread and eggs, and whisk with an electric hand held whisk until fully combined. light and airy.

Evenly distribute the golden syrup between each ramekin, for this I actually did half a tablespoon in each of the ramekins.

Next top the golden syrup with the cake mixture and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until just cooked through.

Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly in the ramekins.

After allowing to cool slightly, turn out into either a bowl or onto a little plate. You can also serve them with your choice of accompaniment like custard or cream.
I served mine on their own.

This went down a treat with both myself and Skye, I'm thinking next time I'll have them with cream and custard and see if benefits the flavours any better. These even tasted nice after a few days, which I think is a bonus as the recipe makes 4 and there is only me and Skye at home. I re-heated the last 2 and they tasted just as nice and fresh as if they were only just baked.
I will be baking these again and think they will be perfect for after bigger meals like on a Sunday after our Sunday dinner.
They are really quick and simple to make and I think anybody can make these with ease.

 If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe book in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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