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  • Rising to the Berry http://www.risingtotheberry.blogspot.com/

    Follow my blog as I bake my way through all of the 218 recipes from Mary Berry's 'Baking Bible'. I will try to make several things each week (mostly at weekends). I will write up how I got on and include a photograph of the finished result on my blog during the week. :-)

LATEST ARTICLES ( 125 )

  • Welsh Cakes

    Welsh Cakes

    Recipe Number One Hundred Forty One: Page 331. These little cakes proved to be a popular choice on my Facebook Poll. I have never made or tasted a Welsh... Read more

    Posted on 05 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK
  • New Year Tipsy Cake

    Year Tipsy Cake

    Recipe Number One Hundred Forty: Page 140.I think you will agree that this cake had to be made to celebrate the start of a new year. Scanning through the lis... Read more

    Posted on 02 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK
  • French Apple Tart

    French Apple Tart

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Nine: Page 271.I am still wading through my Christmas chocolates. This is not much of a hardship but I can feel myself... Read more

    Posted on 02 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK
  • Rich Cheesy Biscuits

    Rich Cheesy Biscuits

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Eight: Page 210.Another Christmas has been and gone and I doubt I'm the only one now regretting over indulging on mince... Read more

    Posted on 29 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Buche De Noel

    Buche Noel

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Seven: Page 139.I've been calling this recipe a Yule Log all week – I find it much easier to spell and, more importantly,... Read more

    Posted on 24 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Victorian Christmas Cake

    Victorian Christmas Cake

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Six: Page 136.Here it is; my last Baking Bible Christmas cake! This recipe is graced with a photograph and the cake looks... Read more

    Posted on 22 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Iced Animal Biscuits

    Iced Animal Biscuits

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Five: Page 257. The title of this recipe offers a large hint as to what the finished biscuit should look like. Animals are... Read more

    Posted on 19 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • English Madeleines

    English Madeleines

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Four: Page 125.I was looking forward to trying my hand at these little cakes. The photograph in the Baking Bible makes me... Read more

    Posted on 19 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Mississippi Mud Pie

    Mississippi

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Three: Page 97.This was a very popular choice on my Facebook Poll this week; it won the vote by a very hefty margin. I have... Read more

    Posted on 15 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Iced Fairy Cakes

    Iced Fairy Cakes

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty Two: Page 114.As mentioned in my previous post, I had a very busy day baking cakes for a photo shoot - eeeek! I wanted to... Read more

    Posted on 15 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Iced Apricot Fruit Loaf

    Iced Apricot Fruit Loaf

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty One: Page 303.If you follow my challenge on Facebook or on Twitter you'll no doubt already know my very exciting news, so... Read more

    Posted on 15 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Marble Cake

    Chocolate Chip Vanilla Marble Cake

    Recipe Number One Hundred Thirty: Page 251.I found this recipe in the children's section of the Baking Bible; Mary says it is a traybake, particularly popula... Read more

    Posted on 12 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Fast Mincemeat Christmas Cake

    Fast Mincemeat Christmas Cake

    Recipe One Hundred Twenty Nine: Page 138.Christmas is fast approaching; I can almost feel it snapping at my heels! I really don't feel ready this year. I hav... Read more

    Posted on 12 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Walnut and Raisin Loaf

    Walnut Raisin Loaf

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Eight: Page 292This walnut and raisin loaf won the vote on my Facebook Poll this week by quite a margin. I have to admit tha... Read more

    Posted on 08 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Chocolatines

    Chocolatines

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Seven: Page 165.There is a photograph of Mary's Chocolatines in the Baking Bible; every time I stumble across it a shudder... Read more

    Posted on 05 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Potato Scones

    Potato Scones

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Six: Page 324.I have to admit that I wasn't overly excited at the thought of making and then eating potato scones; the potat... Read more

    Posted on 05 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • St Clements Muffins

    Clements Muffins

    Recipe One Hundred Twenty Five: Page 127.This is the last muffin recipe in the Baking Bible. I've had varying levels of success when making muffins so I admi... Read more

    Posted on 01 December 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Butterfly Cakes

    Butterfly Cakes

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Four: Page 118. I have such fond childhood memories of making and eating butterfly cakes. I think they were and still are a... Read more

    Posted on 28 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Chocolate Éclairs

    Chocolate Éclairs

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Three: Page 274.As Mary mentions in the recipe header, chocolate éclairs are sheer luxury. Although I love them, I rarely bu... Read more

    Posted on 28 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK
  • Coffee Victoria Sandwich

    Coffee Victoria Sandwich

    Recipe Number One Hundred Twenty Two: Page 42. Before the start of this challenge I'd never made a coffee cake. I had it in my head that they were... Read more

    Posted on 24 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK