Welcome to a bonus edition of What Bridie Baked. I will be posting again on Sunday, but I decided to do an extra blog post this week, so I can tell you about my mid week macaroons and cupcakes.
On Wednesday, Tobey's mum invited me to a Strawberry Tea event at her golf club, and asked me if I could provide cake for the occasion. Of course I was happy for an excuse to bake something, and relished the prospect of showing off my cakes to the ladies of Harwarden Golf club. Tobey shudders at the very mention of golf clubs, but I think I could quite get into tartan trousers and plaid socks without much encouragement at all. My background is crazy golf; but I've had a go at putting a few balls on the 9th, and I can tell you that I now have The Open firmly in my sights.
I have never attempted to make meringue before, but I thought that macaroons were as good place to start as any. Using the whisk attachment of my ‘daddy’ of food mixers, I whipped egg white and caster sugar until I had fluffy peaks, and then stirred in the other ingredients. When I spooned the meringue on the baking tray, they looked more like scotch pancakes, but upon licking the spoon they definitely didn't taste like them.
They only took minutes in the oven, and looked quite spectacular when they came out - as you can see from the before and after pictures. I sandwiched white chocolate in the middle, and placed in the fridge to set. The cupcakes were very simple to make, but I experimented by icing them yellow and cutting out daisy's courtesy of my Mum's daisy cutter.
When I arrived at the golf club, I took my cakes across the sea of tartan carpet to the stall area at the back. The scones were all laid out ready to go, the strawberries were sugared, and the past Captains since 1971 looked on from their portraits in approval.
There were a selection of cakes on the table including coffee cake, chocolate cake, and some kind of cherry tray bake. I was chuffed that my cakes were deemed the 'high end' items, and therefore sold for the grand old price of 30p each. I looked around for a suitable plate to display them on, and found some nice silver ones in a cabinet. Unfortunately I was told these plates were competition prizes, and for display purposes only.
It was a great event, and my cakes were first to sell out which I was pleased about. I ate scones and strawberries, and won a bottle of sherry in the tombola that I suspect had been in someone’s liquor cabinet since 1975. I also had a unique opportunity to compare bunion surgery scars, and swapped scone secrets with a lady called Carol.
That’s all for now. Join me tomorrow for the new ‘Rate My Apron’ feature.
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