Marbled Cheesecake Brownies...

...a little square of chocolatey cheesecake heaven...Now all us here at Sew Appetising love a brownie of three!! But we also quite like a decent bit of cheesecake too...so what could be more perfect than a sneaky combo combining both?

Herman the German...the Strawberry and Dark Chocolate one...

...as I mentioned in the previous post about my Lemon Drizzle Herman, I am determined to be a bit adventurous with my Herman Friendship Cakes...I have to date tried 4 flavours...my favourites being the original and the Lemon Drizzle...but this one comes a close second...

Herman the German...the Lemon one...

...I was determined to try something a bit different with my next Herman starter...and

after a few hours going through all the sites with recipes for all the varieties already tried I decided upon a classic Lemon Drizzle Herman as experiment number 1...

Chewy Cereal Bars with a "Tweak"...

...a while ago I posted the recipe for my home-made Chewy Cereal Bars...which are lovely (even if I do say so myself) and get made every other week in our house!!! But I decided enough was enough..I needed to have a little play around with the idea...

Just a quick hello...

...to say I am still here, but have had a very busy couple of weeks, including almost a week away...hence the lack of new recipes and posts on the blog...
However, I do have some garden updates in the pipeline (the tremendous amount of rain we've had has done all sorts to the garden and veggies!!) and am baking another, different Herman tomorrow (all will be revealed then)...plus with school going back this coming week there will be lunch box bakes (still deciding what to do) to make and bake...so am hoping all will become as it was...and the blog will have posts aplenty in the coming weeks...
Keep watching and tuning in...xx

Chocolate Chip Herman...

...Part 2 of "The Herman Adventure"...using the portion of the original Herman the German Friendship Cake starter that I popped in the fridge whilst we were away for a long weekend...

Chewy Cereal Bars...

...this is basically a tray-bake...but one with a purpose...it is there to pick you up mid-morning if you skipped (or didn't have time for) breakfast (not that I am advocating missing your brekkie in any way shape or form!!)...or it is simply a different type of breakfast, one that you pick up and run with...(again, not advocating running whilst eating!)...as in a "take-it-and-go" style brekkie...That said, it is also a delicious after school snack too...

Weekly Bake-Off Challenge #4

For those of you just joining us here at Sew Appetising, "The Weekly Bake-Off Challenge" is run by Amy...she is trying to work her way through all 100 of the bakes in the Mary Berry Book..."100 Cakes and Bakes"...and as Amy is such a sharing person, she opened her little challenge up to all of us...so anyone can take part if they just contact her first...This will be the 4th Challenge I have taken part in, and this week it's a tray-bake...

The Best Brownies...

...that I have made in a while...and I make quite a few!!!

Not everything turns out well...

...I thought I would have a go at an apple cake this weekend as I had about a pound and a half of Bramleys sat on my kitchen worktop going nowhere...

Kids in the Kitchen...part 2...

...well one of them at least! Earlier this week Alex asked if he could borrow my nice new post-it notes that my good friend Jules had given to me...(she thought they would come in handy now that I'm blogging and marking many many recipes in books!!! How right she was)...what a great friend :-) 


When asked why he needed/wanted them he replied..."So I can look through your '500 Cookies' book and see which ones I want to help make." Well what was I supposed to say to that? He even colour coded them...green for the ones to make first!!

Lunch Box Bakes...#1

...I always used to buy what we would call 'snacks' for the lunch boxes in my life...but these days I prefer to bake, and the smallish people prefer my baking!!! To the point where they now moan if I want a day off and offer to buy something instead!! I shouldn't complain, but hey I'm a Mum :-)


There are two definite favourites in our house, traybake brownies and cookies...Both of which come from a variety of sources and like so many of the things I make and bake become 'tweaked' and merged and take on a life of their own!