Coming Soon!

Summer is here! My first year of university  has finished, and I can't believe how quickly it's gone. I remember packing up and moving in as if it were yesterday. 

Seeing as I have almost four months of holidays - praise the late starting uni - I've got oodles of time to do some more lovely bakes. 

Here's some of things I want to make:

As a birthday treat for one of my best friends I promised to make him a cake. His birthday was in March. Yeah, it's a little belated ;) But with my friends coming round soon I thought it would be a lovely idea to get them helping me out in the kitchen! His favourite type is carrot cake. But to make it that little bit better I'll change it around a little using the white chocolate cream cheese frosting that I used for the red velvet cupcakes, rather than just a simple cream cheese frosting. It'll be delicious! 

Profiteroles are something I've always wanted to make. They're pretty simple with a choux pastry and cream filling. But I'm going to try something a little different, perhaps a chocolate cream filling with maybe a caramel topping. I've not yet decided but they will definitely get made soon! Along the pastry/bread lines, I need to expand my pastry making abilities so I might give that a whirl this summer. Cinnamon rolls are definitely on the menu to be tried again, hopefully with better success than last time!

This summer I am determined to eat more healthily. Yes, I know, everyone says that. But I am going to try and change my diet to be a bit healthier, so that means less chocolate and takeaways, and more fruit and home cooked meals. 
I'm starting to break this in with some fruit smoothies to take to work for breakfast. When you've got a 9am start, sleep is more valuable to me than making toast in the morning. So, these smoothies I am going to try out will be made the night before and kept refrigerated until the morning. This is something a little different to be posting on my blog, seeing as it is usually dedicated to baking, but different is good. I'm expanding out and trying new things so I'm going to share that here. Feel free to share any smoothie recipes you have in the comment section below! :)

Cupcakes. As you know I'm a great lover of individual cakes, so of course there will be new cake recipes to follow. Seeing as summer in England tends to be wet and miserable, I am going to try and brighten it up with some summery themed cupcakes. I've got some ideas to try some using coconut, pineapple and passion fruit, as they are such summery flavours that only remind me of sitting on the beach on holiday. I really want to try incorporating more fruit into cupcake recipes, rather than chocolate and caramel. I have also seen a marshmallow frosting, you get to use a blow torch! It looks amazing and I can only imagine tastes amazing as well. 

This summer definitely looks like a summer filled with lots of sweet treats! Friends and family are definitely going to be thankful for all the cakes that will be coming their way.
Recipes to all that I make will come soon. 

Happy Baking

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