the small * bakehouse

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teachers, family or yourself!! ***

Christmas Brownies

Double Chocolate * Pistachio and Cardamom *

Chocolate Hazelnut * Festive Nut and Berry

* Salted Caramel Cream * Minter Wonderland *

Cranberry and Mandarin * Mochachino

wrapped in brown paper and string or ribbon

choose one flavour or a selection

Oreo * Marshmallow * Rocky Road * Very Chocolatey

Special xmas offer – single brownie square wrapped in glassine bag

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Cake*Jars

Minter Wonderland * Sticky Mandarin

Hazelnut and Chocolate

Festive Chocolate Panettone

Cranberry with Pecans and Orange

Festive Berry & Marshmallow

Custom flavours, personalised wrapping and labelling & gift vouchers are available on request

Please order by Friday December 15th for delivery by the end of term or Christmas posting (which we can arrange direct for you) – See us at Pembrokeshire College Christmas Market on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th December and STP Christmas Market on Thursday 13th December or confirm your order by e-mailing cake@thesmallbakehouse.co.uk   

Payment is required when ordering. We can accept paypal. Gluten free available on request. Please note that both the brownies and the cake*jars require keeping in the fridge to stay fresh.                                

And here’s wishing you a very happy festive season,

lots of love, India and Ella Gee XX

 

In the Bakehouse oven for Christmas

We've been working hard – mostly on school work and exams L but also in the kitchen on some new recipes J

Our brownies have been such a huge hit, everyone seems to love them so we've introduced some new flavours especially for the festive season;

Double Chocolate,

Pistachio and Cardamom,

Cranberry and Mandarin,

Black Mitcham Minter Wonderland,

Chocolate Hazelnut,

and Mochachino.

 

 


Our cake*jars have also had a christmas makeover;
 

Minter Wonderland,

Sticky Mandarin,

Cranberry, Pecan and Orange,

Hazelnut and Chocolate,

and Festive Panettone

All delicious and perfect for sharing XX

PS. photos on their way when we get a chance to take them before the cake get eaten!!

end of summer rice pudding

At the end of the summer holidays we made up a big batch of rice pudding to experiment with flavours.
 

We decided we loved the chocolate one but our favourite is the coconut and cardamom. We ate it cold with fresh raspberries and banana outside in the late summer evening sun.
 

 

Here's what we use.....

Italian Arborio risotto rice – yes the kind of rice risotto is made from. Calon Wen organic milk and cream, fresh grated coconut plus it's milk, cardamom seeds, brown unrefined sugar, plump organic raisins and lots and lots of stirring.

It really was delicious.  That seems so long ago now, looking forward to eating it hot by the fire. Homemade comfort food. XX

in the bakehouse oven .....

We've been busy working towards exams. That hasn't stopped the flow of requests for our brownies so The Small Bakehouse has baking and baking and baking brownies in between maths and chemistry revision.
 
Here's what we use as our ingredients ......

Organic wheat flour from Shipton Mill or Dove's Farm organic gluten free flour, Calon Wen unsalted organic butter, local free range eggs and unrefined, unbleached sugar. Green and Black's organic AND fairtrade chocolate and cocoa. A little magic and a lot of love.
 

Wrapped in brown paper and stripy cotton string with a hand stamped label made from recycled paper and a little bit of washi tape.

That's it. Simple and completely natural. Ethically sound.
That said, we do like a good brownie with something special added to it like pecans or almonds, though our favourite is Oreo cookies. Yum.
 

                                                                                                                                       
Last week we had a big school stage production of Phantom of the Opera and on the last night we baked up a double batch of brownies, wrapped them up in a huge parcel and took them to share with our friends.

One problem we are having is that we now have to hide from our teachers as if they spot us in the corrider they want to know where our stash of brownies is hidden and why they haven't had any delivered to them at breaktime! XX

 

in the bakehouse oven.....

baking banoffee pie cake ....order now! XX

sisterhood of the travelling cake queens

We spent nearly a year travelling across Europe. We intended to embrace local culture and eat as much as possible like the locals. Every now again we couldn't help but be tempted and enticed by the amazing cake shops we found along the way, often tucked away down a back street.

  

Family search for fresh chocolate pasta and cake, Italy





Iced nut milks and italian pastries, Lecce, Southern Italy



Enjoying pastries in Paris, France.

Wherever we explored, once the vegetables were in our basket, we went in search of cake....

Choosing pastries in Rome, Italy.

Our love of small cups of thick Spanish hot chocolate was well and truly developed in Barcelona. Never had we tasted anything so delicious that could be called a drink - more like a cup of slightly bitter chocolate creamy custard. Especially delicious to dip churros in, and yes they look like chips but taste more like fresh donuts bought off Brighton Pier, crisp and sugary.

Chocolate con churros, Barcelona.

Chocolate brownies, Amsterdam.

And then we came back to some of our favourite places in Soho, London - Patisserie Valerie in Old Compton Street, who made our parents' wedding cake and Bar Italia in Frith Street where we used to hang out at a pavement table or in the back of the car nibbling at pasteis de nata (custard tarts) 

Patisserie Valerie, Soho, London.

Pasteis de Nata, Bar Italia, London

And after tasting cake from all over Europe, cake is definitely our thing! Our own version of pasteis de nata is going into the oven now. XX

And Dad said it wouldn’t work!

The latest addition to our ever expanding small bakehouse collection – especially made for our dad who would rather eat pudding than cake.

Made with Italian Arborio risotto rice, organic milk and cream, cinnamon, Green and Black's fair trade chocolate, and topped with a dollop of sweetened mascarpone – in a jar. Hot or cold.
It tastes like Me-Mum's homemade rice pudding with thick Spanish hot chocolate mixed in. Yum.

We made a vegan friend a coconut and cardamon version with fresh almond milk, raisins, agave syrup, and topped with coconut cream and pistachios - dairy and gluten free and no refined sugar.

And everyone's been telling us just how much they like eating cake and now pudding out of the jar. Sustainable packaging at it's best – recyclable, reusable, and no chemicals leaching into the food from plastic containers or wrapping. When you've eaten enough – just screw the lid back on. Perfect. XX

Whizzy bars

It was school sports day, and we were competing in six track and three field events between us. So Mum made us these granola bars to keep us going fast all day long.

Oats, chia seeds (Mexican endurance food), almonds, coconut, sesame seeds, raisins, sweetened with some cacao and maple syrup.
Sports day turned out to be cancelled as it rained so hard. So we shared the granola bars with our friends instead.

Rather than being tired when we got home from school, we were still full of energy - so mum made us go out for a run!
     

morning!

the small bakehouse - banoffee cake*jar

happy tuesday xx

In the bakehouse oven.....

No.2 Maya chocolate orange cake*jar

No.5 Banoffee pie cake*jar

No.11 Lemon and poppy seed drizzle cake*jar

No.7 Dutch apple pie cake*jar

and..

No.13 Pink party - chocolate berry marshmallow cake*jar

No.13  Pink party chocolate berry

And the special super duper cake of the day cake*jar is....
chocolate with milk chocolate chip ricotta frosting, chocolate shards and chocolate buttons - a surprise for a special little boy.

Pics to follow when they are iced xx

Bitter sweet cake*jar

So here is our first proper batch of lemon and poppy seed drizzle cake*jars....

 

Lemon and poppy seed sponge cake soaked with lemon drizzle and lemon cream cheese frosting with lemon rind... made with fresh organic ingredients.

Not too bitter, not too sweet. Our tasters say they are just right!! XX

steffi eats cake and more cake and even more cake

Our lovely friends and scary teachers have been testing out our cake*jars and giving us valuable feedback. They have been saying very kind things about our cakes such as....

Our curly friend Ellie says - "Top notch cake today ... art foundation was impressed! xx"

Lou, our gorgeous family friend said - "is there no end to the talent of the Gee girls....mmmmmmmmmm♥"

and Steffi who's now eaten so much cake, she thinks she's Delia Smith wrote us a special letter saying "Once again yet another FAB cake....it was so good - i finished it ALL"

Thanks guys, your support is soooo appreciated,

Love Inds and Els XX

Ps. pics coming soon x

Trial and error

We are dreaming and scheming, plotting and planning, all for our launch on June 20th at the Pembrokeshire Enterprise Fair, Riverside Market.

We are working hard with the trial and error bit...

From this....

To this.....

Delicious layers of banana sponge with cream cheese icing, homemade dulce de leche and biscuit crumb topping that lasted all of 30 seconds before it was totally devoured!!

Yesterday we trialled our buzzing granola bars at school - organic oats, chia seeds, raisins and almond butter (no photo - they were eaten before the camera battery recharged!) our teacher loved them and we were still going strong at 4pm when we got home. All good news.

If you fancy helping us out and eating the odd cake or two, let us know. xx

Ice dream

We just love a good frappucino. When we were travelling, we'd crave them. When we found a Starbucks in the deepest, darkest places, we felt overwhelmed by the desire. We had to have one. Must have been the familiarity; the reminder of civilisation as we once knew it. And the heat!

We used to sit outside a gorgeous cafe in Lecce, Southern Italy under umbrellas shading the mid day sun - sipping homemade iced almond and hazelnut milk topped with chocolate shavings.

Here's our homemade versions.....all taste and wholesome goodness but none of the compromise.

To make at home, this is what we use..

* 1 large cup cold milk - this could be raw nut (almond, hazelnut etc), hemp or soya milk shop bought or homemade or dairy variety
* 2 cups ice
* plus individual flavourings of our choice....

- Dollop of homemade caramel (Lily's favourite - caramel cream)
- Spoons of cacao and coffee in tiny amount of boiling water with full fat cow's milk (dad's favourite - mocha)
- Large handful of organic strawberries with oat milk (Ella's fav - strawberries and cream)

- Spoon of fair trade organic drinking chocolate (for Indy)

- Spoon of homemade nutella made with hazelnuts and raw cacao and almond or hemp milk (for Laurie)

* Sweetening to taste - lucuma powder, honey, maple syrup, stevia
* Pinch of xanthan gum to blend or alternatively add some ground golden flax seeds.

Place these in a superduper blender (ours is a vitamix) and push the button, flick the switch. It might need a little help from a spatula.

Pour into a tall glass and top off with organic whipped cream or raw cashew cream and a sprinkling of raw cacao powder.....yummy

(it was a boiling hot day and the ice melted way too quickly!!)

We usually have a bottle of dairy free nut, seed or oat milk already made in the fridge. It is so easy to make and so convenient. You even freeze the milk into cubes and use instead of ice.

Visit our friend at my pure pantry or see here for almond milk You Tube tutorial. Alternatively there are many dairy free milks now available on supermarket shelves, at the local healthfood store and on line.

Enjoy whole hearted... knowing you are nourishing yourself xx


Dreams come true

The Small Bakehouse was made on St Valentine's day whilst sharing a chocolate cake made of love.... fab idea hey? yum yum x

organic chocolate cake with chocolate fudge frosting, strawberries, cream, and love xx

Small beginnings

We bake awesome organic cakes -

cake*jar - cake in small jars

cake*box - cake in boxes

big*cake - cake for special occasions

cake*loaf - cake in family size loaves.

Please see The Small Bakehouse Cake Collection for details or call us, or drop us an email or message.

With love from... India and Ella XX