Cherry Willow’s Kitchen 🍒

Wirral based homebaker and lover of all things literary!📚 Cakes, bread, biscuits, jam and everything in between! 🍰 A bit of running too 🏃‍♀️

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@jmullins @HeroDividend “Reaching out” 😂😂

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I just opened a mystery book package that I got from the fabulous Curious Cat bookshop in Frodsham and I’m delighted with this from @deathbybadger

Musings of an antiquarian bookseller from Manchester; a place I called home for many happy years!

Can’t wait to get stuck in! 📚

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@matthew__ashton 😳

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@80s_Kidz The best pick & mix there ever was!

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@thebakingnanna1 @Rob_C_Allen @marybethxx6

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For the #twitterbakealong #showusyourbakes - although it isn’t strictly the actual challenge this week - I’ve made my first half cake using @SarahsSliceBlog gingerbread latté loaf cake recipe.

It’s a ginger based cake with a coffee buttercream and a dusting of cinnamon sugar.

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Hot chocolate orange cupcakes for a charity bake sale our friend is having this week for the YMCA - and for the #twitterbakealong!

A moist chocolate cake, chocolate orange buttercream with melted chocolate orange and topped with mini marshmallows and a chocolate drizzle.

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@thebakingnanna1 Definitely! 😆🥧

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Baking for the #twitterbakealong that’s both festive and friendly on the waistline!

Streusel pear mince pies - a light shortcrust pastry case filled with a mix of mincemeat, chopped pear, cinnamon, ginger and topped with a crumble mix of butter @CotswoldFlour and 5g hazelnuts.

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@thebakingnanna1 Thank you! 😃

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@Rob_C_Allen @CotswoldFlour @janespatisserie @marybethxx6 @thebakingnanna1 Thank you! 😃

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It’s my birthday today so for the #twitterbakealong with @cotswoldflour I’ve made @janespatisserie chocolate orange loaf cake

It’s a moist chocolate cake with melted and chopped chocolate orange in the sponge and the buttercream.

Decorated with chocolate orange slices! 🎂

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@marybethxx6 @CotswoldFlour @janespatisserie @Rob_C_Allen @thebakingnanna1 Thank you! 🥰

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First go at making the now infamous brownie yule log for #twitterbakealong & @CotswoldFlour

Made to @janespatisserie recipe for triple chocolate brownies, with white chocolate ganache, covered with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting, it was absolutely delicious with a cuppa!

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@AldiUK @Rob_C_Allen @thebakingnanna1 @marybethxx6 I just had to try one - and they are delicious! 😃

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Some festive baking for the #twitterbakealong today and always a crowd pleaser - sausage rolls.

These are filled with mince pie stuffing balls from @AldiUK and finished with an egg yolk wash and some black onion seeds.

They were a lot of fun to make and were delicious!

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Remember remember the 3rd November, the first time I ever made Parkin!

I made this baked Parkin for the #twitterbakealong and decorated it with a lemon icing on which turned out to be a great pairing!

We’ll enjoy a piece with a cuppa on Bonfire Night - if they last that long!

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A delicious recipe from @SarahsSliceBlog this week - Parkin biscuits!

We’re off to Liverpool tomorrow to see the family, so we’re taking these over to enjoy with them over a cuppa. My father-in-law is a Yorkshireman - hope he likes them!

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@thebakingnanna1 @SarahsSliceBlog @marybethxx6 @Rob_C_Allen I’m still very proud of my Parkin biscuits nonetheless

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@thebakingnanna1 @SarahsSliceBlog @marybethxx6 @Rob_C_Allen I’ll be having a go at making baked Parkin this weekend too! 😃