February's Bake!

What better excuse to bake than a birthday!! And not just anyone's birthday, but my lovely boyfriend Miles' birthday :)

But what to bake?  Miles defo has a sweet tooth and loves anything that has the word cake, bake, pie added to the end so it was a tough choice but in the end I chose to do two different ones - lemon drizzle cake, and chocolate fudge brownies.

This is my first ever attempt at lemon drizzle cake...mmmmmm!!!

I was very impressed by the lemon cake!  It was zesty and tangy but really light...sometimes I overcook my cakes as I always think they look under-done by the time the timer goes off, but once you get it out of the oven and leave it to cool, it cooks and sets a tiny bit more so it's all alright! 

Then onto the chocolate fudge brownies - yum!

I haven't got a decent picture of the final brownies but I was a bit soppy and I cut them into heart shapes and wrapped them in brown baking parchment...cute!  And I know I am the chef but they tasted amazing!!  The golden syrup made them all gooey and chewy, they were delicious with a cuppa.  I should have kept to the tea though as that evening we went out for drinks and I was home by 9pm with complete drunken memory loss being put to bed by Miles' Mum - oops!!

Never drinking again....

xx

PS. Any requests for my March bake?  Just let me know...I will be doing something the first week of March for my friend's charity cake sale in memory of one of her closest friends, so any ideas please let me know! :)