Paul Hollywood's Cherry and Dark Chocolate Muffins

This is another recipe taken from Paul Hollywood's How to Bake recipe book. I needed something quick, easy and yummy to take to a friends house and these did the job.

Paul Hollywood's Lemon Meringue Pie

I asked Kay who I live with if she had any requests from Paul Hollywood's "How to Bake" recipe book. Instantly she said Lemon Meringue Pie. So this one was for you Kay.

This was my first attempt at a Lemon Meringue Pie and I found it a very easy to follow recipe. I did cheat again with the pastry and had ready to roll. But the pastry could have been made the day before and kept in the fridge.

This recipe uses a lot of fresh lemons to make the lemon curd, which you could reduce if you didn't want it to be as tangy. For me I think the lemon flavour could have been reduced slightly, but not too much, I didn't think it was extremely tangy. However, Kay who requested the pie loved the flavour as it was.

There was spare lemon curd which I put in to a tupperware tub and stored in the fridge. This could be used on toast, a rivita cracker with cream cheese, mixed with vanilla ice-cream for lemon curd ice-cream. Anything you want really.

How to Bake by Paul Hollywood - Fruit tart

If you haven't seen The Great British Bake Off, then you may not know who Paul Hollywood is. But it's a brilliant show and if you haven't watched yet, you are really missing out.

The lady who I rent a room from received a copy of Paul Hollywood's recipe book as a gift, which goes into details on techniques and tips for baking. It's got some wonderful recipes in there, so well worth a look. You can purchase it from amazon.co.uk.