Pies, Pastry and Puds

Last year, I blogged about a wonderful new programme to hit our TV screens, The Great British Bake Off. A year on and it's back! It started last week which was coincidentally just after I had started to feel an urge to bake. Since I've been home - I've not felt the need to bake - I've probably been too distracted with everything else that has been going on recently. It started when my mum mentioned that she was making some chocolate biscuit cake for some friends who were coming round. This inspired me to dig out the Hairy Bikers Family Cookbook - which I also blogged about - and try one of the mum's recipes for Millionaire's Shortbread.