Tuesday 1 July 2014

AlphaBakes July 2014


Welcome to another round of AlphaBakes. We are well into the summer months now which is perfect for the letter that was randomly chosen for this month. I do hope that you will be able to join in as it's quite an easy letter and there are some seasonal ingredients that fit the bill. Before I tell you what letter it is, do make sure you check out Caroline's blog for last month's 'D' round up. 


There is a special prize for 1 lucky entrant chosen at random from all eligible entries this month. You have to have a valid UK address to be eligible for the prize - please let me know in your email if it's not clear where you are based on your blog. The prize is kindly sponsored by Quarto Publishing. It's a copy of Perfecting Pattiserie by Tim Kinnaird. Tim is a pastry chef and owner of Macarons & More, which in July 2012 was awarded a Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Award. Tim launched the company after reaching the finals of BBC 1’s MasterChef 2010.



So without further ado, the letter for this month is 'R'.
Please remember to email your entries to alphabakes@gmail.com by 25th July 2014. A quick reminder of the rules...


1. Post your recipe on your blog and link it to The More than Occasional Baker and Caroline Makes, stating the relevant month's host. If you do not have a blog, email us a picture and a brief description of your entry which we will include in the round-up at the end of the month.

2. You can use your own recipe or someone else's recipe. The recipe can be sweet, savoury or a mixture! Anything goes as long as the random letter is predominantly featured in the recipe as one of the main ingredients or flavours or in the name of the bake itself (i .e . not as a garnish , or using 'flour' for the letter F!) You can also republish old posts/recipes but you must include the information for this challenge as stated in these rules.

3. Add the logo to your post and add 'alphabakes' as a label to your post.

4. Email your entries to alphabakes@gmail.com by midnight (GMT) 25th of each month. Please include:
  • Your name (that you want included in the round up or we will use the name of your blog)
  • Your blog post URL
  • Recipe title
  • Photo of recipe (to be included in the round up)5. You can submit as many entries as you like.
5. You can submit as many entries as you like.

6. You do not have to participate every month to join in.

7. You may submit your entry to other challenges as long as it complies with their rules.

8. If you use twitter, please use the tag #alphabakes and mention @bakingaddict and @Caroline_Makes. We will retweet all those that we see.

9. Have fun! :)


10 comments:

  1. R, hmmm, interesting. I'll get thinking!

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    1. Look forward to seeing what you come up with!

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  2. Well R is a nice easy one, although I was rather hoping it was going to be G.

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    1. I am now intrigued as to what you want to make for G ;)

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  3. hi ros - have sent you my entry - hit send a bit early by mistake but I think it has everything in it - agree with Choclette that it seems an easy one after some of the letters!

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    1. Thank you and sorry for the late reply as I've been away. Look out for the roundup next week

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  4. Hi Ros, only recently come across this food challenge and I think its a great idea! - I've sent you my entry :o)

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    1. Hi Jasmine and welcome to AlphaBakes. I've received your entry and the round up will be ready next week.

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  5. My entry will be winging its way to you before the deadline tomorrow night. It has to be 'Baked' right?

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    1. Look forward to your entry. It does not have to be baked as we've accepted some no bake recipes previously.

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