**UPDATE** As of 12am on Monday 14/12/2020 all orders will be issued as Email gift vouchers due to extremely high volume.
Thank you for your understanding
Our last day for Christmas delivery is Friday 18th December. All orders received after 12 noon on 18th December will receive an E voucher. All December orders are being upgraded to Royal Mail 1st Class delivery. Please understand that we are dealing with a large number of orders and will try to hit dates specified, but this may not always be possible due to the uncertainty from Royal Mail.
We are really pleased to announce that we are now including baking parchment in all of our baking kits once again. As with all of our baking boxes they are recyclable or home compostable. We recommend that a brownie tin is used with our brownie baking kits as they are not foil backed like the previous baking parchment. However they are now included with the cookie and muffin baking kits.
New baking kits coming very soon
We are also really excited that we will have some new brownie baking kits coming very soon, we are just putting the finishing touches to them and hope to launch them in the next few weeks. Also look out in the near future for a 6 month brownie subscription and an updated muffin subscription which we are doing the final testing on now.
Our baking kit of the week is the delicious chocolate and caramel muffin. It is only £4.99 including free delivery this week only (offer ends on 20/07/2020). You could even try the alternative option for this kit, the amazing caramel muffin chocolate tiramisu.
caramel muffin baking kit
Baking kit development
Over the last few weeks we have been developing some new baking kits, 2 new brownies and 2 new muffins. So look out for these in the coming weeks….
Further update on our reduction in packaging plan
We are delighted to say have finally completed the removal of the plastic bottles, we are really delighted with the replacement to the liquid extract. If you receive one of the kits in the coming weeks we would love to know your feedback.
Firstly, may we take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience and support during this difficult time. We have have just completed the first month of our baking subscriptions since the lockdown, so we thought it is a good time to give a little update on what we have been up to.
Reduction in Packaging
It has been a long term goal of ours to reduce the amount of packaging we use, in particular the plastic bottles. We have extensively tested our recipes which use these with alternative dry ingredients. We have therefore replaced the vanilla extract with pure ground vanilla pods, and this is now included within the flour mix. Although they have not completely gone away, we didn’t feel the alternatives for the orange extract and lemon extract were viable without impacting quality and taste.
We have also started using slightly smaller compostable bags for the smaller quantity items, which also fit in the box better.
Sourcing parchment foil
Unfortunately we have been unable to fully source the quantity of the parchment paper required for the brownies, blondies and caramel brownies. We have therefore taken the decision to not include these at the moment. We are planning to include them again in our baking kits in the very near future.
Christmas
Believe it or not, we have started the procurement and preparation for Christmas, which feels weird considering its been the hottest day of the year so far!
We are currently pausing shipping out all orders and subscriptions due to the current lockdown, we will still respond to messages on the contact us page, or facebook messenger in the speedy manner that we know many of our customers appreciate, and please continue to contact us if you feel the need to. We can still produce and email gift vouchers if required. We have sent extra stock to Amazon to cover this period, if you really can’t do without our baking kits. Our hygiene always go above and beyond the standard requirement, and we will continue to keep up this high standard, including stringent hand washing and disinfection of surfaces. There is however no evidence to suggest that the virus can live on parcels for extended periods. Please see the royal mail website https://www.royalmail.com/coronavirus to see their guidance on parcel deliveries.
Our action plan for the following weeks:
We can still email gift vouchers and voucher codes until normal service resumes
Increase stock level of individual baking kits and hot chocolate at the Amazon fulfilment centres for Amazon prime orders. For individual kits and our deluxe hot chocolate, please visit our Amazon shop front
We have recently increased out stock in raw ingredients to maintain baking kit and hot chocolate production until 2021.
Our Business
We are a husband and wife team in our 30’s with 2 small children at home. We work out of a designated production office in our home, which has received a 5 star Hygiene rating from our local council (Eden District Council). Katie produces all baking kits and is trained to Level 4 Food Safety which is the highest level of food safety training available. Chris is our website designer and provides customer support.
These fun little bite sized brownies are really easy to do
and look great. Our kids loved helping
to decorate them, and really loved eating them!
They would be great as a treat to have with a coffee after dinner, or as
a bite sized dessert. We loved eating
them instead of a mince pie on the run up to Christmas, unfortunately there was
none left to leave out for Father Christmas though.
Ingredients:
1 classic chocolate brownie baking kit
200g White chocolate
Red/green sprinkles
Cake pop mould
Method:
Mix the brownies following the instruction card,
Split the mixture into the cake pop mould and bake for 15
mins or until set, leave in the mould for 5 minutes, then pop out.
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, then spoon a
small amount onto the top of the brownies, then sprinkle a small amount of the
green and red sprinkles on top
This is our recipe using our strawberries and cream muffin
baking kit as the base for this deliciously decadent trifle. We tried the recipe with and without
Prosecco, and it is equally delicious either way, so its down to personal
preference/ if children will be eating it if you decide to use the Prosecco or
not.
The addition of homemade custard makes this recipe really
special, and our custard recipe is really easy to do, and well worth the extra
effort.
Ingredients:
1 Strawberry and Cream Muffin Baking Kit
Strawberries
300ml double cream
Prosecco (Optional)
For the custard:
200ml double cream
700ml milk
4 large egg yolks
4tbsp cornflour
100g caster sugar
1tsp Vanilla Extract
Method:
Mix and bake the Strawberries and Cream muffins following
the instruction card
While the muffins are baking, make the custard
Put the cream and milk into a large pan and gently bring to
just below boiling point. Meanwhile in a large bowl, whisk the yolks,
cornflour, sugar and vanilla.
Gradually pour the hot milk mixture onto the sugar mixture,
whisking constantly
Wipe out the saucepan and pour the mixture back into
it. Heat gently stirring with a wooden spoon until the custard has
thickened.
Tip into a large bowl and cover tightly with clingfilm to
prevent a skin from forming. Cool in the fridge.
Slice the strawberries, keep the 3 nicest for decoration.
When the muffins and custard are both cool, chop 3 of the muffins into slices and lay in the bottom of a trifle dish
Cover the layer of muffins with sliced strawberries
Slice the final 3 muffins and lay over the sliced
strawberries
Top with the cooled custard
Whip 300ml of double cream then spoon over the top of the
custard.
If you’re looking for something a little different, or a way
to make our baking kits a little more difficult we have developed a couple of
recipes using our bake at home kits as a base.
We created these recipes for a charity night we attended in
December 2019 at Cranstons Foodhall in Penrith, raising money for Hospice at
home and they went down a storm with everyone who came over for a taster.
You will need to add a few more ingredients, but I’m sure
you will agree that the end result is worth the extra effort!
Using our chocolate and orange cookie bake at home kit as a base for this sumptuous, boozy dessert gives a delicious alternative to a traditional cheesecake base.
Ingredients:
1 Chocolate and Orange Cookie baking kit
300ml double cream
250g cream cheese
1 orange
50ml Cointreau
50g Icing sugar
Method:
Mix the chocolate orange cookies following the instruction
card
Grease a springform cake tin with butter
Put the whole of the cookie dough into the cake tin and
cover the entire bottom, like one giant cookie
Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden
Leave in the tin to cool completely
Whisk 300ml double cream until stiff, then fold in cream
cheese, finely grated orange rind, Cointreau and sift in the icing sugar.
Mix until no lumps remain.
Spoon onto the cold cookie base and flatten the top.
Cover and put into the fridge for 4-6 hours or overnight.
Storm Emma and the Beast from the East are in full sway, here at If I Knew You Were Coming, we love a snow day, it’s a chance to light the fire, put on warm PJ’s and bake!
Here are a couple of our go to easy baking recipes for those times you just don’t have a wide range of ingredients and need the comforting smell and taste of a delicious homemade bake!
Fairy Buns
Ingredients
100 g (4 oz)Margarine
100 g (4 oz)caster sugar
2 medium Eggs
100 g (4 oz) Self Raising Flour
Method
Heat oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas Mark 4. Fill a bun tray with 12 bun cases.
Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, adding a little flour with each.
Gently fold in remaining flour.
Spoon the mixture into pre-prepared bun cases and bake for around 15 mins.
We like to top with a delicious buttercream using 50g butter or margarine, creamed together with 100g sieved icing sugar, half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a dash of milk. If you want a quicker topping melt 100g of milk chocolate in the microwave and simple spoon over the top of the fairy buns! Delicious and comforting for when you have returned from making a snowman!
Shortbread
Ingredients
125g/4oz butter
55g/2oz caster sugar, plus extra to finish
180g/6oz plain flour
Method
Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
Cream the butter and the sugar together until smooth.
Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste, empty on a worktop and roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick.
Cut into shapes and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with caster sugar and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.
Set aside to cool on a wire rack.
For those times when you want to bake something a bit different that you may not have the ingredients for, our baking kits and baking subscriptions hit the spot. We have tasty recipes for Brownies, Cookies and Muffins. Yum!
Continuing on from our chocolate brownie cheesecake recipe, if are looking for something different to make as a Christmas dessert then this Caramel muffin chocolate Tiramisu is just what the doctor ordered!
Recipe: Chocolate Tiramisu
Serves 10-12
1 ‘If I Knew You Were Coming’ caramel & chocolate muffin bake at home mix
568ml double cream
250g mascarpone
75ml Tia Maria
5tbsp golden caster sugar
300ml coffee (made with 2 tbsp coffee granules)
2 tbsp cocoa powder
Method:
Make the caramel muffins as per the instructions card included in the baking kit and leave to cool.
Whisk together the cream, mascarpone, Tia Maria and caster sugar until it’s the consistency of loosely whipped cream.
Make the coffee
Once the muffins are cool, thickly slice and layer half of the muffins over the bottom of a serving dish
Generously spoon half of the coffee over each slice of muffin and allow to soak in.
Use half of the cream mixture and spread evenly over the muffin layer.
Layer the remaining muffin slices over the top of the cream mixture and generously spoon over the remaining coffee.
Add the remaining cream mixture over the top of the muffins and spread evenly.
Put the cocoa powder into a sieve and dust evenly over the surface of the cream.
If you make this recipe, why not post it facebook or twitter and tag us in it?!
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