If
there's anything to put cheer in my heart it's the return of the
Great British Bake Off (GBBO) on Wednesday evenings. As ever it
kicked off with cake week and the signature bake theme was drizzle
cakes. Not wanting to miss out on the fun I joined in and made a
blackberry
and lemon drizzle cake. For a cake it
has the most common basic ingredients of butter, flour, sugar and
eggs. For the flavouring it required a lemon and blackberry. Of
course the blackberries were foraged so they free but the cost of the
other ingredients can add up substantially.
Last week was biscuit week
and as much as I like jaffa cakes I have never thought about making
them myself. I fear the time taken to prepare them would far outweigh
the time it would take for everyone to eat them! Jaffa cakes can be
bought for anything from 50p for a value box up to £1.25 for a
branded packet. At such prices there's something to suit all budgets
and tastes but it shows what a difference in prices there is.
One
thing we do like to make each year at Christmas is a gingerbread
house – although we do cheat and use a gingerbread house mould rather than trying to construct one ourselves! If
you’re looking to save some money on your gingerbread or other
baking, voucherbox.co.uk
has
created the Great
British Save Off, a
weekly price comparison of GBBO recipes and the best value
supermarket to buy
ingredients from each week. This week’s Star Saver is Morrisons
but last week it was Sainsbury's. This is the reason why I shop at
all the supermarkets and stock up on certain items when I visit
there. Shopping lists are a key feature of my life!
This week is bread week and
while I may never reach the level of the expert bakers I do like to
make different varieties of bread. I'll be keeping an eye on the
costs to make the best value loaf as it's surprising how much
difference there is between the prices of bread flour and yeast.
Do you take notice of
different prices for ingredients? Have got one supermarket you go to
or do you shop around?
This is a collaborative post.
I think I'll make that blackberry and loom drizzle cake! Looks yummy x
ReplyDeleteOooo I always make lemon and lime drizzle cake but we have a blackberry bush by the house so will have to make it
ReplyDeleteI sometimes find that the time and costs of making something myself outweigh the benefits of buying something ready made. I made a colourful layer cake for my daughter a couple of years ago and it cost a fortune when you take into account all of the colours you needed to buy.
ReplyDeleteIt was delicious but not sure it was worth all of the time and money it took to make it x x
I tend to just use Sainsbury's as I have a delivery pass with them and due to living in the middle of nowhere, this is far cheaper than petrol and time. Mich x
ReplyDeleteBlackberry and lemon drizzle cake sounds totally amazing!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the jaffa cakes don't think I could be bothered baking them from scratch! I don't tend to shop around as we don't have much choice without travelling quite far x
ReplyDeleteI think that sometimes it is all about the making. I love Aldi and Lidl for products
ReplyDeleteI've loved watched TGBBO and joining in by baking at home - I need to make some jaffa cakes myself x
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