{"id":826,"date":"2024-08-09T08:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T08:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2024-08-09T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T09:23:33","slug":"birthday-blondies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/08\/09\/birthday-blondies\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Blondies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another 40th birthday, and this time I opted to make some blondies with a loving message on the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024715-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I made the letters for the top and kept them in the freezer until ready. They were literally just made by melting white chocolate and using a silicon letter mold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024590-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The blondie recipe is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2022\/07\/22\/white-chocolate-blondies\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2022\/07\/22\/white-chocolate-blondies\/\">Jane&#8217;s Patisserie<\/a>, but I mixed the chocolate chunks instead of just white chocolate. Mine have milk, dark and blonde chocolate chunks as well as some Biscoff biscuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the mix-ins in this picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024714-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I topped the blondies with a ganache made from Blonde chocolate and double cream (3:1 ratio). I made around 420g of ganache so weighed out into 70g portions and coloured them with oil-based colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I piped rough stripes diagonally across the blondies whilst still in the pan and allowed to set slightly before adding the lettering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-830\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024718-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I liked how the lines ended up &#8211; very trippy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished the blondies with edible glittery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024720-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000024721-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipient took this picture of the sliced blondie this morning &#8211; and it looks great if I do say so myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Capture.jpg 461w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Capture-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another 40th birthday, and this time I opted to make some blondies with a loving message on the top. I made the letters for the top and kept them in the freezer until ready. They were literally just made by melting white chocolate and using a silicon letter mold. The blondie recipe is from Jane&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/08\/09\/birthday-blondies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Birthday Blondies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1],"tags":[32,73,8],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake","category-uncategorized","tag-birthday-cake","tag-blondies","tag-home-baking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}