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Best of 2014 on Kerry Cooks!

January 7, 2015 By Kerry Cooks 20 Comments

Happy New Year and happy 2015! I like the sound of this year – it has a nice solid ring to it, don’t you think?

Today I’m bringing you my annual look back on the past year here on Kerry Cooks, featuring some of my favourite and most popular recipes on my blog! Blog-wise, 2014 was a brilliant year – my traffic continued to grow, I started to bring in sponsored posts here and there, my site got a makeover thanks to the lovely Jo, and I ate a whoooooooole lot of delicious cake and cookies!

Thank YOU so much for heading over here to read my blog, and for baking my recipes too! I love seeing your pictures #kerrycooks on Instagram! Through distance may separate us, a love of cookie dough unites us.

Personally, 2014 was an awesome year too! I turned 30, got married to an incredibly handsome and lovely man and continued to have an amazing family and friends. The only dark spot was the loss of our little kitten Brownie but we still enjoy hanging out with her companion Bella, a little black ball of energy and evil excitement.

Anyhoo, onto cake! First up is the top recipes traffic wise!

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1. Rainbow Cake

Taking the lead as ever, with over a quarter of a million views this year alone is my Rainbow Cake! I could never have imagined when I set out to develop the UK’s first easy Rainbow Cake recipe that it would be such a huge hit! I’m so so happy that it’s been such a big success and has brought bright and colourful rainbow fun to your children’s birthday parties and celebrations. Stay tuned for more rainbow baking in 2015!

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2. Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is a proper red velvet cake, a deliciously dense, tangy, rich chocolate cake slathered in what a reasonable person might call far too much cream cheese frosting. But I am not a reasonable person, and especially not when it comes to cream cheese frosting. While it’s a little more challenging than your average cake, I bet this would win you some serious brownie points if you baked it for your valentine.

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3. Millie’s Cookies

If you love Millie’s Cookies, but don’t love the price, or the fact that there isn’t one near you, or the look the teenager behind the counter gives you when you buy ten for yourself, why not bake them at home instead? These cookies are soooo gooey and just perfect for a little winter comfort food.

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4. Nutella cupcakes

What do you call a dense, rich chocolate cupcake baked with nutella stuffed inside, then topped with a properly chocolatey nutella frosting (no light brown hues here!) and each topped with a whole Ferrero Rocher? Heaven!

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5. Foolproof Thick Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese frosting used to be my nemesis, but not since I stumbled upon a very strange new, yet foolproof method of making it! You completely melt the butter and it gives you the thickest, most delicious frosting ever with completely NO lumps! Give it a try!

And also some of my favourites from 2014…

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(Left to right, up to down, kinda)

Triple Chocolate Brownie Cookies These are for the days (or times of month) when you need a super intense chocolate hit. If you can eat more than one of these, you have my undying admiration.

Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze 2014 is the year I finally mastered homemade Cinnamon Rolls and these ones make the long years of (delicious) practise worthwhile. Don’t start your new year diet until after you’ve made these, srsly.

How to make your own cake flour Just so useful – bookmark this post or print it out and stick it on your fridge. I’ve already referred to my own post several times. How does a baking blogger run out of baking powder?!

Chewy Chocolate Chip cookies for two The perfect recipe for when you need cookies but you don’t really want twenty of them hanging around – you’ll have just two deliciously chewy chocolate chunk cookies for you and a friend, or you and you again later on! Hooray!

Levain Style Chocolate Cookies These cookies are basically a man vs food challenge except that I’m a woman who can easily take down a cookie the size of my hand and weighing 120g. The most densely chocolatey thing I’ve ever tasted. Make them!

Have you made any resolutions for 2015? Are they sticking?

x Kerry

 

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  1. Diane @ Life of Di. says

    January 10, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    So many recipes to try! I wish I were a more confident baker – maybe I would’ve tried some of these by now πŸ™
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 10, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      You should give some a go – if I can do it, anyone can, believe me!

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  2. Holly says

    January 9, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    That’s amazing regarding your rainbow cake!! Well done you!
    PS. your wedding shot – beautiful πŸ™‚

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 9, 2015 at 2:49 pm

      Thank you so much Holly!

      Reply
  3. Choclette says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    Gosh, I can see why 2014 was such a good year for you. Hope 2015 proves to be as good. And look at all those gorgeous creations coming out of your kitchen. Can I start with the cinnamon buns? Happy New Year.

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 8, 2015 at 11:01 pm

      Thank you so much lovely! Please do start with cinnamon buns and please invite me round for one!

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  4. Helen says

    January 8, 2015 at 12:52 pm

    These ALL look amazing! I need to keep the photo of the nutella cupcakes topped with ferrero rocher away from my daughter though…eeek!
    Here’s to a great 2015, Helen x.
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 8, 2015 at 12:53 pm

      Hehe, thank you Helen! Same to you! x

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  5. Rachel Vagabond Baker says

    January 8, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    Happy New Year Kerry!

    Well done on the rainbow cake, that’s an incredible amount of views! I still haven’t made one yet!

    Great round up ❀
    Rachel Vagabond Baker recently posted…Korvapuusti (Finnish Cinnamon buns)My Profile

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 8, 2015 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks Rachel! I love how much people love it! They are definitely the happiest cake πŸ™‚

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  6. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Wow what a fab year you had Kerry. Hope married life is going wel and yes please for those nutella cupcakes
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  7. Amanda says

    January 8, 2015 at 12:41 am

    It looks like you had a great year, I hope 2015 is even better!!!
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  8. Judith (Mostly About Chocolate Blog) says

    January 7, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    Absolutely brilliant round up – what a collection of recipes! Thanks for putting it all together – brilliant cheat sheet!
    Judith (Mostly About Chocolate Blog) recently posted…9 Reasons Why We Love Chocolate (And You Should, Too!)My Profile

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  9. Jasmin Charlotte says

    January 7, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    Aw your wedding looked amazing!! I pretty much want to stuff my face with everything on this page, I need to make those nutella cupcakes now I have my cupcake tin πŸ˜€ x

    Jasmin Charlotte | UK Lifestyle Blog
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  10. Emma says

    January 7, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    Happy new year! And oh my word, 250,000 hits on your rainbow cake this year alone?! That is a massive achievement πŸ™‚ well done Kerry you should be super proud! Can’t wait to see what else you come up with this year xx
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 7, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      Thanks so much Emma! πŸ™‚

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  11. Janie says

    January 7, 2015 at 10:12 am

    Aww Kerry, I love your wedding pic! You looked so cute and your dress is stunning. Congratulations on a fantastic year, and here’s hoping 2015 is even better πŸ™‚
    Janie x
    Janie recently posted…American Pancakes with Pomegranate and BlueberriesMy Profile

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      January 7, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thank you so much lady!! X

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