Bitesize Bake Swap Goodies

To celebrate the recent release of new book Sweet Bitesize Bakes by Sarah Trivuncic from Maison Cupcake, BakeMe.com hosted a 'Bitesize Bake Swap' with bakers and bloggers signing up to be partnered with a random bake swap buddy.

Once the closing date arrived, I received an email telling me my partner was Laura from How to Cook Goodfood which considering it's random pairings was somewhat of a coincidence as I already follow Laura's blog as well as on twitter. If you haven't already visited her blog, check it out as she produces some wonderful food, as well as hosting the One Ingredient monthly challenge!

And here's what I received in the post, lovely chewy, crispy, gooey 'Toffee Malteser Bites'. They came beautifully packaged in spotty red wrapping paper and with a lovely handmade label and handmade card.

The ingredients for these were chocolate eclairs, cream, rice krispies, marshmallows, golden syrup, maltesers...sounds like a heavenly combination!! I'm also pleased to report that they arrived in one piece. I had a red card through my door to go and pick them up from the sorting office but fortunately I was off to pick up my Olympic tickets too...so a double whammy...two things worth the effort to queue for!!

In return I sent Laura some iced butterfly cookies. I used a variety of different pastel colours and then packaged them up in individual little bags. To try and ensure they arrived in one piece I packed the box with popcorn as suggested by someone online. It appeared to work and they did arrive in one piece. I did however send them first class on Tuesday morning and was hoping they would arrive on Wednesday...instead they arrived on Saturday so there is a chance that they were past their best....but at least they arrived!

If you want a brief rundown on how to decorate royal iced cookies I've outlined the basic technique in a previous post for Love Heart Cookies. You can also check out some of the other Bake Swapping on the BakeMe.com website.