134. Carrot Cake

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 4.5/5
Comment: This was pretty good. Made some minor modifications - it's supposed to be a carrot and cardamom cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting - but left out the cardamom, using 2 tsp of cinnamon in place of 1, omitted the cinnamon from the icing (also used 50g less icing sugar and could probably have gotten away with even less) and added a bit of vanilla extract. It was a moist and tasty cake. (Also used 20 cm tins instead of 23cm).
Use again? Possibly.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings.

133. Crispy Mustard Chicken Tray bake (D. Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 3/5
Comment: A basic chicken tray bake that was surprisingly tasty. Used chicken breasts rather than thighs and removed them for the last 5-10 minutes (should really have added them later).
Use again? Probably not.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings.

132.Chocolate Profiteroles (M Berry)

Mary Berry's complete cookbook 
Rating: 5/5 
Comment: I wanted to try the Mary B version of profiteroles after watching the Great British Bake off bakers make the religieuses recently. Decided to stick with one size profiteroles rather than the 2 separate and used whipped cream filling rather than creme patisserie. I followed the recipe, and Mary's instructions once again produced a great result! I got 11 instead of 12, and they were rather large.
This is from one of my must-have books which I turn to for traditional recipes.
Use it again: Yes. The last  profiterole recipe I used didn't work out so well so I will definitely use this again :-)

131. Chocolate chip and vanilla marble cake (M Berry)

Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book
Rating: 3.5/5
Comment: These were nice enough but not enough on top of them - chocolate is criss-crossed over the top in place of icing.
Use it again: No.
Lovely recipes from this book: Coffee victoria sponge, lemon traybake, chocolate victoria sponge, crunchy lemon syrup loaf, crunchy top lemon cake.
Recipes to avoid: Chocolate chip muffins

130. Chocolate chip american muffins (M Berry)

Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book
Rating: 2/5
Comment: These were quite dry and heavy.
Use it again: No.
Lovely recipes from this book: Coffee victoria sponge, lemon traybake, chocolate victoria sponge, crunchy lemon syrup loaf, crunchy top lemon cake

129. Good old-fashioned burger (L Pascale)

Lorraine Pascale's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
Rating: 4.5/5
Comment: Lovely burgers - nothing too special but very tasty. Used onion in place of spring onion in the mix and cooked in a heavy pan.
Use this again: Yes.
Lovely recipes from this book: Chocolate cake, lemon& lime poppy seed cake,spicy chicken fajitas, roasted new Potatas&chorizo Bravas, cottage pie with rosti potatoes, tandoori chicken, french onion soup, tin foil salmon
Nice enough recipes from this book: Twister Bread, chocolate mousse, salmon in filo pastry with pesto, chicken tikka misala, meringues, warm bramley apple pies
Recipes to avoid: Lamb Biryani.

128. Chicken coq au blanc (D Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 3.5/5
Comment: This should have been lovely but it was very salty - not sure why but possibly came from the rashers. Used chicken breast on the bone rather than chicken legs. The chicken was lovely - didn't dry out and the sauce worked well. However, the saltiness ruined it a little. Will definitely try this again and use different type of rashers.
Use again? Yes.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings