I’m scared of the section on Sweet Pastry and as I haven’t tackled anything in that said section yet, I decided I had to do it. I have chosen the Somerset Apple Tart, not because it looks easy, but just because. I only needed to buy apples and apricot jam Read more…
Now this looks like fun, Bread and I have all the ingredients, and machinery! Yay. I made the dough, kneaded it for 10 minutes by hand, quite a good little bit of exercise, and set it to rise on our hot work bench, hot because the temperature has been Read more…
It’s time to bake. It’s a Saturday and I am going out to a BBQ tonight to a Brazilian friend’s house. I thought this would be a great opportunity to make a cake, then we don’t have to try to eat it!!! Haha. One of the difficult things about all Read more…
It’s a Friday afternoon and I wanna bake. I start to make Mary’s Florentines because I have all the ingredients and biscuits are easy to make…right? I get to Cranberries and hunt the pantry high and low, but low and behold, my packet of cranberries has disappeared. Then I realize, Read more…
Welsh Cakes It was late afternoon, 4pm, and the kids were all around. Anna quietly ticking away at her graphic design homework, working on the front cover of a poetry book with watercolour. Katie meanwhile lay on the couch watching a Vibe documentary about an alternative dress designer in China. Read more…
Last night I set up my blog, well tried to. Had all the family including my daughter’s techy boyfriend trying to copy and paste the cover photo. Not nice stuff being technologically inept. Anyway, went to the gym this morning and on the way home bought yeast…along with $137 of Read more…
So here goes, 3.30 pm on the 27 February 2018 I have decided to make Focaccia by Paul Hollywood. I search through the Breads section and lo and behold, there is no Focaccia!! (I saw it on the programme…its not in the book!! Woops) Not to be deterred, I will Read more…
I love the Great British Bake Off, the competitive aspect of it as well as the science behind the baking. I have always loved baking but didn’t realize until I watched this how much it was for me “my happy place.” I was always baking, cakes for the family, special Read more…