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From Cheddar & Mustard Loaf to Paul’s Chocolate & Raspberry doughnuts

The 56th Bake: Hot Cross Bun Loaf

 

I went to a mother daughter breakfast at my daughter’s school. Lovely idea.  Lucy Lawless as a past pupil was the guest speaker.  She expounded about the merits of being yourself, “live brave but live authentically.”  I do like that message, and she emphasized the importance of following a career path that you love.  It got me thinking, how important it is to be exceptional in whatever you do, you owe it to yourself to shine, (more…)

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The 47th Bake: Plaited Rich Saffron Loaf

It’s the school holidays and before we head away to stay with my Mum, I thought I’d whip up some bread.  Not sure if this is really a good idea, but I’m doing it.  This particular loaf is enriched with egg and flavoured with saffron.  I soaked a teaspoon of saffron in warm water for an hour before adding it to the bread mixture. (more…)

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The 43rd Bake: Crunchy Craggy Loaf

I felt like something savoury, what with all this carrot cake in the house.  I went into Uni the other day for a critique group and bought my large soy latte with a muffin for $7 from my usual cafe.  Then I had the savoury pumpkin muffin with soup the Read more…

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The 38th Bake: Irish Brack

I decided on Saturday that I would make this Irish Brack bread.  It had been a while since I’d made bread.  Unfortunately I didn’t get around to it until about 4pm, but still not too late I thought.  I read the recipe.  Put the fruit mix into the boiling water Read more…

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The 33rd Bake: Multigrain Loaf

It’s very quiet today.  The rain is pouring down giving the atmosphere a dulled calm feel.  The house is dark, no one is home.  Kids have gone to school and work.  But what makes the place feel so quiet is that yesterday it was sunny and we had three tradesmen Read more…

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The 29th Bake: Poppyseed White Bloomer

On Sunday I went to a Samba Workshop with live drums.  There’s nothing like live music to get your creative energy pumping.  The teacher was passionate about her country and its culture, Brazil, and was using dance and the music to explain different aspects of the history and culture.  For Read more…

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The 18th Bake: Cheddar & Mustard Loaf

Its blowing a gale outside, or should I say, it blew a gale last night.  150-200 km/hour winds which brought down trees and tumbled trampolines into the universe to find new homes where they landed.  It was gale force last night and unexpected.  I went walking up Mt Albert near Read more…

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The 17th Bake: Banana Bread

On Sunday night, I realized I had nothing to put in the school lunches, so I made the Banana bread.  It’s interesting that Banana bread can come in so many shapes and sizes so to speak.  I have eaten banana bread in Fiji for breakfast, its big in Australia too Read more…

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The 15th Bake: Paul’s Chocolate & Raspberry Doughnuts

Well sadly for me I had already written this post, but crazy, crazy, I obviously forgot to save the draft.  So here we go again.  It was easter Tuesday, and with all the chocolate around, I thought it would be a good idea to use some of it to make Read more…

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The 9th Bake: Sticky Honey Cinnamon Buns

  Its Sunday and today I made Sticky Honey Cinnamon Buns. I had spotted this recipe in the book and man it looked delicious. So being Sunday, sunny and warm, it was the perfect day for making bread. I love making bread. Such a simple combination of ingredients, flour, yeast Read more…

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