‘I did tell you I was going to be out for most of the day, didn’t I?’ ‘No, I don’t think so’ ‘In which case I’m guessing I forgot to tell you I’ve promised Claire one of your cakes’ ‘You definitely didn’t tell me that’ ‘Is it too late if I’m telling you now?’ So …
Author Archives: David Burbidge
Bake Off is coming back
So apparently there is going to be a Great British Bake Off this year after all. The world may feel as if it’s rapidly going to hell in a hand basket, but we will be getting our much needed weekly fix of baking powder and icing sugar. No doubt there will be numerous bonkers baking …
A beetroot revelation
There aren’t many things I won’t eat, or at least won’t make an effort with, and now the list is even shorter after the revelation that was beetroot hummus. Up until last weekend, beetroot was a no go area for me. It’s an aversion which stretches back to childhood and the memories of horribly acidic …
Baking a cake for other people
My partner is taking her mother out tomorrow morning to visit some friends and I’ve been asked to bake a cake for them. A cake that’s going to be cut into and eaten when I’m not there. I don’t think this has ever happened before and it’s making me distinctly nervous. As they want to …
I went back into a coffeeshop.
I went back into a coffeeshop last week for the first time in about four months. That’s back in as to actually order a coffee, sit down, sip, savour and finally leave feeling that perhaps the world isn’t quite such a bad place after all. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t my first time back across a …
Discovering flourless cake.
I took a step into the unknown yesterday with my first attempt at a flourless cake. I’ve already mentioned it was my partners birthday a couple of days ago and she rounded off a weekend of celebrations when she had friends over for lunch in our garden. The meal was arranged at very short notice, …
My Saturday baking
Some days are for full-blown baking projects, others are more a case of checking what you’ve got in the kitchen, then deciding what to bake. Today is straddling both camps. We have another birthday coming up in the house and I’m back on cake making duty. This one defiantly falls into the project camp. A …
Going back to Thurcroft
If these last strange three months have taught me anything it’s just how important the senses are, even when you’re not necessarily using them. How just the thought of a smell, a taste or the feel of something can bring back memories, taking you to a time or place you’d thought long forgotten. Much of …
Saturday afternoon in the garden.
Saturday afternoon and I’m sat in the garden having a first attempt at alfresco writing. Things have been a bit thin on the blog front recently so I thought I’d have a bit of a catchup. I didn’t get around to any writing for a few days after my last post, then I had to …
I finally got to ask for a black Americano again
I had somebody else make me a cup of coffee for the first time in three months last weekend. My fist interaction with a barista in a very long time. It might not have been the full sit down coffeeshop experience I’ve long pined for but it was the first step back in in the …
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David in the kitchen. 