For Baking Advent Calendar Day 11 I’ve been into what is relatively unchartered territory for me. My partner recently acquired The New Vegan by Aine Carlin and has been trying to persuade me to cook something from it. To be honest I didn’t have a great deal of enthusiasm , but when she pointed out …
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Baking Advent Calendar day 10
To be honest with you when I started this exercise I thought I was being a bit ambitious and that there might be some gaps that I’d have to try and count for, but so far so good and we’ve made it to Baking Advent Calendar day 10 without a break.. Today’s bake is orange …
Baking Advent Calendar day 9
For Baking Advent Calendar day 9 I’m sharing tahini lemon biscuits. I had a chance for a quick today and as the request was for sweet, but not too sweet, I went for these. Tahini is a paste made from sesame and if that were the key ingredient these biscuits could be quite bitter. However …
Baking Advent Calendar day 8
I had two bakes yesterday. The first was the mince pies that I shared for day 7, the second was some bread and that’s what we’re having for Baking Advent Calendar day 8. I know I’ve written before about how much I enjoy baking bread, but at fear of repeating myself I do think that …
Baking Advent Calendar day 7
I spent my Sunday afternoon baking mince pies and that means we have the first true Christmas bake for Advent Calendar day 7. I know that mince pies are traditional in Britain at this time of year but I’m not sure about the rest of the world. If you haven’t heard of them they are …
Baking Advent Calendar day 6
It’s day six on the Baking Advent Calendar and time for tea. More specifically time for tea with fig and apricot scones. Scones are a uniquely British baked item that’s at the centre of all proper afternoon tea’s, ideally with some cream or jam. Although they seem to be universally liked in Britain there is …
Baking Advent Calendar day 5
Someone recently asked me which was the most difficult bake I’d ever made. It didn’t take a lot of pondering to decide on a Gateau Vert and that’s the one I’m sharing for Baking Advent Calendar day five. I remember being undecided after first seeing this cake as a technical challenge in a Great British …
Baking Advent Calendar day 4
For day four of my Baking Advent Calendar I’m sharing cured sausage, pistachio and prune cake. I’m doing this as I thought it was perhaps time to prove that I don’t only bake sweet things. This recipe comes from Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen ,for the bilingual amongst you, or any French readers, Rachel lists …
Baking Advent Calendar day 3
It’s always good to have a recipe to hand where you can go from nothing to cake on a plate within thirty minutes. That’s why for the third day of my Baking Advent Calendar I’m sharing pistachio, hazelnut and raspberry friands, one of my favourite quick and easy bakes. Don’t be put off by what …
Baking Advent Calendar day 2
It’s Baking Advent Calendar day two and this one is for my Mum. I chose Jens Jorgen Thorsen Meringue as the default picture when I started this blog because it reminded me so much of Mum’s sweet tooth and how desserts were always the highlight of any meal for her. If she was in a …
David in the kitchen. 