Lying in bed last night I suddenly decided that what the world is missing is a baking advent calendar. I’m sure that until a few years ago advent calendars were only ever filled with chocolates but now there seems to be multiple versions of them. Someone has bought me one with a different cheese behind …
Category Archives: baking
#NationalCakeDay
If you use social media at all you’re probably used to the never ending list of #National days that clutter up your timeline. I don’t know who sets them but in a lot of cases it’s probably the major producers of whatever product the day is promoting. Today is a little different though as the …
Cooking with care
As someone who cooks regularly for the fun, pleasure and indulgence of it, the last week few days have been a reminder that sometimes plain and simple options are best. That an empty plate and a contented smile at the end of a meal is the best feedback you can get. My partners mother suffered …
Kitchen epiphany
It’s two in the afternoon, it’s wet and miserable outside and I’ve hardly ventured out of the house all day. You’d have thought that living in the UK would have made me used to this sort of November day by now. The sort of day when dusk is the perfect description for all of the …
Great British Bake Off week ten
Bake Off week ten and we’re there, after bread, cake, pastry and a whole bunch of slightly odd themed weeks it’s the final three bakers. Three challenges left before they turn off the ovens and pack up the tent for another year. If you’ve been following the series in the UK you’ll know that this …
Great British Bake Off week nine
Bake Off week nine and we’ve reached the semi finals. Only two more to go before we all get our Tuesday evenings back and I have to find something else to write about. This time the theme was patisserie. That fiddly and intricate style of baking that’s guarantied to make you stop and stare with …
Great British Bake Off week eight
Bake Off week eight and as we’re down to the last five bakers it’s the quarter final. That might sound a bit confusing but don’t forget that three bakers take part in the final. After some unusual themes in recent weeks this show returned to a baking staple as it was about all things pastry. …
Great British Bake Off Week Seven
Bake Off week seven and this times it was festivals. I don’t think that’s a theme they’ve used previously and I wasn’t too sure what to expect. In the end it turned out to be food for festivals in the sense of Christmas or Easter, not what you might expect to find to eat at …
Thursday morning kitchen therapy
I baked some bread today. In itself not unusual and any regular readers are probably already rolling their eyes and thinking ‘tell us something different’. Today was a bit different though. It wasn’t just that we needed bread, it was also that I needed the therapeutic buzz that a couple of hours baking gives me. …
Great British Bake Off Week Six
Bake Off week six and I’m still on a bit of a sugar high. This was dessert week and it inevitably involved a great deal of meringue. My Mum would have loved this week. I always remember that if we went out for a meal she would choose her dessert first and then pick the …
David in the kitchen. 