Missing the chance to join in with Bake Off German week due to our ongoing kitchen renovation, was a disappointment. But if I have to miss out on Pastry week as well, it could just turn out to be a blessing. It’s not that I don’t like pastry, my regular consumption of pies proves I …
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You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
When Joni sang ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’ she probably wasn’t thinking about baking. The problem I have is that with our kitchen refurb underway, baking is gone, at least for the time being, and now it is all I’m thinking about. From Bake Off German week, with some fascinating challenges, …
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A Baker Without A Kitchen
After much thought and prevarication, we’ve finally decided to bring our kitchen into the modern world. We’re expanding the workspace, improving the layout, and soon I’ll be baking away to my heart’s content, posting even more photo’s than normal on social media. But in the meantime, we’re living in chaos. The cupboards and drawers were …
Bake Off dessert week
With the possible exception of bread week, there’s a case to be made it’s always dessert week on Bake Off. However this time it officially was. The week you can guarantee more than any other that every challenge is going to be sweet, sticky and indulgent. My mum would have loved it. Whenever she ate …
Bake Off bread week
Bake Off bread week feels as if it marks the point in the series when the basics have been covered. We started with cake, followed with biscuits and now bread means that the things we’re all most likely to bake at home have been ticked off. Desserts and pies are the only bakes you can …
Bake Off biscuit week
For the third season running Bake Off had me making one of my childhood treats at home. Two years ago it was my all-time favourite, an Angel Cake. This confection consists of three layers of delicate sponge, one raspberry flavoured, another lemon and the third vanilla, with a layer of buttercream between each. No childhood …
Bake Off is back.
There’s no surer sign of the onset of Autumn than the return of Bake Off. As the evenings get darker and the curtains pulled earlier it just feels like perfect television for this time of year. A little bit of calm amongst the madness of rising gas prices, unnecessary petrol shortages and the many other …
Apple cake with lemon, chocolate and fennel seeds.
We’re currently having a late burst of summer. A few days of glorious weather are raising the spirits and encouraging me to grab the last chance for some alfresco living, before autumn sets in. Hence the fact I’m writing this sat in the garden with a mug of tea and the last slice of the …
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Blueberry poppy seed cake
The recipe I want to write about today came to me via a friend who saw it online and sent me a link. Most of what I cook tends to happen as a result of trawling through my cookbook library, perusing one of the many and various food magazines which find their way into this …
There’s something about a pie
Of all the foods I enjoy, all the things I like to cook. There’s something about a pie that sets it above. If I’m running my eyes down a menu, they won’t seem to move on if I reach a pie. If I open a new cookbook or food magazine, it’s always the pie recipes …
David in the kitchen. 