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 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 …
Baking Advent Calendar
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 …
#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 …
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 …
David in the kitchen. 