Interest in baking is at an all-time high here in the UK, and people are exercising their skills in the kitchen all the time – there’s no event that doesn’t improve immeasurably when cake is involved, and this gives amateur bakers ample opportunity to show off their skills with a mixing bowl and a batch … [Read more…]
My two love baking and especially licking out the bowl afterwardsI They also enjoy decorating the cakes once they are cooked, and eating the edible decorations too! It is not often that they actually like eating what they have helped to bake, but on Saturday we had a go at making some chocolate cakes but … [Read more…]
Patisserie week always feels me with a little dread because it requires a lot of daintiness and neatness, qualities I do not possess. So when I saw that this week’s GBBO involved making either *Cream Horns *Mokatines *Three tiers of choux pastry eclairs filled with creme pat I decided to go with what I thought … [Read more…]
So Wimbledon is finished for another year, and with it comes the wet weather that our British summers are full off! However, even with the tennis over and the sunshine gone for now, at least we still have cake! Huzzah! Print 3.2.2885
So summer is almost upon us and the hot weather over the last couple of weeks has certainly got me wearing my summer dresses, sandals and ordering a new paddling pool for the garden! Of course, as soon as the new pool is delivered we seem to have had lots of rain, but hey ho! … [Read more…]