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Recent Posts Tagged With 'baking'
Oct 09
And no, these aren’t Joseph’s but are the very, very clever product of my friend Sam’s warp-speed creativity – she is to home industries what Leonardo was to the renaissance; completely unstoppable. Anyway, she happened to see (read full article)
baking, cupcakes, Dish of the Day, Multicoloured, recipe, Recipes, Sparkles, Sweet
Oct 09
And no, these aren’t Joseph’s but are the very, very clever product of my friend Sam’s warp-speed creativity – she is to home industries what Leonardo was to the renaissance; completely unstoppable. Anyway, she happened to see (read full article)
baking, cupcakes, Dish of the Day, Multicoloured, recipe, Recipes, Sparkles, Sweet
Oct 08
“[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells… there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of med (read full article)
baking, bread, quote, Random Musings
Oct 08
“[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells… there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of med (read full article)
baking, bread, quote, Random Musings
Oct 01
I think I’m coming down with flu, so am not really feeling up to writing a scintillating post tonight – frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever felt less scintillating in my life! So, instead, herewith a simple recipe for a country-s (read full article)
baking, bread, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes
Oct 01
I think I’m coming down with flu, so am not really feeling up to writing a scintillating post tonight – frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever felt less scintillating in my life! So, instead, herewith a simple recipe for a country-s (read full article)
baking, bread, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes
Sep 29
Some months ago I found a fabulous recipe for a rooibos cheesecake in a House & Leisure magazine and, as I’m want to do, I made it over and over again and then (for some peculiar reason that I can’t remember) I forgot all about it. Un (read full article)
baking, cake, cheesecake, Dish of the Day, recipe, Recipes, Rooibos, Sweet
Sep 21
I don’t know about you, but I find it hugely frustrating when recipe books give measurements in the “wrong” units. What I mean by that is that, for me, dry ingredients are for weighing, liquids for measuring. I don’t want to work out 180 gram (read full article)
baking, Conversion, flour, Wicked Tips
Sep 21
I don’t know about you, but I find it hugely frustrating when recipe books give measurements in the “wrong” units. What I mean by that is that, for me, dry ingredients are for weighing, liquids for measuring. I don’t want to work out 180 gram (read full article)
baking, Conversion, flour, Wicked Tips
Sep 17
Top 10 Baking Store Cupboard Essentials I love lists. I’m absolutely useless at following them, but I do love creating them. It makes me feel like the organised little Santa-elf I always aspire (and fail catastrophically) to be… With that in mind (read full article)
baking, Essentials, Store Cupboard, Top 10, Wicked Tips
Sep 15
Yesterday Sam read the sorry saga of my recent, catastrophic muffin failures (see the muffin misadventures) and mercifully decided to take pity on me. Being the kind person that she is, she left a comment saying that she had a brilliant recipe for B (read full article)
baking, banana, Dish of the Day, muffins, pecan nuts, Recipes, Sweet
Sep 12
Chocolate Cloud Cake from Nigella Bites To compensate for the horror of the muffin debacle, I’ve decided to post a foolproof (yup, even I can make this) recipe for a cake so delicious it should require an age restriction, or 3 hail marys, or a (read full article)
baking, cake, Chocolate, Nigella Lawson, Recipes, Sweet
Sep 12
Okay, have had the second catastrophic muffin failure in as many weeks, and I’m getting bleak – this is now becoming serious… It has become a Categorical Imperative that I figure out how to make a decent muffin. I’ve always pr (read full article)
baking, muffins, Random Musings, recipe