Find out more about by Great British Bake Off challenge. I fall in love with the bake off a little bit more each week – although when trying to describe the show to others it is hard to explain it’s charm, as it sounds like it must be so boring … watching people bake three […]
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Foodie penpals – September 2013
I was super excited to receive my penpals this month as I was paired with two foreigners! Firstly I found out I would be sending to Elise-Renee in Norway, and I would be receiving from Mariska who is based in the Netherlands. We all got in touch pretty much straight away, and I made a […]
Cat poo coffee cake at the Clandestine Cake Club
I came across the Clandestine Cake Club via a Google search for something or other (cake, probably), and saw that a CCC event was scheduled in my area of Bowes Park that very weekend. Organised by Kay, the event had the theme of a secret – basically you had to bake a cake with a […]
GBBO challenge week 5 – millionaire’s shortbread
Find out more about my Great British Bake Off challenge. So, the latest episode of the wonderful Bake Off included a technical tuile challenge, signature traybakes and showstopping biscuit towers. Now, tuiles are lovely and all that, but they probably aren’t the most pleasurable type of biscuit to eat, and they do look like a […]
GBBO challenge week 3 – trifle
Find out more about my GBBO challenge. Ooooooh, desserts. Well I love them, but Andrew pretty much hates them all … and he has a particular hatred for meringue which meant that week 3’s technical challenge of Iles Flottant was a definite no-no for me. I was tempted by the idea of petit fours, but […]
Bugger Bognor!
Including a review of The Walnut Tree pub and Turners Pies, and a recipe for the Welsh classic corned beef pie. Apparently “Bugger Bognor” is what George V said when he found out he might have to go back to Bognor Regis to recuperate from an illness. I am not sure about the authenticity of […]
Foodie penpals – August 2013
This month I was lucky enough to receive my Foodie Penpals parcel from Denise who lives up in Bakewell. Her description of her foodie lifestyle sounded pretty idyllic to me – shopping in farm shops, growing her own fruit and veg and making her own chutneys and jams. She was incredibly prompt in sending her […]
GBBO challenge week 2 – English breakfast muffins
Find out more about my GBBO challenge. This week’s technical challenge on the wonderful bake-off was to make English breakfast muffins. I first made muffins a couple of years ago when I found a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe for them on the Guardian website. I was amazed at how simple they are to make and cook, […]
GBBO challenge week 1 – angel food cake
Find out more about my GBBO Challenge. Angel food cake? I had never, ever heard of it until the first episode of The Great British Bake Off 2013. After a bit of googling, I decided it looked too difficult to make (and expensive to make – 10 eggs!) and so looked at sandwich cake options […]
The Great British Bake Off 2013 Challenge
I love the Bake Off, and this is my first year of blogging whilst it is screened, so I have decided to set myself the challenge of completing one of the show’s challenges each week. This is mainly because I am ultimately a lazy cook and want to increase the scope of what I can […]