Henry’s christening was last week – no, I don’t mean Henry the cat … even I am not that mental! – I mean the son of lovely Charlotte from Alphabet Adventures. And the christening was a pretty grand affair too: taking place in St Paul’s Cathedral no less! Such a special event certainly calls for […]
Baking
GBBO challenge week 8 – doughnuts
Mmmmmmmm, doughnuts. Deep fried sweet dough, filled with jam and coated with sugar – delicious! Actually, I have never made doughnuts before – I always tend to shy away from anything which requires deep frying in case I accidentally set fire to myself or the kitchen – but I came across a recipe by Jo […]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Bake it Better bake sale – rich chocolate cake
My lovely friend Charlotte is letting me bake a cake for her son Henry’s christening later in the month, and because I have been feeling the pressure, I wanted to do a test run of the cake. This meant that I had a 50 portion chocolate cake which needed a home last week, and as […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 7 – eclairs
More apologies from me for getting behind on my Bake Off challenge for this year – seriously, the weeks are flying by, and I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! In fact, I actually made my week seven challenge last weekend, but I haven’t had time to write about it yet. These challenges are getting seriously […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 6 – salted caramel torte
Wow – time is really flying, and I am starting to get behind on my Bake Off challenges. I did actually make this little beauty the weekend after episode 6 aired, but have struggled to find the time to write it up. So week 6, if you don’t remember, was European week. In between Mel […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 5 – Somerset apple tart
Pies and tarts were the subject of this week’s Bake Off, and Norman (who practically dredged the entire studio in icing sugar when he ‘dusted’ his tarte au citron) was booted off, despite the fact that they are one baker down now that Diana has pulled out of the series due to illness. I think the […]
A feast of Pink Lady apples
The other day I was sourcing some new recipes and happened to mention to a lady who does the PR for Pink Lady apples (I hadn’t realised that apples needed their own PR, so you really do learn something new every day) that I needed to find some apple recipes, as puddings made from apples […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 4 – self saucing lemon pudding
Oh blimey, what was going on with the Bake Off this week? #Bingate made for fantastic viewing, and I am sure that the programme-makers were delighted to see how Twitter went ballistic over ‘Dirty Diana’ and her apparently sabotage of Iain’s baked alaska. Has a baking show ever had so much fuss? I doubt it […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 3 – filled bread
I am running late with my Bake Off challenge this week, as I spent the bank holiday weekend in Paris for the Rock en Seine music festival. So instead of baking bread, I was eating sausages, aligot, Paris-Brest and confit duck, and watching Arctic Monkeys, Prodigy, Queens of the Stone Age and Blondie rock Paris. Oh […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 2 – savoury biscuits: oatcakes
I had high hopes for this week’s GBBO challenge – but I had a few kitchen disasters, so what I eventually ended up making was not what I had planned. But first the show – I was glad to see the return of the historical segment this week: this time about why ice cream cones […]