Cream horns are the kind of thing I used to be given as a treat when I was little – a posh and indulgent cake from the local bakery. Sugar-encrusted puff pastry filled with whipped cream is a simple thing, but done well it’s a thing of beauty. Cream horns in themselves are not complicated: […]
chantilly cream
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 […]
Cooking with mother
When people ask how I first got interested in cooking, I usually say that when I went to university and had to feed my greed, I taught myself how to make food that I enjoyed eating. It also helped that I started going out with Andrew in my second year, and he was also greedy […]