Yesterday I took stock of how much flour I seem to have accumulated. Not so much quantity but variety. So after making a 50/50 bread, I baked a banana traybake. I found half a packet of chocolate chips, not enough for a decent cake, so I raided what was in my daughter’s sweet stash and found a Toffee Crisp, a Yorkie bar (practically) cooking chocolate anyway), and a packet of Rolos. And, again, a variety of sugars.
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Just soup and bread /
It is most certainly the weather for a soup like this. I’m a fan of home made soup, there is nothing better on a cold, blustery day like today. I’m also a fan of butternut squash, it’s one of my favourite vegetables.
Read MoreMadeleines (again!) /
It’s been a while since I blogged. Work, the summer holidays, work… I’ve been preoccupied!
But that’s not to say I haven’t been making and baking things blog-worthy, it’s just been a case of finding the time to get online and upload some recipes and photographs.
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So I bought a madeleine baking tin and a beautiful new 70cm deep Rotolux Elinchrom Octobox. I have wanted both for a long time. On Saturday morning I found a spare hour to test out both.
Read More4, 4, 4, 2 /
The easiest cupcake recipe was given to me by my mum, it’s easy to remember and it’s a good one to have in the memory bank for anyone who likes to bake with kids. If, like me, you always have in the cupboards self-raising flour, caster sugar, butter, and eggs, these cakes can be made within no time of a small person asking ‘can we bake?’.
Read MoreRemember remember /
Alright, so it's bonfire night this weekend. If you're out and about; have fun!
Read MoreNow I'm no baker, but... /
At the weekend, our lovely neighbour called round with a bag of cooking and eating apples, fresh from her daughter's garden. My daughter got straight into the eating apples and I got straight onto wondering what to make with the cooking apples.
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