I like baking. Scroll down to see what I've made!
What a dramatic title. It’s really just experiment time! I never really enjoyed science experiments at school but I do enjoy a cake experiment – not sure if that’s because I get to eat the final product? #cakescience
Continue reading “Buttermilk vs soured cream – ultimate showdown knockout battle”
I haven’t made many lemon drizzle cakes in my life; in fact other than the one you’re about to read about, I think I’ve only made one other and I don’t remember it being particularly amazing.
I mean, it was alright but I didn’t love it.
Continue reading “When life gives you lemons, make a lemon drizzle”
Valentine’s Day has rolled around, and once again I find myself single.
I haven’t given up hope though! Two smiley faces in one email is definite flirting isn’t it?
Sigh.
Continue reading “It’s Valentine’s Day and I’ve gone a bit over the top”
February’s recipe on the calendar is chocolate hazelnut cupcakes.
Now. I am a fan of chocolate, I am a fan of hazelnuts (well, Nutella which is what is in the icing) and I am a fan of cupcakes so there’s not really a lot that can go wrong here is there?
No! No there isn’t. These were great so this is basically just a lot of pictures of them.
So, before Christmas I went to Tesco. They had an offer on Terry’s Chocolate Oranges which was something ridiculous like ‘buy one get two free’. I saved £4!
I told the lady at the checkout that I liked her optimism when she pointed out that the best before date wasn’t until March.
I made a cake for someone at work because he was leaving one department and going into another one. I wanted to make a drip cake with mini doughnuts on the top.
I had been so organised up to this point – the only thing left to do the night before the cake was due was the chocolate ganache for the drip and the mini doughnuts.
However, the drip part didn’t really work and I wasn’t happy with the cake. Maybe I’m too picky but I like things to look as good as possible! So anyway, here is what happened, via notes written on my phone throughout the experience, the evening before the cake was due and after chocolate ganache ruined my life…
Well after posting an adventurous avocado cake last week I thought I’d post something slightly tamer this week, albeit it’s about a cake I don’t really like.
I don’t really like dried fruit. “Does she like any food?!”, I hear you exclaim. “She doesn’t like avocado, she doesn’t like dried fruit! What does she eat???”
Potatoes.
Continue reading “I made a fruit cake and my parents liked it”
“Replace the butter in cookies with avocado! You can’t tell the difference!”
NO, I shout. I LIKE BUTTER.
“You’re having eggs and toast? Why not have it with smashed avocado? Nom nom nom!!!!!!”
NO, I shout. I JUST LIKE EGGS.
Continue reading “I put avocado in a cake and I feel weird about it”
So in another blog post I wrote where I cooked from a cook book from 1975, I mentioned two very vintage recipes in it that I said I would tackle.
As I travel back to the 70’s, join me as I open the Be-Ro book once more and tackle Tuna and Egg Turnovers, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake…
Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: really vintage baking with Be-Ro”
Let me tell you, if there’s one person with as many cookbooks as me, it’s my mum.
I went home one weekend to dog sit and the dog was a bit clingy as my mum and dad were away and she didn’t really want to do anything.