As I’m sure you are all aware, I love books and am always buying them much to my husband’s horror. Baking books being my biggest weakness. When I saw a couple of months ago that Chetna Makan from the Great British … Continue reading
It’s a Baking Thing recently contacted me to see if I would be interested in sharing with you a two minute video by Rachael Heatley showing 20 different frosting techniques. How could I refuse – I think my love with … Continue reading
Well, this is it, the last recipe in the book. I can’t believe that I’ve actually baked a whole book of recipes! If I’m honest, I never thought I’d keep going, I thought I’d give up after a couple of … Continue reading
If I’m honest with you, when I first started baking from this book, I always thought this recipe would be the last one I would bake, and if I’d pulled my finger out over the past few months, it probably … Continue reading
The last of the Christmas cakes and there’s a picture too with this recipe in the book! This is, as the heading say,s a traditional ‘Victorian Christmas Cake’ the type that doesn’t have any icing on top, but instead is … Continue reading
Right, it’s about time I baked a recipe from the ‘Special Cakes’ section of the book. When I began this quest I said to myself that I wouldn’t leave the difficult looking recipes to the end and looking back through … Continue reading
My last recipe from the ‘Traybakes and Flapjack’ section of the book. Another one all done and dusted! I decided to make this recipe as I have had a bag of dates sat in the cupboard now for a couple … Continue reading
It’s another one of those dreaded ginger cakes. In my opinion there are too many ginger cakes in this book! As you all know I don’t particularly like ginger cakes (unless it’s of the Jamaican variety) and as I’ve said … Continue reading
I haven’t made profiteroles for quite a few years now, I blame this on my daughter, in a nice way though! She decided on France as her country for her GCSE Food Technology. I must admit I admired her for … Continue reading
Yes, I’ve finally gone and plucked up the courage to bake the dreaded Sachertorte that they had to bake in one of the Great British Bake Off episodes. Ever since watching it I’ve dreaded baking it, but now I’ve done … Continue reading
Self Raising Flower 