I have been trying a few new breads recently and keep coming back to my sourdough starter. As it can be a bit more work than making bread with commercial yeast, it can be good to make something a bit… Read More ›
Recipes
Mary Berry’s French Apple Tart
While this French Apple Tart has a few separate stages and initially sounds a bit fiddly, it is actually very easy to make and tastes delicious. You could make the pastry base and the apple purée ahead of time and… Read More ›
Coffee Cake – not to be confused with Coffee Cake
It may have taken me years but I recently worked out the difference between British coffee cake and American coffee cake. I can’t speak for other nations! British coffee cake is coffee flavoured cake. American coffee cake is cake that… Read More ›
Cinnamon Swirl Bread and Butter Pudding
My intention was to make a beautiful Iced Cinnamon Swirl Loaf and take it to my brother’s when we went to visit him and his girlfriend at the weekend. And as it was going to be so delicious I doubled… Read More ›
Making Sourdough Bread with yeast as well
Sourdough bread is delicious but sometimes it just takes too long to make! I’m not going to pretend that this is equally as good as sourdough made with just a sourdough starter but if you are pushed for time and… Read More ›
Healthy Raw Food: Pineapple and Mango Tart
It can be difficult having super fit and healthy friends sometimes! And as I was invited to dinner during Lent, meaning cakes, cookies and chocolate were off the menu (not mine, obviously), I needed to look a bit further afield… Read More ›
Banana Spelt Muffins
I know, bananas again! But this is a recipe with a difference, as it’s my brother Christopher’s. He came to visit the other week and gave me this recipe that he had come up with. It’s a really good one… Read More ›
Homemade Brown Bread – it’s almost wholemeal!
Having decided to make a wholemeal loaf, I took the flour out of the cupboard and discovered I had bought “brown” bread flour. I had a feeling that “brown” flour was just dyed white flour pretending to be wholemeal but… Read More ›
Apple Crumble Cake
Finally I have managed to use up the last of the apples that my friend Vana gave me before Christmas. They really weren’t looking good enough to eat on their own so I thought an apple crumble, or streusel cake… Read More ›
Apple Tarte Tatin
I bought a proper Tarte Tatin dish a while ago with the intention of practising for work while using up some of my apples. I have only just managed to try it out but having previously only made Tarte Tatin… Read More ›
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