It’s that time of year when the Great British Bake Off is back on our TV screens. Watching it often makes me hungry and want to try some of the simpler recipes (I’m not always very neat and can’t do those types of bakes where you make something look smart, professional, and very clever – I just want something to bake and eat). Continue reading
It has been a while since I did any baking, largely because it has been so hot – temperatures which do not lend themselves to spending the day in the kitchen with the oven on full blast. However for a couple of weeks now I’ve been wanting to make a home made quiche and today….I did just that! Continue reading
The end result was quite good, though we didn’t have any porridge oats (I thought we did) and didn’t realise this until the moment I needed them. I went to the Stratton Shop/Post Office where they had a bag of porridge oats for Β£1. Continue reading
I found the recipe not in one of my recipe books, but by asking AI (ChatGTP) for a recipe. This bake is the result of that. It wasn’t perfect….At one point it did go slightly wrong. I poured all the milk & lemon juice in at once – but, just as when adding water to a dough normally – that’s not the way to do it. I had a very wet, sticky dough – which resembled a cake mix. Certainly wasn’t something I chould shape in to a bread dough. Continue reading
I’ve done some Greek baking today; Scrolling through Instagram I spotted a photo of a Galatopita, which is a sort of milk (or custard) pie. Continue reading
Happy St Piran’s Day! In Cornish: Gool Peran Lowen. To mark the day I made some Cornish pasties earlier, using a Paul Hollywood recipe. Continue reading
I did some baking again yesterday – this week I made a sticky toffee pudding using one of Mary Berry’s recipes. Continue reading
We’re now well in to October and the weather has turned. It is that type of year and that type of weather: The season of baking over the cold, dark, wet winter months. Continue reading
With Storm Franklin making the idea of going outside not very appealing at all, today I’ve been doing my Sunday baking and have made some ginger biscuits. Continue reading
I was given a Mary Berry recipe book for Christmas and I recently tried one of the recipes from it: Very simple but tasty Chocolate Heart Biscuits. They went very well with hot chocolate, or ice cream, or tea…… Just… Continue reading