I had been wanting to bake something Christmassy last year in an effort to embrace the Christmas spirit, considering the lack of festivities all around. When I eventually managed to get some plain flour, I was all but exhausted and couldn't bring myself to bake anything too difficult or fancy. Plus, there would just be [...]
I saw an Instagram post the other day that struck a chord with me. It was about anxiety, uncertainty of the unknown (during the tense US election days), and about mental health. It was also about knitting. Apparently I am months behind on the trend because lockdown has created a surge in knitting artists and [...]
Made lemon chiffon cake for my birthday last week. I love lemon flavoured things, especially lemon chiffon cake. We used a recipe from Nigella Lawson who was apparently inspired by Konditor and Cook, and I'm not surprised as the best shop bought lemon cake I ever had was from Konditor. Here are the ingredients we [...]
So I've been thinking about baking recently and looked back at recent pictures of cakes I've baked. And it turns out that I apparently like baking different variations of Victoria Sponge. I know two recipes that work quite well, both from the Good Housekeeping: The Baking Book that I have. Essentially one recipe uses self-raising [...]
So I made brownies for the first time ever last month using an ex-colleague's "fail proof" recipe. And I've got to admit: it's been pretty fail proof so far. I like moist brownies, but not always the ones where there is caramel or chocolate oozing from the centre after the first bite - with those [...]
I haven't baked cookies or biscuits in a long time, maybe since last Christmas. But let's be honest, it wasn't really me baking, it was more the hubby and I was "overseeing". I suppose, likewise, these biscuits weren't really baked by me either. For some reason the hubby wanted to bake some home-made biscuits and [...]
Carrot cake has become my new go-to cake. It's so easy to make and decorate, it's hard to go wrong really. I've made this several times now, and each time I'm learning more and more, and each time they get tastier and tastier! Quick snapshot of the cake ingredients, showing the brands I use. The [...]
Last week's Great British Bake Off swiss roll challenge was great. I didn't quite feel inspired to bake one myself, I just happened to find some pictures of a terrible swiss roll I made earlier - months ago, in fact. The sponge was a tad dry, a bit cracked in places, did not get much of [...]
Endless May Dreams 