Tag: lockdown baking
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Banana Bread Day- February 23rd.
I feel as if I’m walking in a permanent brain fog at the moment. I can’t remember anything and I feel so tired this week. Last week was half term week but I spent most of it catching up. Even then, I didn’t achieve everything I needed to get done. One of these was to…
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Chocolate Drip Cake: Amazing Cakes #12
It was my daughter’s birthday back in October. It had been a strange couple of weeks for us and her birthday coincided with her last day of self isolation. I had originally planned her cake for her weeks ago and had bought ingredients and the decorations well in advance. Had I known, I wouldn’t have…
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Lemon Cupcakes
How are you all doing? As I write, I’m catching up on my day off after a busy first week back at work. My workplace reopened last Monday and it’s just fantastic to be back. To mark the day of reopening, I just had to celebrate by taking in some baking to share with my…
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Home-made Pizza
It’s been ages since I’ve made pizza. Last Sunday night I was planning out our shopping list when I was thinking about what we could have for our dinner. We all love pizza, although Mr S doesn’t really like shop bought ones. I like the thin and crispy ones but can’t stand anything deep pan…
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Chocolate Chip Muffins
It’s been ages since I’ve baked muffins. At the beginning of the lockdown when going off to the supermarket for our weekly shop, my son asked if I could buy some of those mini muffins you can buy in plastic tubs on the bakery counter. I never usually buy these as they taste horrible to…
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Marmalade Loaf Cake
It has been ages since I’ve baked using one of my precious Nordicware Bundt pans. I really miss using them but I haven’t had chance while we’ve been quarantined. But last weekend I was happy to dig out my special fluted loaf pan and thought it would be great to test out a recipe in…
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Malteser Mint Button Crispie Slices
We’re now on week eight, I think since the “lockdown” started. I have still been able to bake but where there have been shortages I have managed to adapt or turn things around using what I have. I have been baking regularly for friends in my small village as well as neighbours. On a few…
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Yeast Free Naan Bread
With a shortage of strong bread flour and yeast in the shops the other day, I’ve been making my own naan bread. I’ve always loved naan bread but the beauty with this recipe is that it doesn’t need yeast or strong bread flour to make it. This naan recipe contains self raising flour and full…
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