Tag: spices
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Mary Berry’s Love To cook- Recipe book review.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a recipe book review. If you have a new book you would like me to review, do let me know! I love new recipe books and testing them out. Send them my way, I will only be too happy to help! This time I am reviewing Mary Berry’s […]
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Giant Raspberry Jam Tart
October 31st 2021. You know when you have a great plan and it goes drastically wrong? That! One Sunday afternoon I had the oven on and thought about a pudding we could have for dessert. I’d only got one egg left after all my baking orders and was just about to head out to buy […]
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A Bake For All Seasons #1: Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake.
3rd October 2021 As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not that much of an Autumn/ Winter persion. Mainly because I don’t like it being dark early and getting up in the dark. Not to mention the lack of sun. But having said that, there are positives to this time of year- it’s Bake Off Season! The […]
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A Bake For All Seasons #3: Banana and Peanut Butter Loaf.
Sunday October 10th 2021 I wanted to bake a cake for Sunday afternoon. I had been away for some of the weekend and we weren’t having a full blown Sunday roast but Mr S was going to cook his special steak with new potatoes and salad. I’ve been suffering a bit with my mental health […]
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Tarte Tatin with Creme Anglaise
Last Thursday was the first session in the next part of my Patisserie and Confectionery Course at York College. It was a change of night and we had a new tutor. For my first session I ended up arriving five minutes late as there had been a massive traffic jam driving to York. I had […]
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Panforte- The Great British Bake Off Christmas.
Friday 22nd December 2017. Panforte is a traditional Italian delicacy which is usually eaten with coffee after a meal. It is full of dried fruit, nuts and spices and baked in the oven on rice paper. A little piece goes a long way as it is very rich. I had tried some Panforte one Christmas […]
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Lebkuchen Cookies.
Friday 22nd December 2017. I love spicy and aromatic Lebkuchen cookies. My mum used to buy a special packet of them every year at Christmas from Sainsburys. The biscuits were small and in traditional shapes like trees, stars and hearts covered with a crisp royal icing and sprinkles. When I moved up to Yorkshire I […]
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Jamaican Gingerbread Loaf.
4th December 2017. Today being a Monday I really struggled to get out of bed this morning. I’d had a good night’s sleep until something woke me up at 4.30am. That was it, I was wide awake for an hour. The alarm was due to go off at 6am but of course I drifted back […]
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The Great British Bake Off Christmas- Mary Berry’s Classic Christmas Cake.
Sunday December 3rd, 2017. Since I gave up baking professionally to concentrate on the day job full time, I’ve had less time to spend on baking things like Christmas cakes. Mr Smartcookiesam says to me every year that I should just go and buy a small one from Marks and Spencer but to me part […]
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Clandestine Cake Club “A Year Of Cake” December Bakealong- Nordic Spice Cake.
I love being a member of the internationally renowned Clandestine Cake Club. I’ve made lots of lovely friends through chatting over cake. I can honestly say that cake club has changed my life in lots of ways and I wouldn’t be without it. I haven’t been able to get along to any events for a […]
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