“Mmmm”. “Oh God”. “I will die”. “Die-abetes, you mean”. Just a few of the choice phrases uttered through mouthfuls of chocolate by friends and colleagues on trying these morsels. This take on a brownie is so rich that a slab baked on a Monday should last until Sunday, disappearing one sticky slither at a time […]
This is the most excited I have been about baking for at least a fortnight… I can’t recall when I first thought of the idea of cakes in jars, but it may have had something to do with receiving the lovely Meg Rivers catalogue and being introduced to the concept of postal cake. I found […]
March 15, 2011 – 10:35 pm
In EXACTLY one month we’ll be heading to San Francisco with the aim of munchmun.ching all that Ben’s fair city has to offer. In the meantime I thought I’d prepare for the trip by baking an all-American classic cake, using my new US cup measures and employing a traditional stateside frosting method (ie plonk on […]
December 12, 2009 – 10:58 pm
While David and Ben have been living it up in America, I’ve been slaving away in chilly London preparing for a traditional home-made Christmas. We’ve got gingerbread tree decorations and hand painted wrapping paper but my success for the festive season has to be the Christmas cake to end all Christmas cakes! Now, I’ve never […]
So I finally got round to making the profiteroles filled with patisserie cream as promised. It was a mistake to start baking these late on a Monday evening when my housemates had just returned from a festival and were too hung-over/exhausted to enjoy them. It is not possible for one person to eat 40 profiteroles, […]
Mother’s Day is commercial bunkum. However, there’s nothing bad to be said about treating your mum to a never-ending tower of little treats and a decent cup (or three) of tea. I went for classic Earl Grey but, if you’ve got more ambitious tea tastes than me, Fortnum’s offers many rare teas including the amazing […]
February 25, 2008 – 12:50 am
A family recipe. Well, a recipe I got from my family. For all I know it came from a Delia Smith book. As yet untested, but very nice when other people have made them. Now that summer is approaching and afternoon tea is more appealing this recipe is due a test run. Ingredients 225g self […]