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4. Accidental Breakfast Muffins – America
I had a vision for what I wanted to bake but didn’t have a recipe to achieve it. I’ve attempted American muffins from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook about 5 times now and failed miserably to get them...
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5. Viennese Apple Strudel – Austria (The 4 Foot Pastry Monster- most tricky...
This week I may have baked myself into oblivion. Following my muffin experiment I wanted to explore a country that I am still yet to visit, Austria. (which I am assured is not in Germany and Prussia no...
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6. Chocolate Roulade – France
Not just any Chocolate Roulade, but Mary Berry’s quintessential Chocolate Roulade. I wanted to push myself further (yet again) and chose another technical challenge to bake for my Book Group friends....
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We’re Jammin’– Marguerite Patten’s Apple and Ginger Jam – England
Homemade Apple and Ginger Jam Technically not a bake but as I set my own rules and disregard them frequently, I declare that making something on the oven is almost the same as in the oven. Why quibble...
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8. Make and Bake – Chocolate Cheesecake – America – Hummingbird Bakery
With it being Chocolate Week last week and National Baking Week this week, I thought I should bake something else chocolatey and lovely. A triumphant return to America to one of the few Hummingbird...
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11. Pavlova – New Zealand and the Ram Van
I love New Zealand. When we visited it was the middle of winter and despite the snow and a week in a The Ram Van camper sleeping in all my clothes and a body warmer, I still loved the experience....
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11. Pavlova Continued… Modified Meringues!
2 days after the tanned Pavlova creation, I still wasn’t happy with my meringue techniques. I can remember my Aunty Janet making beautiful chewy mini meringues and eating loads of them with my cousin...
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17. Matcha Green Tea Drizzle Cake – Japan
I love Japan. This is probably an understatement. The North East of England has slowly but surely caught on to the variety of foods that other countries can offer. For a long time we only had one sushi...
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The Caribbean Christmas Cake Collection Continued…
Caribbean Christmas Cake Collection This post has been a long time in the making. About a month ago I began the Caribbean Christmas Cakes after an extreme test of my patience in greasing and lining 14...
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25. Happy Birthday to me! Triple Lemon, Triple Layer Victoria Sponge –...
Triple Lemon, Triple Layer Victoria Sponge Ok, ok I’ve baked rather a few things already from good old England so it may not be that exotic to choose a Traditional Victoria Sponge. However! I know a...
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25. Happy Birthday to me! Triple Lemon, Triple Layer Victoria Sponge –...
Triple Lemon, Triple Layer Victoria Sponge Ok, ok I’ve baked rather a few things already from good old England so it may not be that exotic to choose a Traditional Victoria Sponge. However! I know a...
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