Today saw the climax of my biscuit-baking spree, taken to its glorious peak. It was AWESOME.
Behold:
Macarons. They’re imperfect: they’re a little on the slim side, definitely amateurish, and I kind of made up the fillings as I went along, but my God they are delicious. The shells are perfectly light and crispy, which I attribute [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingEvery now and again, probably when the moon is gibbous, but I haven’t checked, I get a bit of a fixation. This happens a lot in the kitchen. Sometimes the fixation passes (see: homemade yoghurt) and sometimes it sticks and becomes part of my regular recipe cycles (see: homemade bread, Pongo, etc.). It’s too soon [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingWell, that got out of hand quickly.
One minute you’re creaming butter and sugar…the next minute your life is consumed with cupcakes (of all things).
Want to know how many I made?
A lot: 22 dozen. Which is 288, give or take a few extras, since sometimes a batch of mix makes slightly more than a dozen. But [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingToday I bought lots and lots of flour, eggs, butter and cocoa, because I have a weekend of epic baking ahead of me. Next Monday is the RSPCA Cupcake Day! And I am a proud registered Cupcake Cook. It’s great. A few weeks ago I put together some prototypes and photographed them, then put them [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingBecause I AM ON FIRE!
I am not sure if it’s some kind of reverse virus, but I am bursting with cookery energy this weekend. I dipped into Pongo, my sourdough starter, and got some bread dough rising, and while that was doing its yeasty thang, I toasted a batch of muesli and finished sewing my [...]
So the other night, M and I were enjoying some pre-dinner drinks while I cooked us some sammiches. I’m crazy about fried sammiches, so I made a blue cheese/rocket/purple onion/thinly-sliced-apple/chilli flake sammich and a tomato/hot mustard/tabasco/robust cheddar sammich and fried them in butter for our dinner. (Awww yeah.) Feeling inspired, M took to the kitchen. [...]
Also taggedIf I was ever in any danger of attracting a greater readership than the friends I had gently persuaded to read this blog, that title should probably shoo them away.
So: I posted recently about toasting my own muesli and how delicious it was. The question was raised as to whether or not toasting one’s own [...]
The Make-it-Myself kick continues! This is the second installment of home-toasted muesli, and I’m so pleased with the recipe that I thought I’d share it. But first…macro-setting photos!
Delicious! It’s incredibly tasty, filling and, well, tasty!
It’s muesli! Wonderful home-toasted muesli, and here’s my recipe, cobbled together through hunch and guesswork. Next time I make it, it [...]
I am still riding high on the glow of having made sourdough. I am simultaneously amused at how delighted I am and thinking of getting t-shirts printed. I’m also wondering how soon I can have another crack at it. For perhaps the first time in my adult life, I’m excited about the onset of summer, [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingI don’t think of myself as a pink person — I mean, taste-wise, not appearance-wise — but I am loving these socks so hard.
Crazy-hard-loving these socks. Every few stitches I pause, tilt my head to the side and lovingly readjust the stitches on the needles. These are my new beloved Watermelon Socks. I bought the [...]
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