This recipe is a bit of a cheats version of the classic potato dauphinoise that we all know and love. It’s not quite so indulgent because the usual double cream and Gruyere cheese are substituted with stock and whipping cream. Once cooked and cooled the finished dish can be cut into portions, frozen for a…
the blog. After some research, the recipe in Fiona Cairns book Bake & Decorate appealed, mainly because the cake is made with vegetable oil which gives a light cake. No grating, no mess. Simply cut the beetroot into chunks (I bought prepacked), place in the food processor and blitz to a puree = no splattered…
Pear Polenta Cake? It sounds fancy, but it’s not. It’s a simple, rustic dessert that delivers big on flavor, if you don’t mess it up. Forget the overly sweet, rubbery versions you often find. Why Polenta Matters (Beyond Just Cornmeal) Calling all polenta “cornmeal” is a rookie mistake. Polenta refers to the dish, yes, but…
I’ve absolutely no idea why I decided to line my Camembert Baker with baking paper, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Afterwards I realised it was a rubbish idea…..I couldn’t take a decent photograph of the bread because of the paper and we had to fight to get the Camembert off the…
Another year, another ambitious holiday baking project. Maybe you tried those viral gingerbread cookies last year, and they turned out like hockey pucks. Or perhaps your Christmas cupcakes looked great but tasted like cardboard. I get it. Holiday baking is high-stakes. You want those Chocolate Redcurrant Christmas Cupcakes to be perfect, not just edible. Let’s…
After a visit to Bridgnorth market there’s nothing to beat a one tray roast chicken dinner and cooked in the steam combination oven it saves time and a load of washing up, the whole meal took approximately one hour to cook. The potatoes take the longest and from freshly peeled they are tossed in oil,…
I’ve always enjoyed coffee and walnut cake, and this recipe by Tana Ramsay from her book I Love to Bake! is perfect. I particularly liked the addition of raisins and used huge plump raisins. It’s best to dust the raisins with flour before stirring into the cake otherwise they may well sink to the bottom,…
It’s been a wonderful sunny weekend here in the West Midlands and on Saturday I went to Bridgnorth in Shropshire to buy what will possibly be the last of the late summer berries. We had a barbecue today and pavlova makes the perfect end to any meal. There are quite a few meringue recipes on…
Buy cheap Stilton and this quiche turns aggressively salty. Buy too much and the custard splits in the oven. Get the leeks wrong and the base goes wet regardless of how carefully you blind bake. This guide covers what actually changes the outcome — specific Stilton brands, exact weights, and the technique failures that account…
Here’s a number that stings: roughly 1 in 3 homemade pavlovas crack, weep, or collapse entirely. That’s not a guess — it’s a known failure rate among home bakers tracked by the American Test Kitchen. The Raspberry and Cream Pavlova Crown, with its dramatic height and ring of fresh fruit, is one of the most…
