Last week was a busy baking week, getting ready for BFF’s big birthday, which required a big and tasty cake. I knew exactly which cookbook I wanted to bake from: Sky High Cakes. I bought this book purely because I had drooled over the results that Ed Kimber had shown on his blog, He Eats. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Baking'
Sky high praise for Sky High Cakes
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Sweet treats
Tags:3 tier cakes·Baking·home baking·Sky High Cakes·Special occasions
What are the foodie dads getting this Father’s Day?
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · BBQs, Baking, Bread, Cheese, Cookbooks, Courses, Father's Day gifts, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Nearly time for Father’s Day, which is always one of those events that catches even me by surprise. It needs something else just after it, like the way Mother’s Day works with Easter. And events involving chocolate always have my attention! So, if I were shopping for a Father’s Day gift for a dad with [...]
Tags:A Quarter Of·Baking·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·cookery courses·Donald Russell·Father's Day·Foodie gifts·Gadgets·Neals Yard·Pong·Sole Bay Cheese·The Bertinet Kitchen·The School of Artisan Food
Catching up (or what new gifts am I waiting for)
June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Spirits
I’ve been away for a week, which means there’s a whole load of catching up to do, on boring stuff like washing and bills, and interesting stuff like new gifts that would suit different kinds of food lovers. Whilst it might take a while for me to review properly, here’s the things I’m thinking about: [...]
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for the New Age of Austerity
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Healthy eating
So, George Osborne is with us, and we have to remember he promised us an age of austerity as he starts with the cuts. Given that everyone has been talking about whether or not that might include putting VAT on food and books, I’m in for a double whammy. So before that happens, here’s 5 [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Cooking in austere times·credit crunch gifts·Delia Smith·Food trends·Foodie gifts·frugal cooking·home baking·Local food·Marguerite Patten·The Ministry of Food
Which parliamentary seat is a foodie gift?
April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Chocolate, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Indian Food, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Of course I was delighted to get back from holiday to find an election had been called. How riveting the 4 weeks will be. I’m afraid I can’t quite see the attraction of being an MP. Unless there’s good food involved. Which got me thinking. Which is the best seat to hold from a food [...]
Tags:Bleikers·British favourites·Chocolate·Cornish Crumbly·election fever·Gower Cottage Brownies·Gribble Brewery·Local food·Melton Mowbray pork pie·Montezuma's·O'Hagans sausages·Stilton
Time for tea and Simnel cake
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I was all set today to make a Simnel cake, ready for the arrival of the marzipan loving, house-sitting aunt and uncle. Well, when I say I was all set, I mean that I had it in mind that I would. Requests across the twitterverse brought forth an unusual twist with @Domestic_Jules’ recipe for Simnel [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·British favourites·Easter food traditions·Foodie gifts·Gluten Free·home baking·Italian food·Simnel cake·teatime goodies
Still time to get baking for Haiti!
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie things to do
Just a quick reminder that Cakes for Haiti Day is fast approaching, and that you can still register a sale. Some of you may remember I got rather carried away with mine, and held it a whole month early, but it’s the thought, and the cash that counts! Haiti may have gone off our news bulletins [...]
Tags:Baking·Cakes for Haiti
Celebrating the best of Wales
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Cheese, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Wine
So here we are, 1st March, St David’s Day already. Some of you may know this is a part ex-pat household, with Dr T being my own Welsh dragon, and I have a great many friends over that particular border. And if you haven’t discovered the great foodie things coming out of Wales, then you’ve [...]
Tags:Adra·Angharad's Conserves·Beef Direct·Black Bomber·Celtic Promise·Glyndwr·Gower Cottage Brownies·Jams·Jolyons·Le Gallois·Welsh Black Beef·Welsh food
The Friday Five – Cakes for Haiti, or anywhere else
February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Sweet treats
You may have picked up that today is Cakes for Haiti day, and hopefully you’ve been busy knocking up something delicious! I’ve done blondies and hummingbird muffins, which are new to me. Dr T suggested I could have done all cakes or biscuits beginning with h, but that would be taking it a tad too [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baker & Spice·Baking·Cakes for Haiti·Cookbooks·He Eats·home baking·Nigella Lawson·Peggy Porschen·Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
The Friday Five – Get cooking with the kids this half term
February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I think most places around the country are about to start half term (I know, it seems like they just went back). There is good news, roads will generally be quieter. But homes with kids may not be! So this is a perfect opportunity to get kids in the kitchen and get them busy cooking [...]
Tags:Baking·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Gastrokid·Heston Blumenthal·home baking·Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
