For a few years now, Rachel Allen has been cooking up a storm, whether on UKTV Food or the BBC (her series is shown as part of Saturday Kitchen).Now Rachel is turning her attention to Christmas on Monday on UKTV Food, in a one-off seasonal special of her Bake series.Listening to ...
I started my own sourdough starter last Monday. Apart from a phase around 2013 with Herman the German Friendship Cake, which I eventually turned into a loaf of bread, as we found there really is a limit to how much yeasty flavoured fruitcake you can eat, I haven’t maintained my own sou...
Russian Biscuit Cake, known as chocolate kolbasa or salami is the perfect festive treat to keep on hand in the fridge this Christmas!
I love the household hints and the character Jean. I’m planning to make the spiced apple cake and passed the recipe on to one of my mother‘s neighbours, who has already made it, so maybe some good things come out of novels with abrupt and unsatisfying endings! Free Love by Tessa Had...
“But I like cake too, Auntie Rachel.” I love puzzles. And I love cake decorating, when I have the energy. And I really, really, really love frosting, but I could not figure out the puzzle of this huge, unmade cake. I wanted to accomplish this. I wanted my brother to be proud ...
(fromThe Dead PooltoOnce Bitten), his career went super-nova with the unexpected smash Ace Ventura, Pet Detective in the first few months of that year. In the Summer it was another box office bonanza withThe Mask. But the icing on the cake may have been his holiday-time hitDumb And ...
This is a very good thing as it’s a Christmas present. Here’s the link to my pattern. I had to find it myself to jog my memory for the initial chain and hook size! That green scarf is my favourite and I wear it more than anything else I own, or have made. I loved the ...
Afterwards I laid on a sun lounger in the garden, eating birthday cake, sipping tea and loving the sun. Actually I remember now that I had to go in to get something to shade my face, it was so baking on the patio. I could feel my cheeks burning. Now, a week later, it’s much...
Only 11th and apparently Christmas displays had already been a go-go for 2 weeks Feeling: determined to do more garden pruning before the hedges are cut back on Tuesday Hearing: the gentle ring of tinnitus Banana & Walnut cake Remembering: making the bird and other little things when I was...