I have done spectacular amount of cheer-me-up baking since I got back from South Africa. Even better, I have somehow managed to feed most of it to other people, limiting the amount I scoff and therefore hopefully preventing a whale-sized wife on Edward's return!
This is a Dutch Baby apparently. I saw a picture of one somewhere and thought I'd give it a go, but it didn't really wow me; a bit dense and sort of flabby tasting. Looks fab though!
Home made crumpets, about fifty million squillion times nicer than shop bought ones, recipe to follow at some point, oooohh yummmm.
Madeleines, which sadly had to be round because I don't have a madeleine tin. Bit of a faff but annoyingly totally worth the effort and I will certainly be making them again.
English muffins cooked on a griddle, absolutely delicious.
We had a surprise birthday tea for one of the girls down the road, everyone baked amazing things and then we laid it all out on pretty china and wore party dresses and drank tea and champagne and stuffed our faces. Perfect antidote for most of us having husbands away! I made a battenburg, which though slightly fiddly and generally quite sticky, is again totally worth the effort for satisfaction and fabulously moist almondy deliciousness.
Jaffa cakes - seriously yum. I thought it would be easier to make one big one and cut it up, but I had a bit of a difference of opinion firstly with the sponge, then a bit with the jelly and finally with the chocolate and everything got a bit cross and sticky...
...next time I will make individual ones.
Portuguese custard tarts: pastry and custard...what is there not to like?! Completely delicious, although irritatingly the shop bought puff pastry I used just wasn't quite as good as ones I have eaten made with hand made pastry, which means I will have to try again and fight with home made puff pastry...gah.
PS Sorry for the alarmingly large photos, I'm not trying to brainwash you with cake, I was just reading through the blog the other day and decided that the pictures were a bit on the small side and this seemed like the perfect post to go large with!
No comments:
Post a Comment