Baking

I work in an open plan office with a lively, friendly bunch. They also like their food and we have in the past indulged in cheese days on a monthly basis. We soon got bored of this however, there's only so much cheese you can eat even if your name is Gromit (or is it Wallis?!!) Anyway, as an alternative we've settled on cake days, where we all take turns every week to bake a cake of some description and bring them in for all to share. We've had apple cakes, chocolate eclairs, Victoria sponges and rocky road so far, all delicious and of course far too fattening, but who cares when they taste so good with a cuppa at 11am on a cold day? My turn came ...  Read the complete review

I first made these brownies a while ago, and they've now become a favourite of mine! They're very chocolate-y and rich, but also have that nice moist cake texture which you can choose the gooeyness of! This recipe usually makes 12 smaller brownies, or 6 good sized ones! What I really love about this recipe is that you can use proper chocolate, and I'd advise going for Cadburys (or your favourite brand), as it can make the difference between good brownies and GREAT brownies! Equipment: Scales (or good judgement!) Mixing bowl Large saucepan and Heat Proof bowl (suitable for chocolate melting) Wooden Spoon and Tablespoon Chopping ...  Read the complete review

These are absolutely the best chocolate fudge brownies in the world. I'm not entirely sure where this recipe came from; it's one of those ones that's written in someone else's old fashioned handwriting on an old grease spotted piece of yellowed note paper. But don't let my revolting sounding piece of paper put you off! That's how to tell if a recipe is well loved... if the paper is disgusting! I've tweaked it a little from the original. What I love about this recipe is that it uses lots of real chocolate and butter to give the brownies that thick, rich, fudgy consistency. They are thick, heavy, rich and very sweet. Soooo bad for the waistline but once you try ...  Read the complete review

I made this salty, cheese bread for a garden party last week-end. They disappeared very quickly. They look like the house of a snail that's why we call them snails. For the first time probably it seems to be a bit difficult but it isn't. The dough can be made in a bread maker (1,5 hours) then it can be prepared and baked in an hour. There will be a lot of snails from this quantity of ingredients. I recommend them freshly baked. Shopping list: - 300 ml milk - 50 ml olive oil - 2 eggs - 1,5 tablespoon salt - 2 teaspoon sugar - 0,5 kg plain flour - 7 g instant yeast - 100 g butter or margarine - 100-150 g grated ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~ The PTA at my daughter's Primary school regularly holds cake sale days in order to raise money for school funds. On specially designated days throughout the school calendar, willing parents (Mums in other words - apologies gents!) are asked to bake and donate a dozen or so small individual cakes to be sold at the end of the school day. As a regular contributor to these cake sales, I often noticed that the majority of cakes donated were of the chocolate crispie covered with smarties variety, which obviously kids love, but there were no cakes aimed at adults. With this in mind, I went away and devised a cake that would not ...  Read the complete review