Just desserts?

We are in week 4 of The Great British Bake Off already and its dessert week! Its summer time which can only mean one thing- Loads of rain! The bakers were tasked with making 12 identical crème brûlée. I do like a nice crème brûlée and just like Mary, I don’t have a blow torch. Mat made coconut and lime, which I loved the … Read More

The Great British Bread week

So it was ‘Bread week’ in The Great British bake off this week. It started with fresh looking Mel and Sue, as enthusiastic as ever, asking all the bakers to make a Quick Bread. These are breads without yeast made with baking powder or bicarb, which sounds more like a cake to me! Anyways they all start swiftly. Matt and Nadiya … Read More

Caramel Sauce

This is a very easy, quick caramel sauce to make at home, perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, ice-cream, cheesecakes! The possibilities of using this gorgeous caramel sauce are endless.

Here come the biscuits!

Biscuit Week! It was Week Two and that meant Biscuit week on the Great British Bake Off. For the first challenge of the week they were asked to make biscotti. I love biscotti and was really looking forward to what flavours the bakers would come up with. Alvin chose jackfruit, unusual to use in biscuits. I love jackfruit and the … Read More