Miranda Gore Brown biscuit class with Kenwood chef: making savoury biscuits in stand mixers with the Great British Bake Off finalist.
“Forever Nigella” diamond jubilee celebration
Just a quick reminder that this month’s Forever Nigella is now live and the theme is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. Clearly this is quite a flexible theme quite similar to when Mardi did Royal Wedding Street Party last year however much festooning of bunting and union flags over the Nigella-ness is actively encouraged. Our lovely […]
Suda Thai Covent Garden
Review of SUDA Thai restaurant in Covent Garden. With cocktails, Thai curries and Thai wine, this was excellent Thai food in a contemporary setting.
Cake International at London ExCel
The first baking focussed Cake International show is taking place this weekend at London’s Excel and I had the pleasure of nipping in the car down the road to see the opening day this morning. This is a lightning, timely post for anyone mulling over whether they want to go. It’s bigger than the Squires […]
When my hot cross buns were more like rock cakes
Well well well. Bread you actually knead with your own hands rather than the bread maker or at a push the dough hook is a novelty to me. I really don’t like getting my hands doughy and my wrists are quite weak and pathetic. But I threw myself into making hot cross buns for Fresh […]
Rhubarb No Bake Cheesecakes
Sometimes when a recipe isn’t quite perfect how you expected it to be, it tastes just as good all the same. Making cheesecake is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time but I have been putting it off, worried about immersing springform tins wrapped in foil into bain maries and suchlike. Then […]
Banoffee Cheesecake Bites with Biscoff
I am embarrassed to admit I have hoarded two packets of Speculoos biscuits for nearly two years. Before I realised Lotus or Biscoff biscuits were virtually the same as Speculoos I bought some on holiday in Brittany congratulating myself on stocking up on something I couldn’t buy at home. My purchase followed discovering a French […]
Chocolate Philadelphia Macarons
Not since the photo shoot for my book in October had I made any macarons and I thought it was about time. Usually when I make macarons I give the ground almonds an extra grind in the food processor and sieve the icing sugar several times. Not so today, these were deliberately rustic and I […]
Nigella chocolate cake from Feast
This may be the Easter Egg Nest Chocolate Cake from Nigella’s Feast but aside from the addition of some mini eggs, there’s no reason you couldn’t try it all year round. It’s indulgent, I admit, comprising 6 eggs, 375g chocolate and lashings of butter and cream to boot. Sadly the Easter Egg Nest Nigella Chocolate […]
Frankie and Benny’s Chingford
The web is awash with parent blogger reviews of Frankie and Benny’s right now so I apologise if this is the eleventh review you’ve seen this week. Enticed with vouchers to sample the new menus, I embraced the chance to visit Frankie and Benny’s Chingford for the first time in a decade. “Ilford? Beckton? Gatwick?” […]
Cake decorating and baking books: April round up
A mixed bag of baking book reviews on my pile this month; some are inspirational and essential, one is going straight back to Amazon. Can you guess which? Top row from left: 1. Cake Pops by Helen Attridge and Abby Foy (Octopus £8.99) Food on sticks never fails to capture interest, never more so than […]
Easter Bunny Pops – Homemade Chocolate Treats
Easter Bunny Pops are quick and easy to make with candy melts (buy them at Hobbycraft) and an Easter Bunny mould. Post originally commissioned by Lakeland who sent various items from their Easter range at the time. There’s more to Easter goodies than giant eggs and a colourful delivery of Lakeland’s wide range of Easter […]
