Back to baking

Hurrah for lots of things.
1. The great British bake off
2. A tidy ish house
3. Lots of rest and relaxation
4. Fab friends

The combination of which has ended up with gingery plum cake (good food magazine) amd sticky chicken (the hairy dieters eat for life).

Sunday 13th May 2012

There has been a severe lack of making (no time) and baking (diet) in this house of late. This has been partly rectified tonight by the baking of Apple Crumble Loaf from this months BBC Good Food Magazine. According to the magazine, the cooking time is 50-55 minutes. According to me it's 1 hour and 20  minutes!

There has also been a sort of making. Well, if you count sewing up the large hole under the arm of a blouse so I can wear it again as making!

Not at all exciting. And I have a very busy week or two coming up so don't hold your breath for anything exciting too soon. Three weeks to the next holiday - surely there will be making and baking then!

Sunday 4th December 2011

This week's baking:

Mincemeat buns

Christmas gingerbread - stars, trees, hearts and gingerbread men

Winter fruit salad - pears, apples, satsumas, raisins in a syrup made from cranberry juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger, just warmed up and served with vanilla ice cream  (and a piece of gingerbread!)

This week's making:

Christmas Patchwork Cushion

The patchwork part is finished, now it needs turning into a cushion!