Monthly Archives: September 2012
The Great British Bake Off: Banana Tarte Tatin
Ugh. This week has been basically, hell. Work has been stressful and busy, and unfortunately probably isn’t going to get any better anytime soon. So let’s embrace the baking! This week of the Bake Off, week 4, the technical challenge was Creme Caramel, the signature and showstoppers were tortes and layered meringues… They didn’t much […]
Ginger Doughnuts
I’ve been dying to make doughnuts for weeks now. I thought this weekend would be the weekend… but it almost wasn’t. I bought a couple of books the other week, one of which was the Top Pot book, as we had some of their doughnuts while visiting our friend in Seattle, I settled on a […]
A weekend cycle.
People lie. Even people you are supposed to be able to trust. Like husbands. And brothers in law. Generally members of your family. So when they say it’s a nice gentle cycle, a Tarmac covered path, you think “Great! I can do that.” However, they lie! It was all uphill except for on the way […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 