Author Archives: Lindsay
Great British Bake Off Technical Challenge Week 1: Mary’s Angel Food Cake
It’s the return of the Great British Bake Off! Hurrah! This means it’s time to get inspired to bake some things, bake some new things, and generally eat even more baked goods than usual! I bought the book the other week, and had a flick through the technical challenges to see if there were any […]
Apron making and cake testing.
There’s a group on Facebook, Food Feed, where people who like to take pictures of their food and share ideas and things with others, can do so without irritating everyone else. I’m a member, and another member Miss South, of the North/South food blog, was looking for some recipe testers. I volunteered, and the first […]
Little Summer Dresses
More secretive work, although when it’s not a secret from Andrew it’s much easier! It’s a special little lady’s 2nd birthday today, so I decided to make her a little dress for a present. The pattern is from a great book called 101 fabric by fabric ways to sew a metre, which is full of […]
Scotch Pancakes with Rhubarb, Apple and Ginger Compote
This morning, I woke up, did a bit more of my sewing, went and fed my friend’s cats… then on the way home starting feeling a bit peckish. I could have had some boring cereal, but this morning, I felt the urge for pancakes. Not regular english pancakes, something a little more Scottish. A quick […]
Parrot-y Bookmark
Man! What a week! I’m glad it’s over. Or…. pretty much over, once I go to work tomorrow morning. But…. this week hasn’t been all doom and gloom and stress! I made some really super tasty cake, then have also been working on a little secret something….. (my nice new pattern weights coming in handy there!) […]
Rhubarb and Ginger Cake
I bought some Rhubarb the other day. It has since then been in the fridge. Staring at me. I was walking home from work yesterday though, and a sudden thought occurred to me, a previous well loved recipe is for apple cake, and surely rhubarb is pretty similar to apples when it comes to moisture content? […]
Bake Sale Bakes: Chilli Cheese Twists
So, the last of the things I made for today! I have made some cheese twists before, but added a little spicy extra this time. Rough Puff Pastry Recipe – this is the same recipe as the Banana Tarte Tatin I made from the Great British Bake Off book, but is also available here. Ingredients 225g/8oz plain flour, plus extra […]
Bake Sale Bakes: Rhubarb and Apple Softies
Here is recipe number 2 from my bake sale goodies. I always try and make at least one vegan friendly thing when we have a bake sale, as one of my coworkers is vegan and so I like to make sure everyone can have some goodies… and of course donate to charity! So I made […]
Bake Sale Bakes: Almond and Chocolate Cupcakes
We love a good bake sale at my workplace, quite often it’s for the hospital charity, but this time around we had one for a charity that one of my colleagues was involved with while she did VSO in Indonesia. I made some “Rolo” Cupcakes like I have made before, and also some individual Bakewell […]
Pattern weights from DIY washers.
Since I bought my big cutting mat and rotary cutter, I have been using it more and more for cutting out fabric pattern pieces, as it’s so quick to do. Pins tend to distort the fabric, so when cutting out it can be less accurate. Often therefore, I grab random objects from around the room, […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 