Category bakings
The Great British Bake Off Technical Challenge: Week 2 – Paul Hollywood’s 8-Stranded Plaited Loaf
I love the Great British Bake Off. Oh yes. It’s a combination of Mel and Sue (bring back Late/Light Lunch!), the double entendres, possibilities of exhibitionistic Squirrels, and the inspiration to try new things, that makes me cast aside my usual avoidance of anything that involves reality television and watch. That… and all the baking […]
I joined the Giant Camera Brigade.
So forgive me, but as yet it is mainly fixed in auto… as well…. I don’t know how to use it. To sustain my blog posting while I await being able to post pictures of some other things I’ve been working on (shhhhh! They’re secret!) I thought I would share with you a few pictures […]
Mycobacterial Cupcake Toppers.
It almost seems like a waste of an afternoon off, when the rain is pouring down, and it’s super miserable outside. However, we have had excitement today! Part of our laboratory at work has been out of action for about…. 6 months (!) or so, which has been very annoying. Today, the work is finished […]
Yeah I made a Brownie in the Microwave….. Don’t judge me.
So, today started off well…. and productively. I went to the cake decorating shop and bought some teal coloured fondant icing ready to make some flowers for my friend’s sister’s wedding cake. Oh, and finished the book I was reading… P.s. everyone buy Summer Loving by Rivka Spicer. It’s awesome. Back to what I was […]
Cheese and Thyme Pretzels
A couple of weeks ago I saw a post about homemade soft pretzels on Diary of a Mad Crafter and decided I sooo wanted to make me some of them! I then semi forgot about them again until my friend brought in a giant soft pretzel to work (yes, soft pretzels have made it to […]
A simple Turkey cake – perfect for Thanksgiving, Fakesgiving, and any occasion
So, time for another cake! A couple of years ago, when our American friend was still living in England, we used to get together to celebrate Thanksgiving, as she couldn’t go home for that, and then again for Christmas a few weeks later. She later moved back home to Seattle, and came back in Novembertime […]
Playing with new toys….
This week, Mr M bought a Lego Star Wars AT-ST from eBay. Of course to give accurate feedback he had to build it to make sure all the bits were there….. Yes dear. It’s ok. You can play with your toy if you want to: That would be him using the electronic copy of the […]
Rose Elliot’s Spiced Chickpea and Potato Pasties
I have been a little lax in updating recently, but to be honest, I haven’t had anything to post. A combination of working on something fairly large (that I can’t update until complete because it’s a secret! Shhhh!), and being poorly sick last week (was almost sick in the street while walking home from work, […]
Pauline’s first loaf.
I woke up on Thursday morning, up out of bed… Did I get in the shower? Oh no. I went to go feed Pauline, ready for some Sourdough bread making action when I got home from work! The first thing I realised when I got home was that perhaps she needs a bigger pot…. While […]
A super duper quick birthday cake!
With it being my birthday yesterday, it left little time for baking…. But it’s the birthday of one of our good friends today….. and we were due to go for drinks at 8pm…. I don’t get home from work until 6pm…. I need to bribe people with cake to be my friends….. Ready, set, go! […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 