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Pizza Party
Last Saturday we celebrated my daughter’s 11 year old birthday. Invited a few of her friends and the rest who came were our very close relatives. The menu was simple – baked macaroni , roast Cajun chicken and pizza. It was a fun day making our own pizza. I prepared the dough at about 2 …
French buttercream
There are many types of buttercream, and at times it can be confusing. The one I teach in my class is the most basic type, whereby we mix icing sugar with butter. This type of buttercream is suitable for piping. French buttercream (bc) on the other hand, is usually used as filling for cakes. This …
Waffles
I can’t categorize this as a baking project.. no long hours of baking in the oven, just a quick use of the waffle maker. I don’t always make waffles, so the waffle maker was just dusting away in the cupboard. So today I don’t know what got into me, I suddenly have the …
Fruit tart
I think this tart is very easy to make and can be whipped up in a jiffy, to fulfill those last minute sweet cravings :). The recipe for the sweet pastry : 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour 2 tablespoon icing sugar A pinch of salt 1/2 cup cold butter 2 egg yolks Pastry …
River Cottage Scone
After that disastrous episode with the pretzel, I thought I’d play safe and made scones for our teatime. Scones have always been my favourite, fast and easy to make. Actually I had just watched the show “River Cottage – Summer’s Here” episode the night before, where the baker Dan bakes some lovely scones for their …
Homemade pretzels
I was feeling a little bit adventurous this morning and decided to try my hand at baking pretzels.. Well, the weather didn’t turn out right, it was raining all day and my dough did not seem to double its size. Nevertheless, I persevere and in the end manage to complete the pretzels.. I am a …