July 14th, 2009

I’ve been reading up about sourdough bread again recently, which is bread made with naturally occurring yeast rather than the stuff you get in a packet from the supermarket. I’ve been wanting to succeed with this for a long time and have followed a few recipes in books and from friends but nothing has worked in the past and it all seemed like too much hard work. Then I bought Hugh’s latest book on bread and followed the recipe in there and I’m really pleased with the results.

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February 21st, 2009

…and my gingerbread cake came out perfect!

I did use an oven thermometer today to monitor the temperature, as it doesn’t seem to matter what setting you put it to – the oven just decides what temperature it wants to be at. Gas mark 1 is the same as 2, 3 and 4 most of the time and then anything above that just might as well be the highest setting. It’s an old oven we inherited with the house – we’re stuck with it until we can afford to buy something new. I have dreams of induction hobs and ovens that do what they’re supposed to do!

This is a recipe my Big Sis gave me the other w/e when we were up in Nairn. It was deilcious then and I hope mine lives up to that standard.