Posts Tagged ‘Baking’


Bread with no yeast!

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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My oven decided to behave today…

February 21st, 2009

…and my gingerbread cake came out perfect!

Ginderbread Cake

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.