Valentine’s Day may have passed for another year but that doesn’t mean you can’t still show your love. And I love making bread so I thought I’d devise an original recipe for a couronne. A couronne, meaning crown, is a showstopping sweet loaf and I’ve filled mine with tea-soaked dried fruit and topped it with…
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White Chocolate Mendiants
I’m continuing my exploration into making confectionery this week by giving you my recipe for the simplest little sweet treat you could imagine, and what’s even better they took me a matter of 10 minutes to make in total. These are my White Chocolate Mendiants. The great thing about mendiants is that you can…
Guest Post: Christmas Panettone by Paul Roughan
For my next Christmas Guest Post, I’ve invited Paul from beerandbaking.net to bake something sweet and sticky for the blog. Like myself, Paul is a food blogger and shares his adventures in baking on his blog. I met Paul on Twitter through BakeChat and I’ve seen many of his fantastic bakes, including a Nutella Star…
Guest Post: Bûche de Noël by Luca Marchiori
I’ve got another one of my Guest Posts from a fellow food blogger, Luca Marchiori for the 2nd post in my Bumper December. I met Luca on Twitter, as seems to be the case all too often these days, and when he started tweeting these amazing bakes I discovered his blog. Then I had the…
Guest Post: Ginger and Fudge Cupcakes by Rebecca Herd
Unlike my last guest post, you will not have heard of the author of this guest post. Rebecca Herd is a true foodie like me, as you’ll discover below. I met her on Twitter through Bakechat, a Twitter discussion organised by the 2013 bakers from GBBO in which we, as a baking community, asked (and…
Guest Post: Brunch Pies by Deborah Manger (of GBBO fame)
Anyone who has watched The Great British Bake Off will know the writer of this guest post. Let’s say that she was heavily involved in ‘Custardgate’ so much so that she even stole the custard. I contacted Deborah Manger, a former contestant on the show, about the possibility of writing a guest post for me…
All Butter Almond Cookies
There’s something about the smell of freshly baked biscuits and toasted nuts that makes these biscuits to die for. They are ridiculously simple to make and you’ll be surprised that such a small quantity of dough will make a huge batch of biscuits, so these are great for parties or giving as gifts for friends’…
Apple Pie Cake
This cake is a true showstopper because not only does the cake boast an impressive 3 layers of sponge, amazingly heady with cinnamon, but is topped with caramelised apples and a cinnamon cream cheese frosting. The recipe does come from Edd Kimber’s first book The Boy Who Bakes, and you can see my review for…
GBBO 14 Episode 2 Review: Biscuit Week
The second episode of The Great British Bake Off aired tonight and really showed each of the baker’s skill. The biscuit week demanded the remaining 11 bakers to make their signature savoury biscuits, Mary’s technical Florentines and a showstopping 3D biscuit scene. Eliminated: Enwezor My Prediction: Nancy Star Baker: Richard Good: Luis Bad: Norman Best…
Food on Youtube Archives – Sorted Food (Part 2)
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with Sorted Food’s Youtube channel. Sorted Food is a group of friends who have basically grown up together. With close to 850,000 subscribers, Sorted began, amazingly, four years ago and has grown to become one of the biggest food communities in the world. With videos coming…
Food on Youtube Archives – Byron Talbott (Part 2)
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with Byron Talbott’s Youtube channel. If you haven’t heard of Byron Talbott before, I think it’s time to prepare yourself for a good hour of gasping in awe of the beauty of the food that Byron continues to produce without fail as you binge-watch his videos. In…
Food on Youtube Archives – The Boy Who Bakes
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with Edd Kimber’s Youtube channel. Some of you may not have heard of Edd Kimber. Well he was the champion of the first series of The Great British Bake Off and has gone on to have an amazing career, having worked with the likes of Raymond…
Food on Youtube Archives – Sorted Food
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with Sorted Food’s Youtube channel. Sorted Food is a group of friends who have basically grown up together. With close to 850,000 subscribers, Sorted began, amazingly, four years ago and has grown to become one of the biggest food communities in the world. With videos coming…
Food on Youtube Archives – CupcakeJemma
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with CupcakeJemma’s Youtube channel. Jemma runs Crumbs & Doilies, an incredibly hip and modern London-based cupcake and cake shop. Each week she posts a brand new video demonstrating a new cupcake recipe, a new technique or a behind the scenes of the shop. With over 50,000…
Food on Youtube Archives – InTheKitchenWithKate (Part 2)
I’m continuing the search of the Youtube food archives with InTheKitchenWithKate’s Youtube channel again. InTheKitchenWithKate is a British Youtube channel. Kate posts videos every Thursday at 5pm GMT and takes her inspiration for recipes from both celebrity chefs such as Rachel Allen, Ina Garten and Mary Berry and requests from her subscribers; comment in the…
Andrew in the Kitchen 