Having fun baking and decorating cakes
As promised here is the Lemon tart recipe from Leiths latest book Leiths How to Cook (Quadrille, £30). Photograph: Peter Cassidy. (see the whole book review here) oks sooooo good! Lemon tart Serves 6 1 quantity pâte sucrée (below) Extra flour, to dust For the filling 3 lemons 6 eggs, plus 1 extra yolk 150–170g caster …
Every now and again I come across a cook book that is just fab. A real authority on everything cooking and baking. This is one of those books. It’s thick. I mean it’s really, really heavy. In fact to prove a point I have weighed it and it is 2.3kg. Now that is a whole lotta …
I often get asked how I get my cakes so smooth and I have to tell you that it’s a bit like DIY. It’s all in the preparation. If you don’t sand and fill in the holes on your walls before you paint then you are always going to see those lumps and bumps. Well …
I have made these cupcakes so many times and not once have I taken a photo of them so that I could share them with you guys. I’m not quite sure how that’s happened but this time- for my mum’s birthday, I was determined. The recipe is adapted from The Great British Book of Baking (never one …
This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission Mango, Rum and Lime Syllabub Taken from Sunshine on a Plate by Shelina Permalloo (Ebury Press, £20 hardback) Images © Martin Poole available on AMAZON Serves 4 4 ginger biscuits, crushed 300ml double cream ½ vanilla pod, …
This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission How beautiful is Shelina Permalloo? I mean she can cook that’s for sure but up close and personal she is GORGEOUS!! Even in whites,slaving over a hot stove. I was lucky enough to meet her when …
