This is another recipe where I didn’t think to photograph the result, but I can assure you the recipe is spot on and the resultant cake was simply perfect. I heartily recommend making this, it is easy to make and even easier to eat. The recipe is from the BBC Good Food website and was […]
Medovnik is the Czech word for a wonderful honey cake. It is time consuming to make, and quite complicated to assemble. But it is well worth it, as it tastes wonderful. I have eaten it many times in Prague, you can buy a slice in any Cukrana, or indeed whole cakes. As with all my […]
Next up on the baking front is Sacher Torte. This is a ‘cake’ which originated in Vienna and I first tasted it in the Savoy Restaurant in Prague. As an aside, if you are ever in Prague a visit to Savoy Restaurant is very worthwhile. The food is very good and the restaurant has a […]
Having reached a certain point now, in my baking, I decided that I should invest in a stand mixer, and decided upon a KitchenAid device. Having bought it I thought I would try a recipe from the KitchenAid website, and settled upon a savoury bake, Cherry Tomato and Basil Focaccia. Happily it all turned out […]
Bran Muffins was a request from my niece who had eaten them some years before, from a mix available in Canada. However we were unable to find such a mix in the UK, so I searched for an appropriate recipe, online. I found one that looked very interesting at Joy of baking .Although I show the […]
I love gingerbread and searched for a recipe that I thought might be easy, but still taste good. I found a great recipe, which I reproduce below, from BBC Food. A link to the recipe on that site is here . As an aside I do recommend BBC Food and also BBC Good Food as a source of many […]