What are you baking this week?
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Chelsea buns were the Hugh Fearnley recipe from his "Bread" book. There's a lot of butter in the mix, so they are quite short and almost a dense croissant texture.
Sorry! They are all gone. We have had no.1. son and DiL as guests.
Sorry! They are all gone. We have had no.1. son and DiL as guests.
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I baked an "Ameisenkuchen" (ant-cake i.e. a cake that has chocolate sprinkles in the dough).
I just used the recipe for a Quarkkuchen and added dark sprinkles to the flour part.
I just used the recipe for a Quarkkuchen and added dark sprinkles to the flour part.
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I must get some baking done today. Last week the kitchen was non functioning while I put the new floor down…
Bread, and maybe some Portugueses tarts.
Bread, and maybe some Portugueses tarts.
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Forgot to mention...
I made some Millionaires Shortbread on Saturday, too late for photos as there aren't many pieces left .
I made some Millionaires Shortbread on Saturday, too late for photos as there aren't many pieces left .
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slimpersoninside wrote:Forgot to mention...
I made some Millionaires Shortbread on Saturday, too late for photos as there aren't many pieces left .
Must have been good, then.
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Am I allowed to add that I made a large pot of Apple, Walnut and Banana Chutney this weekend ?
Quite a list of ingredients, but I had been given a bag of cooking apples, so needed to find a use for at least half of them
Quite a list of ingredients, but I had been given a bag of cooking apples, so needed to find a use for at least half of them
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Hey Ho! Another mishap...
Someone gave us a few Russet apples. They weren't quite ripe and so we left them. When we found them again, they were a bit wrinkly, so I decided to make a quick puff pastry apple strudel. Because the apples might need a bit of something extra to perk them up, I added some extras, like a spoon full of candied peel and some muscovado sugar and a splash of liqueur, etc. It was all wrapped up and ready to go in the oven when I realised that I had put everything in but the apple itself. So we have a sort of long thin Eccles cake I suppose!!
As the apples were prepared and I had enough sultanas left, I made the apple strudel recipe, but the roll of pastry that I had left for that was shortcrust, not puff. They are out of the oven and look OK. I'm just waiting for OH to get home from Harrow Philharmonic choir practice, so that we can sample some and see if it's OK.
Someone gave us a few Russet apples. They weren't quite ripe and so we left them. When we found them again, they were a bit wrinkly, so I decided to make a quick puff pastry apple strudel. Because the apples might need a bit of something extra to perk them up, I added some extras, like a spoon full of candied peel and some muscovado sugar and a splash of liqueur, etc. It was all wrapped up and ready to go in the oven when I realised that I had put everything in but the apple itself. So we have a sort of long thin Eccles cake I suppose!!
As the apples were prepared and I had enough sultanas left, I made the apple strudel recipe, but the roll of pastry that I had left for that was shortcrust, not puff. They are out of the oven and look OK. I'm just waiting for OH to get home from Harrow Philharmonic choir practice, so that we can sample some and see if it's OK.
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aero280 wrote:Hey Ho! Another mishap...
Someone gave us a few Russet apples. They weren't quite ripe and so we left them. When we found them again, they were a bit wrinkly, so I decided to make a quick puff pastry apple strudel. Because the apples might need a bit of something extra to perk them up, I added some extras, like a spoon full of candied peel and some muscovado sugar and a splash of liqueur, etc. It was all wrapped up and ready to go in the oven when I realised that I had put everything in but the apple itself. So we have a sort of long thin Eccles cake I suppose!!
As the apples were prepared and I had enough sultanas left, I made the apple strudel recipe, but the roll of pastry that I had left for that was shortcrust, not puff. They are out of the oven and look OK. I'm just waiting for OH to get home from Harrow Philharmonic choir practice, so that we can sample some and see if it's OK.
I'm sure a slice of each will compliment each other!
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it was a weird year for apples. ours weren't ripening fully before they started falling. the russets especially.
we have a few of those left which are also under-ripe and wrinkling.
the one i ate this evening was definitely hard and disappointing.
we have a few of those left which are also under-ripe and wrinkling.
the one i ate this evening was definitely hard and disappointing.
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Our Bramleys weren't as good as usual either.
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One of my three trees, which are minarettes, so aren't huge, didn't have much fruit but I've been eating apples from the other 2 for about 6 weeks. I didn't take off enough excess fruit in June from one of them, so the apples were quite small - it's taught me a lesson for next year!
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Well, they are OK! A small slice of each seems to work best because the “Eccles Log” is incredibly sweet on its own.
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I can’t find the original post, but I asked a few weeks ago about apple cake recipes and everyone was helpful. I’ve tried several - the Bramley tree just can’t stop - and they have all been good, but the one I made for Sunday’s community tea and cake session went down a storm. Suelle suggested it, a cake with a caramelised apple and cream filling. I needed a four egg sized cake, so used Mary Berry’s spiced orange cake and substituted stewed apple for the stewed orange, then filled it with cream and caramelised apple. It was really good! I’d have taken a photo but it all went before I remembered.
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Wic wrote:I can’t find the original post, but I asked a few weeks ago about apple cake recipes and everyone was helpful. I’ve tried several - the Bramley tree just can’t stop - and they have all been good, but the one I made for Sunday’s community tea and cake session went down a storm. Suelle suggested it, a cake with a caramelised apple and cream filling. I needed a four egg sized cake, so used Mary Berry’s spiced orange cake and substituted stewed apple for the stewed orange, then filled it with cream and caramelised apple. It was really good! I’d have taken a photo but it all went before I remembered.
Another suggestion which worked! I'm so glad!
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> Another suggestion which worked! I'm so glad!
Yes, inspired! And the caramel apple mix could be used for all sorts of other things. Not least just eating it with a spoon.
Yes, inspired! And the caramel apple mix could be used for all sorts of other things. Not least just eating it with a spoon.
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I made a "rainbow" traybake. A simple sponge cake dough covered in fruit which sink in a bit. Normally it is just an apricot cake, but I used cherries, mirabelles and apricots to create a rainbow effect.
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Made an eggless boiled fruit cake yesterday, using sr flour, a tsp of baking powder and a tsp of soda bicarb - it is great! I think I might always do it in future!
Yes, it's a bit crumbly, but not unpleasantly or inedibly so!
Yes, it's a bit crumbly, but not unpleasantly or inedibly so!
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I haven't made bread in a long time, but have focaccia rising in the oven. I just hope my flour isn't too old.
I shall top it with the half water, half olive oil that Gary Rhodes used in his Ligurian focaccia. It does make a superb crust.
I enjoyed the kneading!
I shall top it with the half water, half olive oil that Gary Rhodes used in his Ligurian focaccia. It does make a superb crust.
I enjoyed the kneading!
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I have finally made a start on my biscuit baking.
Four doughs resting on the balcony. If I can find the energy I will try out the new mooncake cutters to make Spekulatius and maybe make snowflakes using my hands and a fork (they look a little like shlighty flattened gnocchi before baking.
Four doughs resting on the balcony. If I can find the energy I will try out the new mooncake cutters to make Spekulatius and maybe make snowflakes using my hands and a fork (they look a little like shlighty flattened gnocchi before baking.
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