What are you baking?

[Epona]

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Olive focaccia. Didn't rise as much as it should, but still tasty.

That looks fantastic, I do love a focaccia and must make one soon I think

 

[sojourner]

This weekend, I will be having another crack at making bonfire toffee, but THIS time, I will not end up with a kitchen full of choking burning smoke, no sirree. THIS time, I will stir it, a lot, unlike the original fucking recipe, and I will end up with a tray of heavenly-tasting black toffee.

Also planning to make a chocolate sandwich cake, with homemade bramble jelly as the filling and dusted with an icing sugar/cocoa mix. Will serve with fresh blackberries, oh yeh baby.

 

[Saffy]

Not really baking but a raspberry trifle and a lemon tart for my husband's birthday because he doesn't like cake.

 

[sojourner]

They look fantastic!

Here's some of my lush bonfire toffee. Have tinned some, frozen some, and got a bit for after me tea, yay.

 

[May Kasahara]

Dorset apple cake.

 

[cesare]

Dorset apple cake.
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That looks amazing!

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Needs lots of custard mmmmm

 

[May Kasahara]

And a mixed veg pie.

 

[cesare]

And a mixed veg pie.

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Ooo

 

[polly]

And a mixed veg pie.

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Cor. Look at that pastry

 

[Saffy]

No sweet treats in the house and so I made a lemon drizzle loaf.

 

[Monte]

Cor. Look at that pastry

Spectacular.

 

[seeformiles]

Tried making sourdough rolls - pretty pleased with first attempt

 

[Saffy]

Tried making sourdough rolls - pretty pleased with first attempt

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Ohh lovely. Did you make your own starter? I'm toying with the idea but I'm tempted to go and ask the local baker for a bit.

 

[Skinny Ethel]

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No sweet treats in the house and so I made a lemon drizzle loaf.

Christ i could make that dissapear fairly rapidly.

 

[Saffy]

Christ i could make that dissapear fairly rapidly.

That's generally our problem and why I buy so much flour.

 

[Epona]

This is the problem whenever I've decided to save money by baking my own bread - no, we just get through a lot more bread, there's no saving

 

[seeformiles]

Ohh lovely. Did you make your own starter? I'm toying with the idea but I'm tempted to go and ask the local baker for a bit.

I made my own to see how difficult it was - just mixed a tablespoon of bread flour with some water, stuck it in a jam jar with the lid loosened and put it on the windowsill for a few days. I gave it a shake and it was fizzing nicely so added a tbsp of it to a cup of flour, threw in some salt and enough water to make a shaggy dough and stirred it (no kneading required). Then I left it overnight to rise, punched it down, split into 5 pieces, formed balls and left to rise again on a floured baking tray for about 2 hours. 190C oven for 15-20 mins and that's it. I'll be a bit more ambitious next time but it's a pretty encouraging start I think.

 

[seeformiles]

Tried making sourdough rolls - pretty pleased with first attempt

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Mrs SFM’s has pointed out that I may have inadvertently summoned the devil