Category: Baking

Choux round two!

Round two! The second choux recipe my girls and I attempted, was from the book The Great British Bake Off Recipe: Makes about…

Aaaaah-choux! (aka 'Male' eclairs)

For those of you who have never heard of Choux pastry, it’s a light dessert pastry, used in profiteroles and eclairs.  It’s apparently…

Gingerbread cookies

This Christmas, I didn’t do nearly as much baking as I did last year, I think the Thank-You baking and the food for…

Banoffee anyone?

How does one describe banoffee that isn’t inherent in it’s name? It’s banana.  It’s toffee.  It’s banoffee! Col LOVES banoffee, but I’m yet…

The storm before the storm…

Wow, what a whirl-wind fortnight (or more) it’s been here in the McMaster household! The two weeks leading up to Helena’s arrival was…

Heaven in a radioactive red bite!

I’ve never before attempted a red velvet cupcake, I’ve always heard it was a tricky recipe to perfect, and, since I’m just starting…

Giving Thanks..

Last Monday brought with it our monthly board meeting, we held it earlier than normal as we needed to finalise details for the…

Cupcake Half-Fail!

Last Monday, I baked some ‘Thank-you’ cupcakes which I found here on Pinterest of course! It didn’t go completely to plan, but, as…