The sort of cake CMOT Dibbler would sell on the streets of Ankh-Morpork In Star Trek, counselor Troi can walk up to a digital wall panel and say “Computer, a slice of cake please.” Ten seconds and a few special effects later she’s got a full fork – no doubt chocolate in her case. Well it seems for tiny cakes of all flavours that future is here now… … Read More →
Quick Cobbler For Cold Nights I know, I know. I’ve been lax in writing. The simple truth is that I haven’t had much interesting to say of late and life otherwise has consumed any spare time I would have had in which to communicate such tidbits. I’m still here. It’s still winter and blizzard-ing. And garden thoughts are at least … Read More →
Definitely Not Pancakes Sometimes a single word triggers a memory. Sure experts tell us that smell and taste are powerful mental alarm bells but my internal dictionary seems to also have a web of recall attached. Today that word was ‘crumpet’. A leftover from Welsh, a language that my brain can barely hear at full speed let alone … Read More →
Same Dough, Three (or more) Flavours Like my fast scones, I make a quick dozen cookies for teatime often. Baked naked or with only a dusting of sugar I call them plain old ‘sugar cookies’… or ‘biscuits’ if your local terminology prefers. When the cinnamon rolling mood strikes, they pass for what North Americans would call ‘snickerdoodles’. If I’m really feeling … Read More →
Faster Than Waiting for the Banana Boat to Dock Technique is everything in baking. An abundance of cheap bananas had me making my stock standard banana bread a few different ways this week in an attempt to get the lightest version possible. Not an easy task sometimes thanks to a few factors in the classic recipe. Bananas lift about as well as a lumpy … Read More →
Faster than your morning shower Most mornings I want something with my tea but stale packaged biscuits (“cookies” to the Americans) just aren’t my mood. Full on cookery efforts for something elaborate aren’t always the best idea in my bleary-eyed early hours so I came up with a small batch take on scones to fill the void between buckwheat pancakes … Read More →
Naked or Dressed - You Decide My go-to oatmeal cookie recipe started life in an original edition (circa 1950) of the Betty Crocker ‘big red’ cookbook that’s been falling apart at the spine on my shelf for years. It’s a politically incorrect delight to read resplendent in its butter and fat and sugar and all those foodstuffs that have probably been … Read More →
