amateur baker Tag

I managed to make these a few weeks ago before increased local lockdown rules kicked in. I've been slow to update though. Here's the recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/floating_islands_with_03517 I was excited to make these because I was looking forward to giving the spun caramel a

Paul Hollywood's English muffin recipe is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/english_muffins_56640 Ain't nuffin like a good muffin (sorrynotsorry) I got up early on a weekend to make these so that we could have them for brunch. We'd already got into a bit of a habit of

I treated myself to a new cake tin for this recipe in the hope that I'd like it and want to bake it again. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/angel_food_cake_with_04002 I'd never tried an angel food cake before so had no idea what it was

These fondant fancies were the final technical challenge for series 3, which means I've completed another series. I hope you're proud of me. Here's Mary Berry's recipe for these: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fondant_fancies_88368 I'd been watching the episodes before doing most of my bakes, I know

This recipe has 34 steps, I think that's the most steps I've ever followed in a recipe ever. Here it is: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fraisier_cake_75507 First of all, I needed to make a genoise sponge, which I'd never made before. It seemed to be quite

I was looking forward to trying to improve my hot water crust pastry skills, this time without having to mess around with quail eggs! (See my previous blog post about pork pies here). Here's the recipe for the hand-raised chicken and