Recipes

Cupcake with a swirl of pale pink frosting, a gummy fruit wedge, and pink sugar crystals on a white plate against a dark background
Food

Pear drop cupcakes and candied pear

I got some pear essence from The Asian Cookshop , and it smells amazing, if incredibly chemically and artificial. But that was always one of the brilliant thing…

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Sugar-coated egg-shaped doughnuts: one upright in a pink polka-dot egg cup, another halved to show white cream with an orange centre
Food

Creme egg doughnuts

A chocolate version of scotch eggs, creme eggs wrapped in doughnut and deep fried. I made some creme egg filled doughnuts last year, too late to get my hands on…

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Rectangular blondie slice with white chocolate chunks and raspberry pieces on a pink backdrop
Food

White chocolate and raspberry blondies

It seems strange to think that at some point there was a slim window of good enough weather, during the driving rain that was last summer, to go raspberry picki…

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Red velvet cupcake in a white liner with a tall swirl of pale frosting and sugar crystals on purple
Food

Red velvet cupcakes with rum syrup

Scaling things down from The Modern Cafe is a bit tricky, definitely meant for professionals that book. These red velvet cupcakes were a little dense, and defin…

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Eleven golden-brown fruit-studded scones cooling on a wire rack on a marble counter
Food

Peanut butter scones

Scones are simple things, just some flour, fat, liquid and some chemicals to make them light and fluffy. Being so simple they’re pretty easy things to understan…

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Glazed fruit tartlet topped with strawberry, kiwi, mango, blackcurrants, blackberry, and physalis
Food

Strawberry and blueberry tartlets

So it was the Wimbledon final on Sunday, and despite all British hope of Murray winning the thing, he didn’t manage to overcome the overwhelming smugness of Rog…

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Caramelised tarte tatin on a dark platter with one slice lifted on a cake server
Food

Red Onion, Fennel and Chilli Tarte Tatin

Caramel and pastry are super tasty, especially if there are onions in the middle instead of apples, but then I think any dessert can be probably be made tastier…

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Dark rectangular blocks of dense Japanese yokan jelly arranged on a fibrous leaf tray
Food

Yokan

So I ended up with a bunch of anko that I wasn’t sure what to do with, and then this molecular gastronomy starter kit arrived in the post, and one of the chemic…

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Kinako-dusted cubes of dark red-bean anko paste in a white bowl, one piece broken open
Food

Pressure cooker anko

I just got a new toy, a pressure cooker. (Though finding one which actually cooked at a full pressure of 15 PSI was surprisingly difficult) So obviously I had t…

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Flour-dusted golden loaf in a tin beside thick slices showing a soft white crumb
Food

Milk and Cornflakes Bread

Like most people I am a creature of habit and convenience when it comes to breakfast time. My default morning meals are either cereals and some fruit, or bread …

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Fluted crème caramel on a patterned plate with dark amber caramel poured over the top
Food

Maple and bacon creme caramel

Bacon is probably the internet’s favourite food (there’s a Bacon Wikipedia Project after all), and after making cereal infused milk for bread , bacon infused mi…

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Grilled cheese toastie halves stacked on a white plate with melted cheese oozing from toasted bread
Food

Hot Cross French Bacon Cheese Toastie

How’s that for an epic sounding breakfast? Not like it hasn’t been done before , just a quick holiday themed post of an awesome way to consume all those hot cro…

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