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Strawberry, Rhubarb & Vanilla Pie
Strawberry, Rhubarb & Vanilla Pie
I remember as a child I loved the scent and flavour of strawberries, back in those days a lovely scent almost meant it will definitely taste amazing. This is not always the case today, the lovely scent does not mean the strawberries will taste good, in fact as the years go by I have bought less strawberries than the previous years. However, when it comes to strawberries, I am still tempted to…
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When is Sourdough Bread not Sourdough?
When is Sourdough Bread not Sourdough?
Many sourdough purists, including myself are mortified when large retailers and large scale commercial bakeries describe their bread as sourdough to suit their own commercial gains. The benefits of sourdough bread has been know for hundreds of years to provide relief for people who find it difficult to digest bread made with yeast or other means. The enzymes and acids in the sourdough breaks down…
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Bread Making Part 4 – Chilli Pesto Bread
Bread Making Part 4 – Chilli Pesto Bread
Wow! I almost did not post anything for the month of February. Ah! Pesto bread, this savoury bread has a special place in my baking journey. This bread was part of my success on getting on the Great British Bake Off. During the audition I could see the delight that this bread brought to the judges, it was then I knew I was on to a winner. The amazing thing about this savoury bake is that it can…
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My Simple No-Fail Almond Brownies
Brownies are a favourite of my daughter and over the years I have seen her make this treat with varying results. I personally do not like varying results, as consistency is something that I aspire to. When it comes to brownies I rather that the texture be light and airy, rather than dense and stodgy. When I work on a recipe, I need it to be reliable for me to go back and repeat that bake time and…
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Bread Making Part 3 - Nigerian Sweet Butter Bread
Bread Making Part 3 – Nigerian Sweet Butter Bread
Wow! It was July last year since I posted a blog on bread making. Hope you are having a good year so far? I love to bake bread more than any other thing, because unlike cakes and biscuits you can have it as a main meal and not feel guilty. When I was a young boy I remember one of my delights was Nigerian sweet bread, a yellow fluffy sweet and buttery brioche like texture. This is a loaf so sweet…
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Espresso Coffee Ice Cream
Coffee is one of the favourite family flavours. Whenever there is a box of chocolate at home, the coffee filled ones are the first to vanish, the same applies to when I make any coffee ice cream. While I tend to buy coffee ice cream, I find that the flavour is not as intense as I would prefer it to be, and that is the benefit of making your own ice cream because you can make the flavour as…
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Make Your Own Feuilletine
Anyone who is into entremets will know that feuilletine is a key ingredient if it contains a praline crunch base. So the praline crunch base of the entremet that I will be posting in a couple of days uses feuilletine, however when I first started making entremets I realised that you could buy it, but it was unnecessarily expensive for something that could be easily made at home. So here is my…
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My Daughter's Birthday Cake
My Daughter’s Birthday Cake
My daughter turned a special age today and these are the images of the purple ombre cake I made for her birthday. Happy birthday honey, I am so proud to be your Dad and I love you more than words can describe. Cake Components Chocolate sponge Red velvet sponge Vanilla meringue frosting Macarons in yellow,  purple and white all with vanilla ganache frosting Meringue kisses and peaks Coloured white…
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Luxurious Mincemeat
Quintessential British, mincemeat is always associated with Christmas. It can be used to make mince pies and mince muffins. Making your own mincemeat could be fun because you can define how rich or luxurious you want it to be. This recipe has evolved over the last 3 or 4 years and always attracts compliments from all who eat it. The last time I bought a jar of mincemeat I could not believe how…
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Chocolate Orange Layer Ring Cake
Phew! After a very busy November and early December, I can finally begin to do some Christmas posts on “To Boldly Bake”. However, during the time I was not writing anything for my blog, I began to ask myself what direction do I want to take this blog, and what type of baker do I want to be. Do I really want to take my baking to where no other bakes have been before, or do I want to rehash…
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Coconut Cannelés
Canelés are a cork-shaped pastry from the French region of Bordeaux, the inventor of this french pastry is not originally known but who cares when something so delightful has survived over the centuries, disappearing briefly after the 18th century and making a reappearance in the 20th century. So the canelés in a way had suffered the fate of a forgotten bake making its way back. Since its return,…
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Apple and Blueberry Turnover
Apple and Blueberry Turnover
A few months ago I wrote about my love for blueberries, what I did not mention was I tend to buy in bulk and freeze them ready to be used when called upon. My apple and blueberry turnover is one of those occasions, the combination of these 2 fruits in a puff pastry makes for an amazing dessert or snack. My secret to an amazing apple and blueberry turnover is lemon to cut through the acidity of…
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Coconut Madeleines
I love madeleines, they are so moorish and so “sick” as my dear young friend Liam would describe something amazing or so good. As with madeleines like most french pastries, you can create many new flavours as long as you stick to the basics. These little shaped cakes have delighted both young and old over the last 2 centuries, so as always, I thought how can I make a coconut version of these much…
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Intensely Orange Flavoured Chocolate Chip Cookies
Intensely Orange Flavoured Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is amazing what a craving does to you. The other day I picked up some orange flavoured chocolate chip cookies by a famous biscuit brand from my local supermarket, it was delicious but I felt the orange flavour was not intense enough. So I set out to make my own orange flavoured cookies as most bakers do. So the cookies I wanted to make needed to be intensely flavoured with orange, this meant…
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Chilli Pork Casserole
Life is not always about the sweet things, in fact our bodies are designed to take a limited amount of sweet things before things start to go wrong. I love savoury dishes, with a little spice, unlike my wife who uses chilli indiscriminately. Don’t get me wrong she is an amazing cook and has mastered the act of cooking African dishes, but I do not have a palate for hot things from a spicy…
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Yolo Cake
I love layered cakes, and they come in all different forms, but my favourite has to be a chocolate layered cake. So I thought to myself how can I make a chocolate layered cake to include my favourite ingredient…? yes you guessed it coconuts! The outcome was this chocolate layered cake. Again it occurred to me, calling this cake a chocolate layered cake will not do it any justice, so I thought…
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Bee Sting Cake
Almonds are the “go to” alternative for those prefer a gluten free diet. I love this ingredient because when substituted in part with flour it changes the texture to rich moist crumb structure. This is the very reason why I am putting my own twist on the bee sting cake doing exactly this. Rumour has it that this cake has it origins in Germany, but it is common in South Africa. So if you are…
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