Today has been yet another baking day: first off was Dark Chocolate and Orange Scones (another Antony Worrall Thompson recipe, albeit using plain chocolate rather than white chocolate). Easy to make and rather tasty. I tried one and the rest are in the freezer! Next off a Weight Watchers recipe: simple vanilla cookies. Finally, I did a Delia: Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake.
People are asking why all the baking? The answer? I dunno! I just had the urge for some unknown reason. Simple as that.
Update: Delia’s Carrot Cake is THE best I have ever tasted. So moist too. Simply delicious.
Is it the Credit Crunch? Is it a mid-life crisis? A throw-back to childhood? Who knows, but recently I’ve been on a baking marathon. In the last two weeks I’ve baked all manner of bread, cookies, brownies and cakes. I hasten to add that I have shared them with my team at work rather than eaten them all myself.
Some have been a spectacular success; others not so. Rachel Allen’s Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Blondies from her book Bake were delicious and very easy to make.
I found Anthony Worrall Thomposon’s book The Sweet Life in Morrisons supermarket at a bargain price (£1.99). It’s a book of recipes using Splenda sugar substitute. Great for those of us who have to watch their weight! The Apricot and Ginger Tea Bread turned out to be a triumph. Fantastic taste and texture. You would not know it was sugarless. Worth the cost of the book alone!
A couple of days ago, I tried a BBC Food recipe for Banana and Walnut Loaf. I’m sorry to say it turned out to be rather crumbly and a little on the dry side. It could well have been me, but I did follow the recipe to the letter. I’ve Googled a few new banana loaf recipes, which I plan to try at some point.
My latest fad is muffins and cupcakes…so easy to make and tasty too!
When will this end?
Update: Paul Cole has tweeted to me a recipe for Banana loaf from Sound Bites in Derby, which he says is good. Use the following link to see Sound Bites shop on Google Street View: Sound Bites Derby (opens in a new window).
The worst snow in 18 years, so it said on the news.
I have been standing at the bus stop since 7:30 this morning and not a single bus. Just after 9am a bus appeared and the driver told us all that all buses have been cancelled due to the appauling weather. So I’m now home in the warm. Working from home seems like a very good idea.
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