Just Baking

Royal Cake to you and me. This is a Polish cake which is part of the Easter celebration menu. After 6 weeks of Lent, Easter is a feast which calls for the nicest of dishes. I found this recipe in . I followed it, you know me….more or less but in this case it was […]

Looking for an easy & quick to make recipe for the the great summer picnics?
Mushroom Muffins are your answer. One word of advice, though.  Make as many as you can because once out they fly like hotcakes.
I found this snack recipe on the Mushroom Bureau which make a good read: has a lot of recipes and interesting reports such as “Mushrooms […]

This is a recipe which I found in supermarket’s free magazine, Waitrose’s to be precise. It will take a little time gathering the ingredients as you might not have them stored in your cupboard. Trying to wrap my head around the taste was a challenge. Nothing had prepared me for this weird and wonderful […]

The humble cheesecake is back on our menu. Watching the food trend -as one does- you will notice that hundred of new recipes are making their way to your favorite site or cook-book this spring.
A few things to know before you bring this dessert back to your menu

Cheesecakes in the United States use cream cheese

 in […]

When Carrie Bradshaw suggestively, but nevertheless greedily, tucked into a Magnolia Bakery’s pink frosted cupcake, three things happened:
1: The humble cupcake became an object of desire for trendies round the world. There is a cupcake fashion. (2009 is not round but square and top flavour is chocolate) Wedding cakes are made out of cupcakes.
2: Magnolia Bakery in […]

The Western world is in the grip of a baking mania:

The Women’s institute, British spiritual home of the cake, is reporting a rise of 60% on their baking courses. 

Christmas 2008 kitchen gadget best seller: the bread machine.

A cookie cutter is sold every 15 minutes in England.

At this rate, there will not be many beginner-bakers by 2010, however if […]

Once a month, on a given day, you will find over 1000 blogs popping up from all over the blogosphere with the same recipe. If you adjust your glasses, you will notice that every single one of these blog wears a pretty logo: a black silhouette brandishing a whisk with the motto “We knead to bake.” “What is […]

Lovely Sarah is 15, she adores chocolate, her “bete noire”: onions. She and her parents came to visit from Ireland over the weekend. To welcome them I had baked so they would arrive to the sight and smell of warm buns. We all sat down, swapping news, when suddenly a little voice interrupted the conversation with […]

Do you remember the story of the Tatin spinster sisters who in their hurry to bring the apple tarte to the table dropped it and unashamedly served it upside down. Some time ago I came across a savoury version that was a delight, and today here is an exotic version of the same.
This one was brought to […]

Pizzas were white before turning red.
Sorry just kidding. However, the fact is that flat breads with assorted toppings were eaten by the ancient Greeks. Since then, various cultures have made theirs the infamous Italian dish. We just have to look at the various versions that exist nowadays, and I am a bit of an expert on the matter. […]