6 Ways to Stop Your Pastry Shrinking (Pastry Masterclass Video) Does your shortcrust pastry shrink or crack when baked? Are you the victim of a regular soggy bottom?! These are common complaints when making pastry but if you follow these tips you’ll bake the perfect shortcrust pastry and sweet pastry tart cases every time. Here … Read moreHow To Make Pastry
Best Baking Accessories as Recommended by Top Chefs Home baking is a blast… And there are always gadgets out there to help you improve! That’s why you should only use the absolute best baking accessories possible. In order to find the MUST have kitchen accessories, I interviewed full-time bakers and patisserie chefs and noted their … Read more46 Best Baking Equipment for Home Bakers
Ashburton Cookery School Macaron Course (A 5* Review)! I was gifted a half day macaron course at Ashburton Cookery School as my birthday present and thought “Ok, this seems interesting, why not give it a go and see what I can learn”. Not thinking I could learn much more as I had already made macarons. … Read moreAshburton Cookery School
The Great British Bake Off Map of the World TV Programmes I got it SOOOOOO wrong. The phenomenon that hit our TV screens back in August 2010 made me gasp… “Really! Are they really going to make a competition out of home bakers!!!???” “That’ll never last”. Well, how wrong I was. And gladly so I … Read moreGreat British Bake Off Map
20 Moist Chocolate Cake Recipes You Have To Bake (Best From The Web) Congratulations to the following list of bakers and their blogs that made my Top 20 Chocolate Cake Awards. If you love chocolate cake recipes you’ll definitely want to check out these bakers and their inspirational blogs. These are truly incredible sites run … Read moreBest Chocolate Cake Recipes
Easy Recipe Converter (4 Ways to Scale up Your Baking Recipes) Don’t waste money buying more baking tins. Just scale a recipe to fit your existing tin. Knowing how to double a recipe, like baked cheesecakes, will make your baking better. You can keep my recipe converter handy as a guide for future baking. It … Read moreRecipe Converter