National Baking Week is 17th – 23rd October, 2016 and is to promote baking with the family. There is no better time than during National Baking Week to set yourself a baking challenge and spend some Homemade Family Time with friends and family. There’s such a variety of recipes available and they want you to try something new and tackle more challenging bakes. If you’re pushed for time why not search for a recipe that can be made in under 30 minutes? If it is something sweet you fancy why not search their range of tempting deserts? And for Homemade…
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If you have never been to the Chocolate Show before then this is what you can expect on your visit. From Truffles, bars, fudge, brownies and cakes galore await you at The Chocolate Show, which opens its doors at Olympia’s National Hall 14th-16th October as the UK’s biggest celebration of the nation’s favourite sweet treat! Some of the delightful and delectable things happening at The Chocolate Show include: A selection of the finest chocolatiers and pastry makers from the UK and many countries around the world will introduce their new creations! Celebrity chefs who will be showing off their skills…
Doors to The Chocolate Show at Olympia’s National Hall will be opening in a week’s time and they have got so much in store for you, including a small plates bar with chocolatey dishes from the former chef at Pachamama, Adam Rawson, and new products from exhibitors from around the world! If you are  in the mood for Chocolate Week this weekend? ( I’m always in the mood) then Delicious Magazine have their Chocolate Hub up and running online with a wealth of chocolate recipes ready for you to get baking and creating. With video demonstrations on the Delicious website, you could…
The Bramley Apple Pie Week is from 3rd – 9th October, 2016. To celebrate Bramley Apple Week 2016, the top 1,200 chefs in the country, according to The 2016 Good Food Guide, were invited to show their support by sharing their signature Bramley recipes. Recipes were shared by Michelin starred chefs including Mark Poynton, Galton Blackiston and Atul Kochher and award winning TV chef Cyrus Todiwala. These innovative and unique dishes showcased the versatility of Bramley and inspired people to get cooking. A competition ran across owned social media channels, encouraging interaction from consumers. Cooks and fans were asked to…
This morning I had a McMillan Coffee Morning with some friends (15 of us) and we were able to raise an amazing £240 for McMillan with our cakes and raffle. My usual soggy orange cake was on offer with biscuits and tea or coffee. Everyone arrived with their array of home made cakes and biscuits from carrot cake to cheese cake and muffins. We had a raffle and played the two ‘guess’ games that McMillan sent us and were all astounded when we added up our funds to find we had raised £240.00 I think it’s such an easy and…
Tisanes Tearooms, Cotswold House, 21 The Green, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7AA Tel No 01386 853296 Tisanes Tearooms is a traditional English tea shop and coffee house in a pretty 17th century building. It’s situated on the high street at the lower end of Broadway. It also has an online tea shop where you can also buy an afternoon tea voucher. It has a number of awards including 2010 winner of the prestigious Tea Guild’s Excellence Winner and a Five Star Hygiene rating by Whycharm District Council. Apart from some traditional favourites like a Victoria Sponge, Banana Cake and Tea Loaf,…
National Cupcake Week is 19th-25th September, 2016 but they already have their National Cupcake Champions. On Wednesday 14th September at AB Mauri Centre of Excellence, 10 experts spent the day trying and tasting delicious little cakes of joy from 5 different categories. The cupcakes were individually rated by our experts to give a category winner. Each category winner was then judged to give your our cupcake champion! This event is brought to you by British Baker, the only industry title to cover the entire baking industry, including craft, ingredients, equipment, food-to-go, snacks, coffee shops, as well as plant bakery and…
Of course with different strengths of chocolate this does mean there is a choice of pairings. With dark chocolate, try Assam, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Gyokuro, or Oolong. With milk or white chocolate try Darjeeling, Dragonwell, or Oolong, According to Linda Villano from SerendipiTea. “When approaching the Tea & Chocolate pairing, the possibilities are endless so first narrow down the number of teas you will be pairing within each category and identify them on paper. Keep things simple and well organized. Focus on specific groupings using your basic tea tasting rules, for example work with White Tea first, then move along the…
They say that about one in five people now regularly buy foods labelled ‘gluten free’., but did you know that unless you are someone who actually suffers from gluten allergies then it may even harm your health to eat those types of products. Experts say you may develop iron and B vitamin deficiencies and also increase your calorie intake by choosing gluten free products. Get your GP to send you for an allergy test first before you put them into your diet. Article found in Good Housekeeping Magazine.Â
In 1484 teas popularity reaches a new height when Zen priest Murata Shuko introduced the Cha-no-yu or Hot Water For Tea ceremony, which celebrates the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of tea preparation and drinking. In 1560 the first European to encounter tea and write about it was Jasper de Cruz, a missionary on Portugal’s first commercial trade journey to China. Portugal, the most advanced navy at the time, was the first European country to gain the right of trade with China. In 1773 American nationalists dump crates of tea from a British ship into the sea in protest over…
If, like me you cannot resist freshly baked bread then you will love this book. I couldn’t resist downloading it onto my kindle after reading the synopsis ‘ There is nothing that is much easier to make than a quick bread or loaf. Just mix up the ingredients, put the mixture in the pan, set the timer for around an hour and go do some other things. Come back when the timer goes and you have a lovely, fresh, home-made treat that everyone will love’. Grandma’s Best Quick Breads has some great recipes to follow and even though the measurements are in…
If like me, you love The Great British Bake Off then I am sure you will be counting down the sleeps until the new series starts on 24th August on BBC 1. According to the BBC a pastor, a hairdresser, a nurse and an aerospace engineer are among those who will be seen competing for this year’s Great British Bake Off crown. Viewers will see 12 amateur bakers trying to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood when the new series begins on BBC One on 24 August. A teacher, a student and a garden designer are also among the hopefuls.…