If The Great British Bake-Off has inspired you to learn more: Last yearÂ’s winner, Edd Kimber, teaches macaroon-making classes in London (email: edwardkimuk@googlemail.com for details) Bettys Cookery School has classes in pastry making, baking with chocolate and entertaining (01423 814016; www.bettyscookeryschool.co.uk) Cakes 4 Fun cake-decorating courses (020 8785 9039; www.cakes4fun.co.uk) The Roving Chef bakery tutorials in your own home (0776 890 1550; www.rovingchef.net) Leiths School of Food and Wine is the go-to place for pastry skills (020 8749 6400; www.leiths.com) GuilianaÂ’s Kitchen afternoon tea etiquette classes (020 7586 3016; www.afternoontealessons.com)
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Since 2003 over 4000,000 people have taken part in the ‘Great British Tea Party’ to help children in over 25 children’s hospitals and hospices across the UK. This year Wallace & Gromit are calling on people in the UK to join in from 1st – 10th December, to help raise thousands of pounds for sick children in the hospitals and hospices by enjoying a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Anyone and everyone is being asked and invited to pu the kettle on and bake during the ‘Wallace & Gromit’s Great British Tea Party between 1 – 10th…
Clipper Teas tea of the month is a NEW infusion of ‘Dandelion and Burdock’, which has been inspired by the traditional soft drinks (one of my favourites many years ago). It is available from their website for an introductory price of only £1. While on their website you can also try their ‘Recipe of the Month’ which is ‘Caramel Apple Granny Tart’, and enter their competition to win ‘Tea and Cupcakes’, www.clipper-teas.com If you join their club you can choose to become a taster and receive free samples of their products to try. They also have some amazing present ideas…
If you replace sugar in your recipe with half the amount in honey or half dried fruit and half fruit juice, your baking becomes a lot less calories. You can also save even more calories and fat by replacing half the fat in the recipe with bananas and yoghurt. Also use wholemeal flour instead of white when baking bread, scones and muffins.
With children now getting more and more interested in baking I thought this small family run business www.mummys-yummies.com was brilliant. It has be set up to bring the fun and ease back into the kitchen for children. Their pre-weighed ‘cake and cookie mixes’, are made using only the highest quality natural ingredients, including organic flour, and come packaged in both smart Kilner Jars and mixed boxes. I don’t know about you but my first memories of cooking were making rock buns at school and fairy cakes with Mum in the kitchen, with half of the cake mixture left in the…
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Pomegranate juice is bursting with Vitamins A,C,E, and folic acid, giving it three times more antioxidant power than green tea and wine. Recent studies have shown that pomegranate juice may reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers.
ALMOND HONEY AND POLENTA LOAF CAKE Ingredients 225g/8oz unsalted butter 225g/8oz golden caster sugar 4 large free range eggs 25g/1oz polenta 25g/10z self-raising flour 175g/6oz ground almonds 1tsp baking powder 2tbsp honey Method Heat oven 170C 150C fan 325F Gas 3 Grease or line the loaf tin. Cream butter, sugar until light and fluffy then add the eggs one at a time, whisking well. Stir in the rest of the ingredients gently until smooth and pour into cake tin. Bake for 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 25 until skewer is clear when inserted in the case.
Bread comes in so many different types, from bagels, ciabatta, tortillas, potato, garlic, you name it you will find one out there. Bread is a low-fat staple food for many people and a good source of carbohydrates. They are made with different flours including white, wholemeal or wholegrain. Wholegrains are grain foods in which all parts of the train are intact and retained during any processing. According to wikipedia ‘ Bread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and often additional ingredients’. The Real Bread Campaign http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/ has absolutely everything you need to know…
In the early 1800’s tea grew in demand across the globe with lots of competition between shipowners. Finding the fastest way of transporting the tea along the Far East shipping routes lead to the development of the ‘Tea Clipper Races’. “The Great Tea Race of 1866 was an unofficial competition between the fastest clipper ships of the China tea trade to bring the season’s first crop of tea to London in 1866[1]. Fierce competition existed year round to be the vessel first back to London with the new shipment of tea; extra incentives were added in 1866, when heavy bets…
The Gibbon Bridge Hotel is 15 miles from the heathery moors of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire which is fast becoming a foodie destination. If you arrive in the afternoon you can enjoy an afternoon in front of a roaring fire or in the new Orangery, which they say has been inspired by Kensington Palace and Kew Gardens. with the traditional finger sandwiches and freshly baked Victoria Sponge (the hotel has an on-site bakery) Many secret traditional recipes are used which have been in the Simpson family for many years and a firm favourite of our guests is Lemon…
Its the last day of National Chocolate week today so now’s the time to have an excuse to raid your fridge and cupboard and enjoy what you have in stock. If you don’t have any in stock then one of my favourite chocolate websites which you can order some on is http://www.chocolatetradingco.com/ You can buy novelty chocolate gifts like a chocolate golf ball, spoons, even milk chocolate sardines. Or, try some of their vintage chocolate or their free from range. I’d like to have a bet that if you go to this sight you would find it very very difficult…
Distinguished Leaves: Poems for tea-loversÂ’ has a foreword by Nigel Havers. Two of the recessions success stories have been loose leaf tea and poetry put the two together and you have poetea . Here professional writer, portrait miniature painter and Tea Poet, Elizabeth Darcy Jones, serves up a fragrant brew in this charming volume, celebrating different teas and tea people . Alongside descriptions of different tea types and hints about using loose leaf tea 37 different teas are described as characters, revealing their unique personalities in an accessible and entertaining way. It costs £7.99, is published by Quiller Press and…
CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA LOAF CAKE Ingredients 175g/6oz Low Fat Spread 175g/6oz Caster Sugar 175g/6oz Self Raising Flour 1 tables Baking Powder 2 eggs beaten lightly ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 tablesp cocoa powder Method Pre heat oven to Gas 4, 180C/160 Fan Oven 350F Line or grease your loaf tin In a large bowl add all the ingredients Whisk with an electric whisk for no longer than 2 minutes Put all ingredients into the loaf tin Baking for 40 – 60 minutes or until your skewer comes clean You can also finish with a sprinkle of icing sugar over the…
Now’s your chance to show your cooking skills as at ‘Chocolate Week; they are on the hunt to taste the greatest amateur chocolate cake. http://chocolateweek.co.uk/newsitem/the-great-chocolate-cake-off/690 The competition is open to all home bakers, for you to submit your ultimate chocolate cake and for it to be judged on Sunday 16th October at Chocolate Unwrapped. In return for all your hard work every entrant will receive free entry to the show (£10 on the door). The winner will receive signed copies of the judgesÂ’ books, a trophy and the honour of having their recipe published on the Chocolate Week website. The…