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SOME EGGY BAKING TIPS…

19 September 2012 Treeca 0

If you add a beaten egg slowly to your batter mix it prevents the batter from becoming too stiff. Always use eggs at room temperature when baking with them. If you want firm meringues, add […]

BAKING TIP…

3 July 2012 Treeca 0

Bake your cake immediately once mixed as the baking powder begins to act as soon as its combined with liquid.

BAKING TIP…

29 June 2012 Treeca 0

For a really moist fruit cake, use marmalade instead of candid peel.

CHOCOLATE SMARTIE CAKE… Ingredients 200g self raising flour 2 level tsp baking powder 50g cocoa 4 large eggs (mixed) 225g butter or spread 225g light soft brown sugar 2 tbsp milk Topping 2 level tbsp […]

ANOTHER BAKING TIP…

10 June 2012 Treeca 0

When mixing butter cream in a free standing machine, cover the whole machine with a damp tea towel to stop clouds of icing sugar dust going over the kitchen.

JUNE IS ‘WORLD TEA MONTH’ in LAS VEGAS…

5 June 2012 Treeca 0

According to Mayor Carolyn G-Goodman, June is ‘World Tea Month’ in Las Vegas. During June 1st – 3rd the largest global event for the tea industry is held in Las Vegas, ‘The World Tea Expo’, […]

MY TEA OF THE WEEK…

31 May 2012 Treeca 0

My tea of the week HAS to be ‘Tea Palace’s’, Diamond Jubilee Blend, which I have mentioned before. It has been made into a refined blend of the finest single estate black teas to celebrate […]

FANCY SOME CHOCOLATE?…

30 May 2012 Treeca 0

If like me, you cannot live without your daily chocolate fix, then go for the ‘Glamour Food Chocolate Bar’, by ‘The Organic Pharmacy’. Apparently the unprocessed cacao retains all its nutrients, and the antioxidant goji, […]

THE BEST ROSE TEAS…

5 May 2012 Treeca 0

TEA PALACE Eve’s blend, a rose petal and jasmine blossom tea. They will also donate 50p to The Eve Appeal www.teapalace.com and www.eveappeal.org.uk Jings Rosebud Gong Fu black tea made with dried rosebuds and […]

HOT FRUIT TRIFLE RECIPE 1950’s STYLE…

15 April 2012 Treeca 0

Ingredients 3 5 sponge cakes pieces or trifle sponges 2 tablespoons sponge cake crumbs 1 tablespoon jam (your favourite flavour) 1 tin of fruit in syrup ( to match the jam) 1 pint custard […]

ANOTHER BAKING TIP…

3 April 2012 Treeca 0

Take your butter out of the fridge in advance so it’s nice and soft.

BILL BRYSON ON CHOPSTICKS…

23 March 2012 Treeca 0

And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble […]

BAKING ESSENTIALS…

22 March 2012 Treeca 0

Stand Mixers these are good for mixing and whipping, whisking and also kneading dough. Electric Whisks these are easy to store, perfect for creaming butter, making meringues and easy cake recipes I […]

WIN the latest MARIAN KEYES ‘SAVED BY CAKE’ Book…

19 March 2012 Treeca 0

Marian Keyes Saved by Cake Marian Keyes, gives an honest account of her recent battle with depression, and how baking helped her overcome it. Pitched as a kitchen novice, it’s full of beautiful pictures, easy […]

COOK BEFORE YOU LEAP AT LUCY COOKS COOKERY SCHOOL…

11 March 2012 Treeca 0

While staying at Broadoaks Country House Hotel I picked up some details they had on Lucy Cooks Cookery School, which was highly recommended. Lucy Cooks has created her very own celebration called 12 for 2012, […]