Meringue – something I’d seen made on The Great British Baking Show a BUNCH of times, but had no confidence that I’d ever be able to make something like it. But sometimes you have to push past the fear and try something new! If you’ve never made meringue before, you may also be a little intimidated. After all, under whip it, and it’s not going … Continue reading Kiss me, Kate
MM and I were having dinner one evening, during which I’m sure I started talking about The Great British Baking Show, and the term “High Tea” was brought up. Having never lived in Great Britain, or any of their commonwealth countries, we really didn’t know what it meant. Despite the numbers of times that I’ve read books set in England (mostly historical romances, by the … Continue reading High-ish Tea
Remember how I said that I found a chocolate mousse recipe for MM? Well, I have yet to perfect that recipe. In the meantime, I’ve found the perfect chocolate mousse recipe for me! 😀 I still say the one I was making tastes good. I mean, who doesn’t like melted custard? MM is straight up telling me that he prefers the first version to anything … Continue reading True French Chocolate Mousse
All of you probably know that I have a huge sweet tooth. MM does not share that kind of dental issue. 🙂 I can usually persuade him to try one of the treats I make, just to have another vote on how it tastes, but he’s just not the cake and cookies kind of guy. Cheese plates are more up his alley. For dessert? Blech. … Continue reading Moose? Mousse!
Way back in 2020, I’d set a goal to try 5 recipes from one of my grandmother’s recipe books – either the Joy of Cooking book, one of the binders/recipe books that you’d usually purchase from a church for one of their fundraisers, or the M&Ms notebook that she had handwritten in and taped a bunch of recipes cut out from magazines and newspapers. Then … Continue reading Grandma’s Notebook
I’m still ridiculously addicted to The Great British Baking Show. It’s a little crazy, and I fully acknowledge that. I just keep cycling through the collections available on Netflix over and over again. More often than not, someone is making some kind of citrus curd – something I’ve never ever attempted. Anyone up for a challenge? To be fair, it wasn’t much of a challenge. … Continue reading Bright, Shiny Lemon Fun
A friend of mine recently told me that she doesn’t enjoy chocolate. Just never had a taste for it. Heresy. How can we be friends?!?! *Deep breath* Given the large number of sweets that I enjoy, most, if not all, with some sort of chocolate component, I think it’s pretty well known that I’m a chocoholic. But I can drag myself out of my obsession … Continue reading Lemonade in Cookie Form
Typically, you’ll see a bunch of pictures all over the web showing off pies for Ï€ Day. I decided to join in the fun this year as well, making a 6″ apple pie, much like I made for Christmas. Go to recipe? Serious eats, here I come! First up, you’ll need a dough recipe. This is a pretty simple recipe for dough, and it uses … Continue reading Ï€ Day!!
Years ago, I posted about an oatmeal cookie that I had found and made my own. And then I got the BraveTart cookbook from my sister – inside there’s something called the Triple-Oatmeal Cookies. It’s interesting because it has oats in three forms – not something I would have normally tried, but I was game. There was only one problem… I’m not a fan of … Continue reading New Chewy Goodness
I’m not sure when I got hooked on The Great British Baking Show, but I’m pretty sure it was shortly after I got a Netflix subscription. The very first episode I watched, the very first challenge I saw was a roulade – a thin cake that’s spread with some kind of filling, then rolled. It reminded me of a pumpkin roll that my aunt once … Continue reading Bakeoff Binging
