Watching nervous contestants attempting to make perfectly spherical chocolate desserts on “Bake Off – The Professionals” this evening, I was painfully reminded of Home Economics lessons at my Junior School, circa 1978… Â Here’s “Bake Off”.Â

Let them eat cake…
Happy Lunar New Year! Whilst people in China will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit today, in Vietnam it is now the Year of The Cat.
Astonishingly, it’s nearly Mother’s Day – and as I live in Scotland, this year I thought I’d attempt…
The Starlings which frequent my garden have had another brood, so once again I am being eaten out…
A topical post for troubling times in Tiverton & Honiton…
I have a confectionery projectAnd I’m going to start it tonight – As quiet as a mouse, I’ll be building…
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