This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Bran-Berry Muffins seemed like a perfect back-to-school bake for this month! These come together quickly and use whole wheat and plain flour along with wheat germ/ bran so they are *kinda* healthy (although they do have a fair amount of sugar … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Berry Yoghurt Cake sounded like a fabulous way to welcome berry season and also a fabulous recipe to make for the final cooking club session this year! It was all hands on deck to get this done and because we only … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Blueberry Biscuits are not what *I* call biscuits – they are (what I know as) scones. Indeed, for Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies”. Technically a biscuit and a scone are not the same thing though: Bon Appétit claims they are not … Read more
Les Petits Chefs baking club made a favourite bake last week – Blueberry Galettes! I love galettes because they are MEANT to be rustic so there’s no worry about the pastry needing to be perfect. Weird shape? It’s meant to be like that! Hole in the pastry Patch it up – noone will notice! I … Read more
Today would have been my mum’s 82nd birthday. Sadly, this is the first birthday she’s not with us to celebrate and I’d be lying if I said it isn’t a hard day for us all. Mum was the baker, the cook in the family and she relished this role. It wasn’t a chore to cook … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Alsatian-Style Blueberry Tart is a relatively simple dessert that is SO good – homemade pastry really does make a huge difference here. This tart has a sweet shortcrust pastry that’s partially baked, then filled with blueberries on a base of ground almonds (to absorb … Read more