get-baking

My trip to Granada was quite eventful, very entertaining, and I had a really great time! I arrived on the coach from Velez Rubio, straight to the bus station in Granada.   The bus service here in

This amazing city is so beautiful.  Everywhere you turn in the Old City of Granada, you are 'pulled up short' by the breathtaking scenery and architecture which surrounds you.   The cathedral

'Old' Granada, what a magnificent City.  Walk around a corner and horses appear, ridden down the main street on their way to take part in a parade; riders dressed up in traditional costume, so proud

A classical cake with my 'twist' on it.  Does it improve from the original, well no...nothing improves  perfection. However, is mine a fantastic cake...Yes, Yes, Yes!   Layers of my delicious

I used to make this pie frequently when planning for a dinner party, I had no choice; my guests insisted on it as it was so good!   What can't you like when rich buttery pastry, crisp and light; marries

We have made the pasta, cooked, and served it, coated in a really lovely rich tomato sauce.  As I am sat here writing this to you all, I can still taste it.....oh it was so good! Did you know though,

This week's Culinary Challenge from Patelincho is to represent your Country's National Dish.  This would be great apart from: England is known primarily for Roast Beef with Yorkshire Puddings.

This wonderful tomato sauce recipe is truly delicious.  It is rich and punches its flavour onto the pasta.  It is also the base of many other pasta sauces.  So, come with me and let me show

The third of my pasta 'posts' shows how to cook the pasta in a lovely tomato sauce.  This delicious sauce marries beautifully with the 'melting' homemade pasta.  The beauty of this tomato sauce

I love making pasta, and eating it, combined with rich and luscious sauces.  Made fresh, nothing can improve on this delicious food.   Source Why buy the manufactured when you can make it in

I love pasta and eat it quite often.  I have made my own for many years, adapting and changing the recipe until I achieved perfection.  Soft, yet with structure, so that it keeps its shapes and

This wonderful pie full of luscious ingredients is very simple to make and a real wow to look at; your family will be so impressed.   Apple Meringue Pie Recipe Source This pie consists of freshly-cooked

I so enjoy having Radio Plays on in the background as I work at my Crafts.  This one is a firm favourite which I go back to often. John Buchan was a prolific writer pre and post the First World War. 

Happiness is a 'frame of mind' which you 'mould' into a sense of being; you trust, naively

I am a really 'sad' person!  I just love to take pictures of alley ways.  The long run of buildings, ending with something you can't quite see but just know when you get there it will be

How can you mix your own blends  of flour substitute to enhance the flavours in your baking? To do so you need knowledge of how the different types of flours work together; this is what this

These 'sandy' textured, melt in the mouth biscuits (cookies), are easy to make yet fantastic to eat.  Traditionally you would press the dough into a tin and cook slowly, ending with a thick biscuit

Its early summer and the elderflower bushes are now in bloom; strawberry beds are producing masses of luscious red berries.  Lets incorporate them into an 'old fashioned', 'traditional' dessert with

As a History Graduate I am fascinated by the history of ingredients in common use today.  The internet is an amazing resource for finding information.  I have just found this paper which covers

This fantastic cookie was made by the wives/mothers of soldiers from Australia and New Zealand, who went to fight in Europe during the Second World War.  It was designed to travel and stay edible