I had a very busy baking week last week because my brother asked me to make the cake for my niece’s First Holy Communion. You can read all about that here. Originally he asked for a Macaron Piece-Montee , which knowing my brother he did partly to see if I would be floored. In the…
Month: May 2016
Macarons – the reason for all those steps
The macaron is a beautiful but tricky little thing. It started life as an ordinary biscuit back in the Middle Ages but in the 1930’s it was elevated to the world of haute couture petits-fours to become the beautiful and complex thing we know today. You can read more about the history here, but this post is all…
Macarons – a biscuit with many ancestors
If you have read my blog before you will know how this bake came about, but to summarise I was asked to bake a cake for my niece’s First Holy Communion, with a specific request for a Macaron Piece-Montee. It didn’t quite work out that way as you can read here, but it made an…
First Holy Communion Cake
My niece had her First Holy Communion yesterday in London, and my lovely french sister in law asked me to bake the cake for the family party afterwards. This was the result after a somewhat tortuous creative process and I have to say I was rather pleased ….. in the end. Now despite my advancing years,…
Opera Cake with Kirsch Cherries – a Bake Off Aria in 8 layers
My brother and his french wife are staying along with their 2 lovely girls so the stops had to be pulled out and we decided a quick trip to the cuisine of France was needed. The hubby made a Beef Daube and Aligot Pototoes, and I decided to try these little Opera Cakes. The Opera Cake…
The Cottage Loaf 