16th May 2011

Mr W went back to work today leaving me at home to occupy myself, so I decided to make some cookies. They don't quite look like the picture in the recipe book but they did taste good, if not quite how you would expect a cookie to taste!

5th April 2011

I was working from home today and realised this morning that I didn't have any food for lunch, so I decided to put the breadmaker on to make some bread. Unfortunately I only had time to use the 'rapid bake' option which never turns out quite as well as the slower bake option and today's lopsided effort was no exception...

22nd January 2011

You saw them in their naked, unadorned state yesterday and now here they are, resplendent on my new cake-stand filled with cream and covered with chocolate. I present to you my first attempt at making profiteroles...

21st January 2011

For Christmas my in-laws bought me a tiered cake stand so I thought it would be nice to use it to serve pudding when Mr W's mum comes over at the weekend and a couple of weeks ago I had the bright idea to make some profiteroles. Thus this evening I have rapidly been learning to make choux pastry in order to make the buns to be filled with cream and smothered in chocolate tomorrow...