tasting life...one recipe at a time
Today’s blog post comes courtesy of our guest blogger, my 10 year old daughter Anna. Last Saturday I decided to do a spot of baking with Anna who loves to bake. “What do you want to bake?” I ask, to which Anna replies “Victoria Sponge, like the Great British Bakeoff.” A lovely sponge she bakes…
I recently moved to a country house that is in great need of being brought up to date, in particular my kitchen! The oven is somewhat aged and temperamental and if you are a baker like me this can lead to one baking disaster after another. Over the holidays my eldest daughter convinced me to bake a…
Apples and Cornkisters is an annual event held at Pitmedden Gardens, a National Trust property in Aberdeenshire. The gardens have a large orchard and every year they hold an event to sell off the fruits from the orchard, including a large variety of sweet apples, cooking apples, mixed bags of jelly making apples and…
Chocolate, cake, home bakes, family gatherings – all of these things remind me of my childhood and growing up in a large family in Cape Breton. Cape Breton is known for its hospitality and you never leave someones house with an empty tummy – even if it was full when you arrive there will always…