My apologies for it having been a little quiet here of late, but as you’re all no doubt aware it was wedding cake season, and so things have been a little busy. A few months ago, as you watched Miss Rose unveil her incredible masterpiece I hinted as to what K&T’s wedding cake may comprise, and in saying that it would “involve an awful lot of this” I was by no means exaggerating...
Read MoreDessert Series: Ice cream sandwich, take one
Strictly speaking this wasn't a TPB effort, but as fuel for my other project, and in an attempt to think of something other than wedding cake (three week countdown, anyone?), I'd been wondering what would happen if
Read MoreLife is better with cake
I know I have said this before, that life is better with cake. I may not always believe it, but it seems one of those things that if you don't keep telling yourself it to be true, something in the universe will go wrong...
Read MoreCake week
My goodness, it's been one hell of a week in the kitchens of Team Pretty Bake...
Read MoreHaving a me day
Every once in a while you accidentally have a good day. A day, which if someone asked you to spend a day doing what best epitomises you, you could say "yeah, this is me". And as luck would have it, today was one of those days...
Read MoreWedding cake no.1: and so it begins
As mentioned previously, Miss Rose and I have both been commissioned to bake cakes in the coming months for the weddings of two very lovely couples. Miss Rose is up first...
Read MoreLondon coffee odyssey
During the long flight home from London I began to fret that given I don't do tourist, generally don't take pictures while eating out, and didn't travel far from Casa del Sally and Simon, my promises of a holiday blog post of epic proportions may have been somewhat beguiling in nature. Then I started going through my photos and discovered my fears were unfounded...
Read MoreThe year of the cake
Sunday comforts
Before I get to today's kitchen business I have an apology to make...
Read MoreMy favourite season
Down here in The Antipodes autumn has well and truly set in, and with the cool, crisp mornings and brilliant foliage displays comes the excitement of knowing the time for soups, slow roasts, poached fruit, and many more of my most favourite kitchen pleasures is finally upon us. And where better to start our autumnal musings than with the quintessence of chestnuts and quinces?...
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