Confession time: in my head, I am a gifted pastry chef. My mum was an amazing baker, I can happily spend hours lost in books on fine patisserie, so it seems obvious to me that I should be able to...
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Week 4 And Cue! ……the perfectly timed gasp and sharp intake of breath… someone just said the F word! We are all used the classic reaction to ‘I am making a chocolate fondant’ from Gregg and John on Masterchef- will...
Week 3: Tart Week It’s a lovely world that I have entered, knocking on the door of someone you think you know because you’ve seen them on TV, and then baking cakes with them whilst having a chat. I’ll be...
Week 2: Cake Week 4442, 8884, or 442? That is the question! And no, we’re not talking football tactics here- we’re talking BAKING TACTICS! How much of what, and how many of the other are really needed to produce that...
Week 1: Biscuit Week The challenge began and I was taken under the critically acclaimed wing of International Pastry Chef Claire Clark (@Claire_Clark). Simply stepping foot in the pro kitchen down at Pretty Sweet (@PrettySweetLon) was a huge first for me – I barely...
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