Last week, during the doughnut extravaganza, some people may have noticed an orange boiling away on the stove in preparation for some hot cross bunning. The orange was not my only do-ahead – I had also soaked sultanas, raisins and currants overnight and made an extremely fragrant sugar syrup (complete with star anise, cinnamon and … Continue reading Task 12: Hot Cross Lumps
Maitland has made it clear from day dot that he would like to see doughnuts included in the roster. I humoured him by reading a couple of recipes but they all looked so…involved. Starting things the day before. Heating a huge amount of oil to a scalding temperature. Flipping things in the oil with haste … Continue reading Task 11: Doughnuts
This is where the blog really fails us all. I got worried that, in the midst of making the never-ending sourdough, I was going to default on my weekly blogging promise. Instead of having multiple breads up my sleeve I was counting on one saviour and I was also intending to be away from home … Continue reading Task 10: Yeasted Plum Cake
This recipe is a bit of a ‘throw back’ (ugh, yuck), because I made it while in New Zealand about a month ago but found myself unable to take it from ‘bread I made’ to ‘bread I could write about’. Partly I felt a bit guilty that I had made three breads from Honey & Co … Continue reading Task 9: Pita Bread
Now I get it. I get why so many people baulk at the thought of bread making, deriding it as intensely time consuming and technical. If I wasn’t doing this blog I cannot imagine a scenario where I would be making my own sourdough starter and devoting what has felt like two full weeks to … Continue reading Task 8: Sourdough
If we are calling a spade a spade then I think we would call this milk bun a challah. Do be aware though that, according to the authors of Honey & Co (and creators of this recipe), it is actually a cross between a challah and a brioche, which, sure, if you say so. To be honest … Continue reading Task 7: “Milk Bun”
I saw this bread in one of my favourite cookbooks Honey & Co and became obsessed with it purely because you get to cut at it with scissors. It’s very important to be upfront about this because it’s possible that this alone is a good reason for other people to make it even though I don’t … Continue reading Task 6: Bukhari Bread
Aka chocolate babka. This recipe was inevitable. Firstly, I promised something sweet many weeks ago and secondly, I am clearly committed to bready goods that are stuffed with other things. Even if those two things weren’t true, this is one of those recipes that’s everywhere. It is impossible to miss when you leaf through the … Continue reading Task 5: Chocolate Krantz Cakes
Clearly I am drawn to breads that have other things stuffed inside them. Maybe that’s because I am trying to kill two birds with one stone (dinner and a bready thing!) or maybe it’s because I’m petrified of purebred breads that have no adornment and nowhere for me to hide. It’s probably both. This one … Continue reading Task 4: Eggplant and Three Cheese Calzone
I know I promised my next adventure would be sweet, but I straight up lied. I would say I’m sorry, but that would be another lie and two wrongs don’t make a right. These ones had been on my radar for a while, to the extent where I had bought the ingredients ahead of time. … Continue reading Task 3: Cheddar Swirl “Breakfast” Buns
