Ingredients: For the cake: 140 g ground poppy seeds 160 g cake flour 1 tsp baking soda ¼ tsp ground cardamom ½ tsp ground cinnamon zest of 1 lemon 150 g butter...
Ingredients: For the sponge cake: 75g walnuts, finely chopped 263g self raising flour 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder 263g unsalted butter, at room temperature 263g...
I have inherited Christmas decorations. Honestly, I'm not sure where some of them came from. I've got lots of gaudy plastic garlands, plenty of lights, red velvet bows, a gazillion ornaments and countless other things. Our front closet is filled with mult
I was in Melbourne recently to visit my sister and her family. This would be my third trip there but it has been more than 20 years since my last visit. Surprisingly I don't think much has changed around the city unlike here in Singapore where construct
I know, I know- The Hummingbird Bakery again ? Well, you see, I have this terrible habit of getting stuck on certain cookbooks. I tab all of the recipes that I'd like to bake and then proceed to bake, using the sliding scale of my excitement to guide me.
A while ago my older son Charlie asked me if I'd bake the big cake for his swim team's end-of-year banquet and I agreed. The banquet's being held early next week, so I need to get cracking. It's been a blast watching that kid swim in high school and, sinc
If you spend as many hours a day pondering cake as I do most thoughts are of the ?I could really eat a slice of sponge right now? variety. Some however, are slightly more creative, take root and won?t allow themselves to be forgotten. This recipe is suc