Tag: Baking

  • Chocolate Caramel Cake

    This cake is a classic, old fashioned, yet a quick and easy chocolate caramel cake option. Soft, and moist with caramel icing to indulge oneself in on a sunny day in the garden. Best served in silence.

  • Chocolate Brownies and Hot Chocolate

    A chocolate brownie or simply a brownie is a square or rectangular chocolate baked confection. Brownies come in a variety of forms and may be either a fudge consistency or more cake like, depending on their density. Brownies often, but not always, have a glossy “skin” on their upper crust.…

  • Chinese Steamed Buns (Bao Buns)

    Bao means Buns so it is somehow odd that they are universally known as Bun Buns so to speak. Bao Buns, pronounced “bow”, but also known as ‘steamed buns’ or ‘baozi’ are a deliciously, warm, fluffy treat of filling wrapped inside a sweet, white dough. Made with a mix of…

  • Carrot Cake With Pecan Nuts

    Many believe carrot cake to be an invention of the US, Germany or England; nobody is right, and nobody is wrong. However, carrot cake of today, the world over, is certainly not the same as that once adored so fondly by George Washington. In the UK fat content of cream…

  • Caraway Potatoes, and Seed Cake

    Caraway seeds are highly aromatic with a distinctive mild anise flavor that adds a welcome and subtle liquorice hint to many dishes. Their taste is earthy, with a hint of citrus and pepper. Caraway thrives in any good, well drained soil, in a sunny spot. Sown in autumn, they flower…