Tips & core recipes

So many lovely recipes call for ingredients which we may not have handy around the house or find it a bit more difficult to find in UK shops. Here is my list of useful ingredient substitutes and variations

Dec 1st 2009

Basic ganache recipe

The most amazing cake frosting is also the easiest. There are two methods for making ganache. I prefer the second one, even if it does ... Read more

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Dec 1st 2009

Home-made butter

I'm forever running out of butter. Which means poor Dave is forever being sent out to get more! But if I ever have a pot

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Dec 1st 2009

Home-made cake flour

I used to dismiss the call for cake flour in recipes as a bit of a pretension - it also seems impossible to find it ... Read more

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Dec 1st 2009

Home-made self-raising flour

I can't count the times I've run out of self-raising flour! But a home edition works just as well as the store-bought stuff, you can ... Read more

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Dec 1st 2009

Buttermilk substitute

Many American recipes call for buttermilk in cakes and muffins but if I can't be bothered looking for it around Brighton (Infinity Foods is a ... Read more

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Jul 7th 2009

All purpose sweet pastry

In the pages of an unassuming little baking book I bought on Friday I found a very good, very simple sweet shortcrust pastry recipe. I've ... Read more

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