Can you bake?
 

Can you bake cakes, biscuits etc?

I am literally the worlds worst at baking, I tried shortbread once and almost cost my entire family trips to the dentist [emoji23]

But today I am well pleased with myself, last night I made a slab old school style sponge and icing cake, gonna have some with custard after dinner mmm

And I've just made a batch of scones :flutter: look not too bad for a terrible baker imo but more importantly they taste amazing! :hee:

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Well done Josy. Sounds amazing and yummy.

well you're clearly not the worlds worst when you can make cakes and scones

This is the first time ever I've baked anything anywhere near edible

I love baking - it's nice to do when you need to clear your head for a while

And you get food at the end which is a bonus

Wow Kate that's a blast from the past lol hope youre well?

And thank you I'm well impressed they worked out Haha [emoji23]

I bake a lot but I like to infuse flavours together

What kind of things do you make?

And yeah it is quite relaxing actually

No and I have no interest in it despite liking shoes like the Bake Off. The TL is a keen baker and is always making cakes and things like soda bread and banana bread but the whole mess that is made is quite stressful, so many things used. It drives me mad watching them on tv as i just think "yeah but who is washing that up and putting it away?" Jamie drove me mad last night as he kept dirtying things


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Sounds interesting? What like?

That's a downfall yep the mess was getting to me a bit, I kept tidying and cleaning as I went though

My favourite is Carrot and Orange Muffins

Buts cranberry and Lemon cookies go really well together

Turds yes....cakes no....yum yum.

i make cookies, biscuits and bread, and my expertise is in cheese scones

They sound nice Adam, I'll send my address and you can send me some [emoji23]

Fgs :fist:

Oh homemade bread :love:

I'll make anything, but cakes and biscuits normally just because they're usually the quickest/easiest things to make.

Now now Josy, some forum members may be dieting and finding it hard not to raid the biscuit box with all these lovely cake descriptions...I'm only trying to help:laugh:

Yeah I'm sticking with easy stuff too for now

Well I wont be making chocolate brownies today now that's for sure :idc:

I love baking, I'm okay at it I guess, my parents used to enjoy it anyway :hee:

My mum was great at baking I dont have her talent though [emoji23]

You can cancel the dark chocolate rockies as well cause I was on the Guiness last night..:hee:

I make scones and soda bread, I wouldn't say I am a natural but I get by

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Glad that you've excelled yourself with your sponge and batch of scones though.

When I have the time, I usually make scones, quiche's and pasties, sponges etc.

I made some coffee kisses on Thursday and they are scrumptious, but i've put the rest away, otherwise i'd end up the size of a house by next week. lol

I’d like to think I’m not too bad at it

Those scones look nice :love:

I can bake inasmuch as I can follow a recipe, but I don't love it. I've said this before, but here I go again... I made a lemon meringue pie when I was at school and I asked the teacher how much of the lemon I should put in? She said, all of it... I suppose thinking it was a real lemon, but it was a Jiff squeezy lemon. My Dad, who loves lemon meringue, took a bite and his whole face puckered. At heart, I've never been much of a cook of any kind.

Josy, I'd have been as proud as punch of those scones.

I'm okay with a small set of recipes I've tried and tested... not many things I've tried to bake though (just can do the basics: a victoria sponge, brownies, muffins, cookies etc. Made a loaf of bread once or twice and it came out nice.

My go-to are these, though... if I could be arsed I'd make these every week

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/sites/de...?itok=TLd6BtvP

(cba with all that drizzle and decoration nonsense on top, just basically 2 separate batches of chocolate/peanut butter brownies on top of one another)

(had a photo on my Insta but it's not loading past a certain point on my browser smh)

I make bread (in a bread maker)
I make cakes (those packs you get where you just add an egg)
So yeah, Mary Berry eat your heart out :laugh: