Tag: The Great British Bake Off

• Mary Berry’s Creme Caramel

  As I have mentioned before I am a fan of The Great British Bake Off. I am especially fond of the technical challenges. One of the technical challenge recipes from Season 3 was Mary Berry’s recipe for Classic Crème Caramel. Crème caramel has a creamy, smooth custard with a layer of soft caramel over the […]

  mindyqs

  July 27, 2015

  Food

  caramel, cooking, creme caramel, custard, dessert recipe, dinner party recipies, flan, Mary Berry, recipe, The Great British Bake Off

• Proof that my Mother is Always Right

  We don’t have a television here.  That is something that boggles the mind of several family members and is something my children have put on a list to give to CPS when we’re finally investigated.  However, we have a computer and internet and access to YouTube.  Via YouTube I have been introduced to a number […]

  mindyqs

  June 2, 2015

  Food

  GBBO, Jane Brocket, Mary Berry, My mother is always right, The Great British Bake Off, Victoria Sandwich Cake, Victoria Sandwich Cupcakes, Vintage Cakes, whipped cream and jam, Yarn Storm

• Sweet Bretzels: The cookie that almost beat me

  By now all of you know how much I love to bake. It’s calming and therapeutic for me to cream together butter and sugar with eggs and then mix in flour to form any number of cookies or cakes. I get it from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. My DNA isn’t pairs of ATGC like […]

  mindyqs

  May 24, 2015

  Food, Homemaking

  Alsace, Alsatian, baking, Bretzel, cinnamon and sugar cookies, English Biscuits, Sweet Bretzel, sweet bretzel recipe, tea biscuits, The Great British Bake Off, The Swiss Family Carlson