Category: Bake like you mean it

  • The Inevitable B52 Mk II

    Right. It’s been a long time since I updated here but conveniently that means that the B52 Mk I is the post before this one. To remind anyone who’s not read the Mk I, the B52 was a shot cocktail we discovered at last year’s Warwick Folk Festival. Well, we’re booked for this year and…

  • B52 (Mk 1) Inbound

    B52 (Mk 1) Inbound

    Alrighty. Obligatory backstory. Feel free to skip until you get to the list of ingredients. Those of you who know me know I don’t drink. I know, it’s like “how do you know someone is vegan?” “They’ll tell you.” Used to drink, don’t. Usually. Except for certain occasions such as the Warwick Folk Festival where…

  • Mirror, Mirror, on the Cake…

    Mirror, Mirror, on the Cake…

    Alrighty then, let’s do this thing. The mirror glaze. Much attempted on the Great British Bake Off, much failed, or much left with something roughly the consistency of a car tyre wrapped around your cake, resisting the knife and quite possibly an attack from automatic weapons or artillery fire. Pause there for a moment, rewind.…