What is there not to love about this buttery & chocolaty pastry, when warm & served with coffee it is pure bliss. That said, if you keep buying this stuff all the time you will left broke & overweight but on the flip-side your baker’s bank stash will be ample. So it was for purely [...]
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Macaroon
This is what I got upto this weekend. I made my first batch of macaroons ever, they tasted good. Never having made macaroons before, this was a fun bumbling experience. Will make some more next weekend, hopefully the next batch will grow some cute macaroon feet. Watch out Pierre Herme lol! I want to give [...]
Simplicity: Banana Bread
Just wanted to share this amazing banana bread I made today. I got the recipe,from joyofbaking.com, this is my favourite banana bread recipe. Try it out, its great.
Cheddar margherita pizza with pimento meatballs
This is a really fast pizza I made for lunch, it is assembled rather than cooked from scratch. This is the lazy pizza that tastes better than anything Debonairs pizza or Pizza inn in Nairobi can do IMO. It is probably cheaper too. Grill ready made meatballs. I used the KMC(kenya meat commision) one’s, sprinkled [...]
Pizza Margherita
My first pizza, margherita pizzas are simple & all flavours work perfectly together. This pizza is just my homemade dough, homemade tomato sauce, basil, mozzarella & extra virgin olive oil. The processed mozzarella was great, it’s from Browns Cheese. I have not been able to track down any fresh mozzarella in nairobi yet.
My home made bread – Whole meal boule
I love baking bread by hand, it is a slow but rewarding process. This bread took about 4 hours to prepare & bake. I am still a novice at baking, but the results so far have been very rewarding. You cannot compare home baked bread to the commercial crap in the supermarket. The only bread [...]
