Okay, I know I’m late, very late, but I made the challenge in time, I promise. The date stamps on my photos prove that. I just haven’t had a chance to post yet. I’m hoping the wonderful Liz and sweet kind Ivonne (our fabulous Daring Baker founders) will forgive me. Is [...]

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Don’t presume that the end of the month means the very end of the month when it comes to the DBers
Don’t check the DB site once, print off the challenge and promptly lose it
Don’t start making the pastry and realise you only have bread flour
Don’t go and buy plain flour and set aside a [...]

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My daughter, who is a superb representation of her melting pot of ancestry, has long been thrilled with the idea of her Viking blood. Her father, who she inherited the blood of the Norsemen from, is to her a Viking personified. Strong, proud, laughing, passionate, independent, irreverent. He loves his family and [...]

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Yep, come right on in. Sit down, pick up a spoon and tuck in. What? You’ve already eaten Bostini Cream Pie at 100’s of other blogs. Well what am I supposed to do with a whole kitchen full? I know I’m running a bit late but I’m still 1 hour and 1 minute within the [...]

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Help, I’ve eaten them all. Well apart from one or two which I sent to school with my daughter, but basically I have single-handedly scoffed them all. It’s all Marce’s fault. Marce is the blogger of Pip in the City who chose this month’s DB challenge - cinnamon rolls. Yeah, that’s exactly what I thought, [...]

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