Sissinghurst Farmers Market

From next Friday, April 27th, Bake and Crafthouse will be selling at Sissinghurst Farmers Market in the grounds of Sissinghurst Castle, owned by the National Trust.

I will be making a delicious selection of biscuits, tarts and meringues so come and see me there if you can!

Spring Clean and Stool Makeover

No classes today so I have spent the day cleaning after a busy Easter season and given all the Bake and Crafthouse stools a colourful spring re-vamp ready for the new term!

Penshurst Market - April

I have had a really busy few weeks over Easter so unfortunatley no time to blog but I just wanted to share a photo from the farmers market at Penshurst Place which took place on Easter Saturday. I make desserts for this market and I was quite proud of my little table this time!

My husband helped out in the kitchen on Good Friday so he deserves a mention too, it was great to have a helping hand with all the whisking!

Bread Sculpture, The Edible Art by Ann Wiseman

I was recently given a fantastic second hand book by a Canadian friend about Bread Sculpture that I have been meaning to share ever since. It has some great recipes and tips for bread making but the best part is the instructions to make a huge variety of edible bread sculptures from mermaids to dinosaurs!

The illustrations are so fun I can't wait to try some of these out in my classes.

Pinterest

Bake and Crafthouse has joined Pinterest this week and I'm loving it!

Take a look and follow me on the site:

http://pinterest.com/bakecrafthouse/

New Season Marmalade

All labelled up and ready to go!

At the weekend my Mum delivered two types of marmalade freshly made with new season Seville oranges. I have just labelled it up and it is now on sale in the bake and crafthouse shop.

I will also be using it for my 'Baking with Jam and Marmalade' adult workshop on May 22nd and will be tryng out some new recipes over the next few weeks. One is a soft set marmalade, more of a jelly with shred which will be perfect for adding to muffins or for the Marmalade Cream featured in this months Country Living:

Whisk together 55g marmalade, 125g mascarpone cheese, 3 tbsp Greek yoghurt and icing sugar to taste.

The second is a more traditional Seville Orange Marmalade which I am planning to use in an upside down ginger cake and maybe even a chocolate orange torte.

P.S. Both were delicious on toast this morning!

Adult Workshop Offer

Bake and Crafthouse is offering 20% off booking for our adult workshops until March 10th.

Coming up first is 'Hot Cross Buns and Spring Wreaths' on March 21st, a perfect Mother's Day gift!

Click here for details of adult workshops throughout the year.