On Wednesday I play nanny/cook. The family I work for had some leftover pastry in the fridge (the ready made stuff). So I thought a nice tart would go well with the homemade shepherd’s pie for dinner. The peaches are a nice addition but can be easily left out. Unfortunately there wasn’t much left to [...]

I’m officially living in the suburbs. Not quite Wysteria lane, but it’s cheap. My new flatmate invited the landlord and sister for dinner and I was asked to make dessert. Unfortunately my new place has no oven and I had no time this week. So with an hour to spare between coming home from work [...]

Light fluffy almond cream filling topped off with some summer raspberries surrounded by a crisp shortcrust pastry… hmmmm, might be going overboard with the copy?
Anyhow, as the countdown is now on (exam day is this wednesday), you’ll be seeing plenty of different variations of tarts as I’m trying to perfect mine for the exam. [...]

Been a bit quiet as I had another disaster with a Charlotte aux poires (pear mousse cake surrounded by a belt of sponge fingers). The mousse exploded out of the surrounding sponge fingers on it’s way home. It’s just toooooooo hot. So unfortunately it wasn’t blog worthy.
Well it’s exam time. I have a written exam [...]

My very first French apple tart.