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Cherry pie of DREAMS

I hope you enjoy making this as much as I have enjoyed recipe testing and eating it. The time I got it just right I gasped and it hit the...

Self saucing date & ricotta pudding

This is a slightly funkier update of your usual self saucing pudding. If you’ve never made one before you absolutely need to, they are...

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some of you are only here for the cookies, and that's OK. As long as there is joy generated in some way then we're good. In week 2 of the...

Gelatine woes

Just the mere mention of the word gelatine can throw us into a mild panic. There are so many types and sometimes recipes specify grams vs...

What knife is best?

Kitchen knives and Sharpening/Honing steels. Choosing and buying the right knives can often be very daunting; especially if you don’t...

Kit list: Fundamentals of baking

You definitely don't need a tonne of fancy equipment to get started in the kitchen with baking, it's more about choosing the right stuff...

Kit list: Fundamentals of cooking

Hi wonderful people! Here's our kit list for the Fundamentals of cooking course! We have included some links to examples of good quality...

Keeping your cool in the kitchen

There is nothing worse than panicking whilst cooking – especially when cooking for other people. Take it from someone has had more...

Why is my cake sinking?

“It’s a bit sad when you take the cake out of the oven only to realise it has sunk in the middle. Still, it’s not all bad! It’s a lesson...