The Beesley Buzz: September 2018

Little Dragons Cafe for Nintendo Switch

Little Dragons Cafe is a beautifully crafted new adventure game for the Nintendo Switch from the makers of Harvest Moon (a firm favourite in our household). You choose whether to be either Ren or Rin - brother and sister co-owners of the Dragon Cafe - and then set off on your...

Ma'amool My Way - Week 5 GBBO - Spice Week

Whilst Ma'mool are supposed to be little bite-sized date pastries, mine have ended up somewhat larger! I will explain why I ended up having to make my ma'mool my way! I love using spices in my baking. Must be to do with my middle-eastern roots. I don't like particularly...

Giveaway!!! Sirocco Recipe Book by Sabrina Ghayour

Have you ever meant to send a thank you note for a birthday gift and left it so long that it is now closer to your next birthday than the previous one? That happens quite often to me. The intention is there but time has a habit of rushing by far too quickly to the point that...

Triple raspberry meringue roulade: GBBO Week 4 - Dessert Week

Can't believe it is already week 4 of GBBO and dessert week. I often start to feel totally out of my depth by this point in the series but I was pleasantly surprised to find myself wanting to try making either a meringue roulade or a raspberry blancmange. I opted for the roulade...

Lemon marmalade Chelsea buns: GBBO week 3 - Bread week

Bread has never been my favourite thing to bake. I'm just not a patient enough person for all that kneading, and proving and waiting and making sure things are done at just the right time so they don't over-prove and collapse or under prove and remain dense. Sure, if I had nothing...

The Mystery Foot continues

As at 13th September 2018. Left foot smaller and with high arch. Left foot - high arch 'pes cavus' Right foot. Normal size and normal arch Fifteen months ago, Miss T's left foot started to change. In a very short space of time, it developed a high arch (pes cavus),...

Living with JIA: my day (A rant! Sorry)

It's only 9.30am as I write this and once again JIA has already dominated my day. Today is not even a 'bad pain day' for Miss T . So getting up and dressed was relatively straightforward today and its just a case of remembering her routine meds. Whilst the suns still shining, I have to remember to smother her in high factor sunlotion and hope that it lasts throughout...

Pear, cardamom and caramel traybake: GBBO 2018 Week 2 - cake week

I’m not that familiar with making traybakes – I haven’t worked out the ‘science’ of it – can any cake recipe be baked in a square/rectangular tin and be called a traybake? Are some types / flavours of cake better suited to being baked as a traybake? I’m clueless about it all...

GBBO 2018 - Week 1 biscuit week - Cornish Fairings

I'm so thrilled that GBBO is back! It's the one time of year I really try to get back into baking and blogging again in an attempt to join in with a few of the bakes over the coming months. This year, week 1 was biscuit week. With the first challenge being a regional biscuit...

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