Friday Foodie blog time and it happens to land on the 1st December 2017. An appropriate time to start the Christmas countdown. In our house the advent calendars for the children are up and on the local radio station this morning, in the breakfast show, the countdown to Christmas being sung out loud! Its easy for me to sit back and say what should have happened, or in an ideal world… but how far are you with the Christmas preparations? There are a lot of families out there tha

Ingredients: 250g Plain Flour 140g Self Raising Flour A Pinch of Salt 250g Unsalted butter, at room temperature 125g Golden Caster Sugar 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Icing: 450g coloured fondant icing icing sugar for dusting black writing icing Method: Sieve the two flours and salt into a large mixing bowl. Set aside. Put the soft butter and sugar in another bowl and beat them together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is soft, creamy and pale. Add the egg yolk a

Wednesday 1st June 2016 – Westerham Village Hall To celebrate the Queen’s Birthday in style I will be running with Sally Boulton a Royal Bake Off. A chance to come compete and prove you are the Royal Star Baker! Just like the TV Show, we will present you all with two baking recipes (clues a little closer to the time, so you can practise) and you will need to follow these recipe in an hour. You will have additional ingredients to ‘individualise’ your baking creations ready for