I have got a lovely apple cake recipe to post but in the meantime here are some eccentric crumb shots. Brian went and got me another camera the other day, second hand, he loves second hand camera shops, so I am dutifully playing with it…
Tomatoes ripening on the windowsill, a forlorn red pepper plant, a vegetable bed coming to the end of the season, except it has suddenly got ridiculously warm here today.
And some delicious sourdough, but I am getting repetitive… see you later in the week!
As you may have noticed there is a certain level of dog happenings that get written about from time to time on this blog. The reason why the blog is named after the dog dates back to when I first dipped my toe into online forums. I borrowed the dog’s name to go on Dan Lepard’s forum as I didn’t particularly feel like using my own name. My dear friend Celia @ Figjamandlimecordial suggested that I name the blog after the dog too, so that’s just what I did. Continue reading
A choice of bread this morning, soft white bread made with creme fraiche for the toothly challenged one with a series of dental appointments to come and a hybrid sourdough/yeast with a good proportion of Swiss Dark Flour for me. Why the hybrid? It’s what I do when there is a big bowl of perfect starter waiting and it’s late and I don’t want to be baking retarded loaves in the morning. I just add a pinch of yeast, put the little oven on to its lowest temperature of 30 C and move the bread on a bit quicker and that way I can bake it before I go to bed and have a quiet morning. Continue reading
Zeb Bakes 