English Rose Sweets

I forgot to post these the other day! I delivered some of my blueberry lemon sourdough to my bestie and she took these beautiful photos!

Adventures in sourdough! 🫐 🍋 There are things I would do differently next time, but this is a great learning opportunity and I can’t wait to try some with lemon curd!

Sitting in the very hot Dutch oven! A fresh loaf of this beautiful Sunday morning!

The house smells amazing! A fresh loaf of pulled from the oven!

One of my favorite things that I get to do, is bake for my friends fur babies!

Back in the swing of baking loaves of sourdough bread! It’s been a while and after testing a few recipes, I’ve gone back to my original tried and true method!

I was in the mood for some lemon poppyseed muffins!

A successful loaf using mostly bread flour, and a little whole wheat!

More choux pastry, not filled yet. Perhaps destined for profiteroles!

Choux au craquelin filled with espresso whipped cream!

Carrot cake cupcakes ready for their cream cheese frosting!

When your bestie wants carrot cake, you get in the kitchen and make *carrot cupcakes!

The moist chocolate cupcakes got their ganache frosting roses!

Back to cupcake baking! Cooling off these moist chocolate cupcakes to top with a chocolate ganache frosting!

I’ve honestly not been in the Christmas spirit this year and have really struggled to do any Christmas baking. I have however made some little they aren’t perfect or the prettiest, but they certainly taste and smell amazing! Merry Christmas and a Happy Yuletide to you all xx

Back into baking mode with some zucchini bread!

Warm from the oven!

A little bit of comfort baking while the kids are both sick!

Pork sausage rolls on this cool fall morning. Next up are vegan sausage rolls!

Some Fortnite birthday cupcakes for my eldest kiddo!

A special chocolate chip cookie cake for someone extra special!

Taking a break. Catch you in cooler weather I hope!

Getting back into the sourdough groove!

A little bit of baking for the Fresno ECC. M&M sugar cookie bars, and mint Oreo chocolate chip cookie bars!

Taking a break while I decide what to do.

I haven’t been in much of a baking mood lately if I’m honest. I did make some cinnamon banana bread today, though! Nothing fancy, but delicious none the less.

I really do love baking and my starter has such a great tang to it now!

Go get something tasty from one (or more) of the many food trucks at Sierra Vista! It’s a Mangonada from for me! 🥭

I am certain that if there is an afterlife, Paul O'Grady’s spirit will be reunited with all the dogs he’s loved, that have gone before him. What a loss of such a loving, funny, kind, wonderful man.