Baking

Gifts for Kids Who Love to Bake: How to Build a Real Baking Kit

What goes in a real (not toy) baking set for a child, by age: tools and tins sized for small hands, cookbooks…

Why licking the spoon is riskier than it looks. The part most people miss is the flour, not the eggs, and the…

Whole apples baked with a filling of raisins, spice and brown sugar until soft enough to eat with a spoon. The scoring…

A smooth, gently spiced pumpkin pie with a crisp base. How to stop a soggy bottom, how to tell when the custard…

Chocolate cupcakes with orange and chocolate buttercream and a shower of sprinkles. The colouring trick that stops the icing going runny, and…

A soft, spiced pumpkin loaf studded with chocolate chips. Tinned or homemade purée, the spice mix, and why it is even better…

Soft spiced muffins packed with small pieces of apple. How to stop the fruit sinking, why you stop stirring early, and how…

Tall, light scones in half an hour. Why you must not twist the cutter, why the dough should look under-mixed, and how…

Soft white rolls with one rise and no mixer. How to tell when the dough is kneaded enough, and the trick for…

A reliable all-in-one cupcake and a buttercream that isn't sickly. Why room-temperature ingredients matter and how full to fill the cases.

A properly crunchy crumble topping, the apples that hold their shape, and why cold butter matters more than anything else in the…

Soft in the middle, crisp at the edge. Why the dough needs chilling, why you pull them out looking underdone, and how…