Last of this lot

Baking for beginners

Jul6

New Zealands Hottest Home Baker is on TV at the moment, and I keep getting asked why I don’t bake any more. I actually love baking, but I love eating it as well and therein lies the rub. (Butter into flour till fine crumbs.)
I’m trying to lose weight and not succeeding very well and to start baking would be tantamount to piling on more pounds. Mind you, it is winter and one needs comfort food, although today, instead of working, Tim and I have been sitting outside in the brilliant sunshine, just soaking up the rays. If only winter could be like this every day.
Back to baking. I have been reading Marian Keyes “Saved by Cake” , ” her extremely honest account of her recent battle with depression and how baking helped her. A complete novice in the kitchen, Marian decided to bake a cake for a friend, and that was it – she realized that baking was what she needed in order to get.  her through each day. And so she baked, and she wrote her recipes down, and little by little the depression has started to lift, along with her sponges… ” ( from the blurb of the book.
This is a lovely baking book, so many yummies to try, and also an incredibly honest account of a nervous breakdown and how she managed to come through to the other side. She is an inspiration, and I’m going to give her therapy a try.
“Off to the kitchen” she cries.

This entry was posted on July 6, 2013.