Baking Made Easy (BBC2)

gillian62

I used fox choc creams & walnuts and they were gorgeous. I sort of used a combination of both recipes, and used Asda chocolate for cooking - 2 bars for £1, half bars of dark and milk choc. It made it a lot cheaper and no complaints at all. My first time at making brownies so quite pleased with them.

MrsE_2

freyasmum wrote: »

I LOVE vanilla bean paste!

A 310g bottle contains the equivalent to over 30 pods. Not bad value really when you consider that I've never seen a pod under £1.00 (in fact Asda has the cheapest at £2.50 for two). The bottle I've got costs £14.25 (43p/portion). On offer, they were £9.00 (27p).

You also get the prettiness of the beans and without the harshness of the alcohol in vanilla essence.

Do you get this one?

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/ocado-compare-prices/Home_Baking/Taylor_And_Colledge_Vanilla_Bean_Paste_65g.html

mummyjane

zippychick wrote: »

Make your own buttermilk by curdling the milk with vinegar or lemon juice. I mainly use synthetic lemon juice if i dont have fresh . Again, as i was watching i thought - why not just tell people how to make their own?!

I always buy buttermilk - didn't even consider making my own before Is it quite easy?

angeltreats

mummyjane wrote: »

I always buy buttermilk - didn't even consider making my own before Is it quite easy?

Yes Just had about a teaspoon of lemon juice to half a pint of milk and leave for a few minutes before using.

Have to be honest though, I do buy buttermilk for soda bread as I think it has a particular taste - might be an Irish thing though as I was raised on it

Plain yoghurt does the trick just as well if you have any going spare.

wssla00

MrsE wrote: »

Do you get this one?

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/ocado-compare-prices/Home_Baking/Taylor_And_Colledge_Vanilla_Bean_Paste_65g.html

That's the one I have and it lasts ages. I usually use extract in cakes and biscuits but paste in things like rice pudding and ice cream where the flecks look really interesting

freyasmum

MrsE wrote: »

Do you get this one?

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/ocado-compare-prices/Home_Baking/Taylor_And_Colledge_Vanilla_Bean_Paste_65g.html

No, this one



It's 310g, rather than 65g.

If you weren't going to use it a lot, then I guess I'd go for the little one (but nearest waitrose is a few miles away).

I do love that the flakes make everything all pretty

MrsE_2

angeltreats wrote: »

Yes Just had about a teaspoon of lemon juice to half a pint of milk and leave for a few minutes before using.

Have to be honest though, I do buy buttermilk for soda bread as I think it has a particular taste - might be an Irish thing though as I was raised on it

Plain yoghurt does the trick just as well if you have any going spare.

I always think yogurt is an odd substitute.

Yogurt is quite thick & buttermilk is thin.

GetRealBabe

freyasmum wrote: »

No, this one



It's 310g, rather than 65g.

If you weren't going to use it a lot, then I guess I'd go for the little one (but nearest waitrose is a few miles away).

I do love that the flakes make everything all pretty

Hi

Where can I buy this?

Thanks.

LJM

do they sell it in morrison'stesco's such like ?

zippychick

mummyjane wrote: »

I always buy buttermilk - didn't even consider making my own before Is it quite easy?

Give it a go and let us know how you get on. I give it a good shake so you "see" it curdling.

I think (and i'm no chemist) it's something to do with how it reacts with the other ingredients. I make wheaten bread all the time and it is highly lusted after!:p

(this recipe from pink - it's fandabbydozy!):D:rotfl::beer: