Baking fun

I have been doing quite a bit of baking lately. I baked bread last week, tonight I made some butterfly cakes. I’m really starting to get back into it now. I wish I had pictures, but a relative has borrowed our camera cable and it hasn’t been returned yet. My next goal is to make some muffins, hopefully I can have a bash at them sometime next week.

I want to cook more, I’m sick of ordering our food in. I want to be able to make delicious meals that I can tolerate. I can’t seem to eat most of my own cooking, I have no idea why. I don’t think I have much confidence in myself when it comes to cooking. Sean loves the meals I make and encourages me to get into the kitchen more. I have been looking in our cooking book to find recipes I like the sound of, I have seen a few and will have a go at them. I hope to document my cooking in this blog, hopefully sharing my experiences with others will encourage me to keep it up. I want to be able to photograph my work, but I can’t without this darn cable.

I ought to like cooking more than I do, I always used to help my nan in the kitchen. I especially liked helping with the baking and being able to lick the spoon afterwards. We used to sing songs while mixing ingredients, I can’t remember what they were though. My nan is my inspiration, not only in cooking but in life. She was an amazing cook and amazing human being. I remember how I always used to nag at her so we could start baking, she used to get quite cross with me but I feel deep down she was glad I was so enthusiastic. I remember she used to always use a big, beige ceramic bowl. After she passed away it disappeared, but I happened to find one exactly the same in a charity shop. I now use this bowl for all my baking, it’s sentimental to me. I only wish it was the original bowl my nan had.