I can hear you from here... "Oh my goodness!" Yep... This is my sour-dough starter after it's been forgotten for weeks on the bench top at room temperature. And yep... I'm still using it now. And last yep... It had happened before. Because I'm the experimenting type and because I have guts of … Read More
{Epic Failure} How to massacre French baguettes
When you have autolysed flour and water for an hour, proofed dough for 2 hours, rested dough overnight, re-proofed for 1 hour, shaped and proofed for 1h30... and THIS happens... you just want to sit on the floor and cry. But what just happened is another lesson and apprentice baker such as I must … Read More
{epic failures} charcoal bread…
How can I put this... Well... This is my beautiful "two days in the making" bread which I put in the oven before leaving the house, with the oven timer on. This is how I realised that my oven's timer doesn't work. When I got back 3 hours later, I could smell smoke half way through the outdoor … Read More
{epic failures} Over-rising a sour-dough bread…
Zombie brains??? Nah, it's my bread just out of the oven. Another epic failure brought to you by The Flo Show. This is a sad one because that bread took two days to make. It is the result of having a very demanding day job, a new-found passion for food blogging, 3 kiddos, a house to manage and … Read More
{epic failures} how to make a giant cookie instead of six
Sometimes when you run out of something you have to be clever and find a suitable replacement. I felt so clever when I decided to use my silicon mat instead of baking paper I forgot to buy in my last shopping. As the mat is too big for my oven I thought it was a good idea to fold it on the … Read More