85. Lessons in Shortbread

It's been a while but it's good to speak with you again! Today I'm talking about what I saw and ate in Rome... and 3 chic 'any time' cakes including an orange ring cake made in a blender, a banana thyme cake and an egg-free vanilla cake with glossy ganache. [email protected]

After a very eventful few months and a long hiatus, we are so back!! And I'm finally talking about semi-freddo and DIY Vienetta, including my base recipe and a Snickers semifreddo recipe. Actually perfect dinner party dessert. Plus, if you make the semifreddo you might have leftover egg yolks and if you don't want to make custard you might want to make delicious egg yolk chocolate chip cookies - featured here as a bonus recipe. If you have any recipes or general THOUGHTS about LEMON CAKE, BREAD or anything else please get in touch at [email protected] or message me on Instagram - @rinisprobablybaking Much love to you all. Rin :)

In this episode Rin speaks about why olive oil is so important and fantastic; choosing the right olive oil for baking; and no less than 6 recipes using olive oil. There's an olive oil almond cake with burnt honey cream, a moussey chocolate olive oil cake (GF) and a Venetian carrot cake (GF). Then there's tender vanilla and olive oil cookies, cardamom olive oil shortbread and preserved lemon olive oil cookies. Recipes, pictures etc: homebaking.substack.com Reach me at: [email protected] Follow me at: @rinisprobablybaking on Instagram

This episode is inspired by brunsviger and sweet focaccia. I talk a little about each, share a base recipe then three topping ideas: dark brown sugar with cinnamon, salted honey butter and cherry and rosemary. Newsletter/website: homebaking.substack.com Email me: [email protected]

In this episode I talk about adapting to temporarily not having an oven, responsible foraging, wild garlic scones and ricotta pancakes with berry compote (both of which can be made on the stove or in the oven!). Make sure you're subscribed: homebaking.substack.com Get in touch: [email protected]

In the second of my revisits to old topics, we're thinking about brownies. The most decadent brownies, the most balanced brownies, the most different brownies. Perfection, diversified. Written recipes: homebaking.substack.com Email: [email protected]

All the things I've gotten wrong... some things I've gotten right... and things I do differently now since episode 1. I also talk about things I've been eating recently in Iceland and London. Our featured recipes are a luxury all-butter spiced shortbread (spiced with nigella, caraway, coriander or cumin seeds) and a twice-baked pecan shortbread. <3 NEWSLETTER: homebaking.substack.com IG: homebakingpod EMAIL: [email protected] New theme music: Jon Björk via Epidemic sound

...and some actual donuts! In this episode we're looking back on the best bakes of 2023 and talking about 3 donut or donut-adjacent things: a giant donut bundt cake, apple donut bites and West African puff puffs. Then we look forward into 2024 and what's on my to-bake list then and over the festive period. Wishing you very happy holidays and a happy new year! Rin x homebaking.substack.com [email protected]

In this episode I try my hand at lemon shortbread (for the purposes of this episode I am counting shortbread as pastry), lemon bars, lemon meringue pie and lemon shaker pie!! Some trials and tribulations happened as well as some major successes - listen to find out what and why! Recipes and notes: homebaking.substack.com Email me: [email protected] Next ep: Donuts!

This week we're talking about a delicious lime posset (creamy set pudding from England) and a light milk pudding from the middle East called muhallabieh. Plus we'll deep-dive into a special ingredient from Syria and Lebanon: an apricot fruit leather called ammardeen. Read and subscribe to the newsletter: homebaking.substack.com Email me: [email protected] Please note, episodes will be monthly from now on <3 <3