Custom whoppee pies for the:

3 three exhibition: An exhibition with Kerry Simmons, Kiera James and Oliver David

East London from 7-31st Oct 2011.

http://portal.stourspace.co.uk/3-three/

http://www.kierajames.com/

Cranes by Kiera James

This Summer I have been baking countless amounts of bread for the Hornbeam cafe, The Hornbeam Saturday Stall, The Hornbeam Box Scheme as well as the Growing Communities Market in Stoke Newington (see post below)

…………….Thats a lot of baking bread!

Even though its not been the best summer this year, it has been HOT in the kitchen! one of the popular jokes shared in the kitchen this summer was ‘i’m baking in here’. Yes funnier now than at the time. Okay, i’ll stop loafing around (har har) and get on with the pictures:

As part of the Hornbeam Baker’s Collective, I, and fellow baker Pilar, have been baking artisan breads for this market once a month on the first saturday: Vegan and Gluten free products such as Loaves, Sticky Buns, Garlic and Coriander Naans, Spelt buns, Onion Baps, Mini Gluten Free Loaves, Bagels and more. This market has been voted one of the top ten in the UK from Ecologist Magazine. it is an organic locally produced market. Please keep posted for upcoming dates:

http://www.growingcommunities.org/market/

Pizza is one of my favourite foods so why should I have to give it up because i’m gluten free?

That’s correct, I dont!

The secret to my great pizza, is the base, or is it the sauce? the toppings surely matter?

ok so its layers of goodness beginning with:

the base – a blend of secret flours, olive oil, water and yeast that yeilds a crisp crunchy crust

the sauce – slow cooked tomatoes with garlic, rosemary, basil and olive oil that yields a rich tangy flavour

and what ever toppings you fancy, I like lactose free cheese or no cheese at all and plenty of rocket!

** WATCH THIS SPACE** pizza base mixes are soon for sale and available to order at Naughty and Nice cakes!

You don’t need a birthday to celebrate those you love. You can celebrate them anytime and especially with coconut lime cupcakes: sweet and tangy and moist, as one celebrator commented the ‘moist amazing cupcakes’

photographs by http://www.christaholka.com

What perfect excuse to make and enjoy delicious dinner, drinks and dessert than a dinner party?!

Add to that a reunion with good people with lots to catch up on….

…makes for a perfect party and so the pressure was on to make the perfect pastry, success by the sounds of those eating the Apple Tartin and Rose-Apple Cupcakes I made, drizzled of course with creme anglaise….DELIGHTFUL!

For this special day I attempted to put as many berries as I could possibly fit onto this very berry cake…..I’m not giving away anyones age here..ahem… but lets say theres more than 30!

This is my Diploma and some graduation baked goods after attending the NorthWest Culinary Academy of Vancouver. For 3 months I Studied intensively to learn classical training in the following subjects:

I made these cupcakes for the opening reception of the ‘Interruption’ exhibiton by Artist Eshan Rafi.

In interruption, the artist engages in a process of active remembering – of family stories, public histories, and personal transformation. A multidisciplinary art exhibition, interruption foregrounds spaces of resistance and uses translation and interpretation to disrupt official narratives. The artist constructs a critical space that interrogates current and past events in Pakistan, while locating the self as a gender-variant, diasporic body that is implicated in, and subject to, histories.

I decided that these cupcakes would fit into the narrative after enjoying cardamon tea in the artists residence where we talked about their inspiration for their exhibition, their relationship to Pakistan and mine to India and how it affected our identities today. The flavours of cardamon take me back to my childhood, something I have inherited from my family who originated in India and is something I use today in my baking. The stories we spoke of sitting around the table conversing naturally became the inspiration for these cupcakes.