What's the last thing you baked?

I just made some chocolate chip cookies, and some toffee chip cookies. I have two pumpkin pies ready to go into the oven.

Sausage rolls.  Yumm.

Sausage rolls.  Yumm.

Big yum! What recipe do you use? I'd love to make some!

I made madeleines for the first time, since I picked up a silicone madeleine mould last week. I used this David Lebovitz recipe (though I looked at my book instead), but I used a mixture of lemon and orange zest and left off the glaze.

They were totally delicious, and I didn't have to grease or free the silicon moulds at all. There was a frankly horrifying amount of melted butter in there but they were SO much better than the palm oil ones you get in corner shops here. Really just like Paris!!

I made madeleines for the first time, since I picked up a silicone madeleine mould last week. I used this David Lebovitz recipe (though I looked at my book instead), but I used a mixture of lemon and orange zest and left off the glaze.

They were totally delicious, and I didn't have to grease or free the silicon moulds at all. There was a frankly horrifying amount of melted butter in there but they were SO much better than the palm oil ones you get in corner shops here. Really just like Paris!!

David is my hero, I love him to bits.
If you're at all interested in homemade ice-cream, than "the perfect scoop" is a wonderful book.

Whole grain banana nut muffins are in the oven as we speak.

David is my hero, I love him to bits.
If you're at all interested in homemade ice-cream, than "the perfect scoop" is a wonderful book.

I got his "Ready for Dessert" book for Christmas, and that has a bunch of ice cream recipes in it. I can't say that I'm that excited about ice cream (though my mom is a total ice cream fiend, I'll only have it once or twice a month). I'm much more tempted by his baked goods.

Oh, and his chocolate cherry "fruitcake" recipe was our wedding cake, so I"m chuffed to have the recipe in book form now.

Have you got "The Sweet Life in Paris"? It's total laugh out loud funny, and I bought it for two different friends before I was even halfway through. The madeleine recipe is in there, too, and a bunch of places I want to visit when we're next over in Paris in March...

I got his "Ready for Dessert" book for Christmas, and that has a bunch of ice cream recipes in it. I can't say that I'm that excited about ice cream (though my mom is a total ice cream fiend, I'll only have it once or twice a month). I'm much more tempted by his baked goods.

Oh, and his chocolate cherry "fruitcake" recipe was our wedding cake, so I"m chuffed to have the recipe in book form now.

Have you got "The Sweet Life in Paris"? It's total laugh out loud funny, and I bought it for two different friends before I was even halfway through. The madeleine recipe is in there, too, and a bunch of places I want to visit when we're next over in Paris in March...

Yah I have everything he's done. I follow his blog regularly as well, I really like his style and he's just so sweet and unassuming. I love his little tales of French life and how rude people are about him until they realise he can speak French, his love of France is really infectious as well.

I very rarely have Ice cream, but when I do it has to be home-made, love it up, it tastes so amazing.

I also love that he churns ice cream in his bedroom and when writing the Perfect Scoop was giving it away to his postman and his landlady. He's totally loveable.

I love his little tales of French life and how rude people are about him until they realise he can speak French, his love of France is really infectious as well.

Yes! Me, too! A lot of his stories remind me of David Sedaris's monologues about expat life in France, too.

My half marathon in Paris runs right near the Bastille and I'm half tempted to drop him a comment on his blog to see whether he's aware his Sunday will (yet again) be disrupted for another event round there. Though this time without a protest.

Yes! Me, too! A lot of his stories remind me of David Sedaris's monologues about expat life in France, too.

My half marathon in Paris runs right near the Bastille and I'm half tempted to drop him a comment on his blog to see whether he's aware his Sunday will (yet again) be disrupted for another event round there. Though this time without a protest.

He often replies on twitter so you can get him there. He posted pics of his new apartment today, finally, after spending 7 months buying it!

Just pulled a perfect batch of star shaped sugar cookies out of the oven, no spread! Sadly I fear for the second batch which I think were in the freezer a bit too long.... I sense condensation.

On the plus side, there's more dough in the fridge (woot!)

I made a 6 layer rainbow cake for my son's first birthday (each layer a different colour)! It was super cute. Also made my first Swiss meringue butter cream, which was yummy.


Also, count me another David Lebovitz fan!

Yesterday I made David Lebovitz's madeleine recipe again, but (by request of the husband) included chopped up glace cherries instead of citrus zest. They were excellent, and all 27 were devoured by the four of us within a few hours.

Chocolate cake

Macarons....but uh, if anyone asks, I just made half a batch