
Royal wedding cake
I used my herman sourdough starter to create a wonderfully moist vanilla sponge cake. I used the following recipe for each layer (the orginal instructions are listed below) Vanilla Cake 1/5 of your herman starter 150g Self raising flour, 3 beaten eggs, 150g caster sugar, 1tsp of vanilla extract 100ml of oil. Combine […]

Home made fruit scones
I wanted to find some more recipes that used Herman (sweet sourdough starter) I have slightly modified this recipe from the bbc to incorporate herman and I have also added some mixed dried fruit. Ingredients 225g/8oz self raising flour pinch of salt 55g/2oz butter 25g/1oz caster sugar 150ml/5fl oz milk or 60ml of Herman […]

Sunday Cycle Ride
A few weeks a ago I bought a bike, but I haven’t been able to really go out on it. I think I need to explain that I haven’t really been cycling since I learnt to drive, which is a few years ago. I wasn’t sure if I could still ride a bike, so I […]