National Baking Week

First celebrated June 1 - 7 2020

National Baking Week was run by Rose.

Last Wednesday (well in advance to make sure we had all the ingredients) Rose sent us all an ingredient list for a secret recipe:

• Unsalted butter
• Semi-Sweet chocolate bar, coarsely chopped*
• Granulated Sugar
• 3 Eggs, room temperature
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• Unsweetened Natural or Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder
• All-Purpose Flour
• Salt
• Optional: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

On Day 1 we had to guess what we thought the secret recipe was and tell Rose what our favourite sweet  treat is.

Guesses for the secret recipe:

• Cookies
• Brownies

Favourite sweet treat:

• Cookies
• Ice cream
• Eton mess
• Really squidgy, fudgy chocolate cake with a bit of raspberry jam or coulis in it and whipped cream
• Lime cheese cake

On Day 2 we discussed our favourite chocolate.  White chocolate and any chocolate were mentioned but most people's fave is 70% cocoa solids, organic and expensive.

On Day 3 us oldies tried to educate the youth of today with talk of vintage sweets:

• Kali
• Sherbert fountains
  
• Swizzles double dip
  
• Pear drops
• Cola cubes
• Chewy nuts
• Rainbow drops

On Day 4 we shared our favourite places to eat cake:

• Betty's of York where Tam's favourite treat is a fat rascal or two.
  
• Gillams Tearoom where mum likes to have a kid's afternoon tea 😉
  
• Lisboa bakery and grill in Kitchener where you can get a fabulous Portuguese cake or two
  
• Nougat bakery and deli where I bought my birthday cake this year
  

On Day five the recipe for chocolate brownies was revealed.  You will find it here courtesy of Sally's Baking Addiction.  We made it on Friday night and it was delicious and highly recommended, I took a very bad photo and it was eaten before I got around to any attempt at styling it.