Baker’s pretend they like to keep things simple. Just flour, water, salt and time is what we like to say. Really we’re just like everyone else when we look hopefully under the Christmas tree - wishing for some more baking kit that’ll make life more interesting or some baking know-that’ll raise our game.

Here’s a few ideas for you to treat the baker in your life….

New baking classes for 2025

Baking with wholegrains: Learn to bake bread for health AND flavour. This class will teach you the skills to work with a variety of whole-grains, including learning how to mill grains yourself to achieve different textures in your bread.

We’ll be mixing and shaping a range of doughs using both sourdough and yeasted long fermentation methods and working with locally sourced grains

Pasteis de Nata:This 3 hour class will teach you how to make the iconic Pasteis de Nata - egg custard tarts infused with lemon zest and cinnamon encased in a buttery layered then rolled puff pastry shell. Described as one of ‘Portugal's Seven Wonders of Gastronomy’ this little treat will perhaps take you back to memories of Lisbon and will wow your friends and family when you recreate it at home.

Scandinavian sweet buns. This new half day class for 2025 is all about buns! Create memorable ‘’fika’ moments for you and your family as you learn to make, shape and bake a versatile sweet enriched dough for fruity custard buns, cardamon knots and cinnamon buns.

Newsflash……

New Sourdough baking class dates added to my website for January and February 2025!