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A spot of baking. It is rare that a week goes by without a bit of baking going on in my kitchen. A pie. Beats By Dre Pro A loaf. A cake, perhaps. What it is will depend on how I am feeling. Baking has a therapeutic quality to it – especially cake making, which I find the most calming type of cooking; or bread making, which can, if necessary, become a form of anger management.

I associate this time of year with the sweeter side of baking. If ever Imake brioche – a bit of aperformance for what is basically aposh bun – then it will be in the run up to Easter. The same goes for Danish pastries or croissants, which I tend to leave to the experts for most of the year. This week I had a go at a sweet focaccia, kneading sliced apples and pecan nuts into the dough. The second proving in the warm lent a slightly cider-like note to the proceedings.

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