Fold in the Flour ...

Well, I hope you all had a fabulous New Year's Eve last night and were not suffering too much this morning! Let's hope that 2013 is a good one! A quick 'thank you' to those who entered my First Blog Birthday competition. Your support is really appreciated. As promised, Mike has just pulled from the hat the name of the winner, and congratulations go to Miss C Flash of Food Glorious Food . If you email me with your address via susie(at)foldintheflour(dot)com, I'll get them posted to you as soon as possible. I hope you enjoy them and I can't wait to see what recipes you try out! Best Wishes, Susie

Wow, it seems amazing to think that I hit 'publish' on my first blog post a year ago today! The year - and the baking that has accompanied it - has been incredible.   So many things I thought I would never get around to trying, but the blog has helped me to focus. I started the blog by making my first fruit cake  for Christmas, even if it was from one of those festive, Christmas Cake mixes. Many, many cupcakes, have been made, including these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes which were my first experiment with fillings. I've baked my first batch of macarons , and made different kinds since, experimenting with different nuts. Pistachio Macaron with Dark Chocolate Ganache I've made a chocolate roulade . I've made  Red Velvet Cupcakes ,  Blue Velvet Cupcakes and a Red, White and Blue Cake for the Jubilee. I've made Sourdough Bread , with a little help from Dan Lepard. I've got my pastry mojo back, and even tried choux . Chocolat