Showing posts with label Vegan Baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegan Baking. Show all posts

Friday, 12 June 2015

Long Time No Blog!

Well! What an eventful few months it has been.. Few months? Hmm.. Possibly a year.. huh! 
I thought I'd come back on here more as an outlet for everything that I have been doing recently, and possibly put up a few fancy recipes I've been working on lately. 

My life has changed significantly since I last posted. My partner and I split, I moved to a new house, and met some of the most amazing people in the world! 
I also went overseas (England, Scotland, Wales, and back to Hungary!), and have started a new relationship with a fantastic person. 

Before you ask, yes I still get to see my dogs (Suzie and Radley), though my ex has custody, we are still good friends, which allows me to spend as much time with them as I like. I do have custody of Domino (unfriendly cat), who has taken to living with Kate and myself, as she is now being fed double. 

I am still working at the vegan bakery, though I have been given an amazing opportunity to do some catering for another cafe in Canberra. Which means my own recipes, and much better hours! 

The amazing people I've met include the beautiful Katie, who has become one of the most important people in my life. She is definitely the one person I think I can tell anything at all without judgement. She let me cry at her after my break up with Travis, she helped me to get over that with lots of whisky and gin, and she even let me dye her hair blue (what a trooper)! She is an extremely smart lady who can play nearly every instrument you throw at her, and can drink most people under the table. 
The other amazing person in my life is Seb. 
Seb and I met a few months after the split, and it just so happened that he was working in the bar that I frequented with work colleagues while I was drowning myself in liquor to numb any feelings of loss and pain (mostly due to the loss of Suzie and Radley). He caught my eye immediately, though I hesitated to act due to the fact that he was now my barman (and nobody liked to screw things up with a good barman), and so I let my little infatuation go for a while. 
Then a while later I got very drunk.
Possibly drunker than that. 
Then drunker. 
And I (very indelicately) hit on him. 
He reciprocated, I stalked him on Facebook, and the rest is history! 
We've only been dating for ten months, but things seem to be traveling along smoothly. My parents adore him, he is extremely smart (studying industrial design at the University of Canberra), hard working, and an amazing person to talk to. Katie loves him too, which means our dates are frequently crashed.. 
Needless to say, I love him. 

OK! Well it seems we're mostly caught up! If I think of anything else, I'll be sure to put it up, but for now I'll start collating some of my new recipes for putting up! 

xox

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Vegan Croissants!

Holy mother of vegan baked goods!

I know what all of you are thinking:

"Impossible"
"What a nut-bag"
"How the?"
            etc etc.

FEAR NOT! Vegan croissants are possible!

I made this baby today after many many weeks of procrastinating:

Adorable little croissant!
I am so gosh-darned proud of myself right now!

I will have a recipe up soon!!!

Birthday Surprises and an Amazing Gift

1 week ago I turned 25…. It was devastating! I can't believe how quickly it snuck up on me!

My darling boyfriend decided to conspire with my sister and mother to have them spring a surprise visit on me. It was so beautiful! I hadn't seen my family in a few weeks, so this was quite emotional for me.. 
Travis took me out to lunch at a local vegetarian eatery (My Rainbow Dreams), we sat down, I ordered a yummy juice, and perused the menu. 
I looked up at Travis (blank face - he should play poker), who said "Surprise", and my sister and her partner grabbed me by the shoulders!!! 
2 minutes later my mum and step-dad sauntered up casually. 
I love my family.
We all spent a lovely lunch eating delicious vegan lunchables and enjoying each others company (and some scrummy brownies). 

After lunch my amazing family gave me my birthday present:

Cream Kitchen Aid

Are they not the best??? Is this not the BEST???
This is something I had been whinging and whining about for months to Travis, and basically anyone who had ears.. So I was (and obviously still am), so excited by this little beauty. 

Vegan Baking

So as I mentioned in a previous post, I have started a patisserie course here in Canberra.
It is pretty amazing. So far we have completed 5 weeks of baking with yeast.
Some photos below of some of the (non vegan) products we've made so far:



Baguettes

Chelsea Buns, or Cinnamon Scrolls depending where you're from ;-)

A little tin of smiling chelsea buns

Un-cooked little croissants - how adorable are these??

Finished products - Croissant

Cherry and apple danish

Aren't they cute? It has been SO much fun learning how to bake properly, in a proper kitchen, with proper equipment!

Here are some photos of some VEGAN goodies that I baked at home, so that Travis and I didn't feel so deprived after looking at all my scrumptious goodies from school:

Some basic bread rolls

Choc-chip peanut butter biscuits

Hot Cross buns (i didn't have a piping bag handy, so the "crosses" are a little skew-iff)

 My piping practice on some delicious chocolate cupcakes