
Baking – Shortbread



I’ve needed to write a short blog to catch up on some of my recent bakes and food images. So here goes. First up is a Lemonopita, a Greek Lemon Pie. The idea for making this came about after we discovered lemon pie in a new Greek bakery in Bristol. It’s the same as a Greek Orange Pie, made with crushed filo pastry, but uses a lemon syrup, rather than orange syrup, to soak the cake.
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It’s been a while since I posted a baking blog so here are some images of a cake I bought and had delivered last week. It’s called a Bertha and it’s a huge slice of layered chocolate sponge and dark chocolate ganache. Berthas are made by a bakery in Leeds, UK, called Get Baked and they have become a huge social media hit. I’ve debated over ordering a slice for some time and all I can say now, having sampled one, is that Bertha is fantastic and didn’t disappoint.
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After a disappointing month for sales in January, things picked up in February and I returned to my rough average of about 10-15 sales per month. On a negative note, I also had a problem with a Alamy’s exclusivity rules and they fined me $150.
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