Honey Walnut Bread

Scald 1 cup of milk, add 1 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of sugar, stir over a medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Cool the mixture. Beat together 1/4 cup soft unsalted butter and 2 egg yolks. Sift together 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda. Sift the flour into the batter and blend it thoroughly. Fold in 1/2up walnuts coarsley chopped. Pour the batter into a buttered and lined loaf tin and bake in a moderately slow oven for approximately 1 hour, or until tested done. Leave the loaf in the pan for 15 minutes and turn it out on a wire rack to cool. Serve thinly sliced, with butter and honey or cream cheese and preserves.

I also include this bread; fresh or toasted,  on my cheese platters, along with crackers. It tastes wonderful with a good Camembert or Roquefort.

Flower Spikes

Sugar is a preservative and besides being an attractive decoration for the cake underneath, it is there to protect it from bacteria and prevent drying out.

The wires used in making sugar flowers are not edible and should not be pushed directly into the cake through the icing surface. Food grade plastic picks are available, which, when pushed into the cake, create a good seal as well as providing a holder for wired flower arrangements.

Glass Riolling Pins

It is believed glass rolling pins were introduced in 1870's or 1880's,

The Etruscans are thought to be the first people to have used rolling pins for food preparation. In more modern kitchens, rolling pins can be found made of wood, ceramic, marble, stainless steel, copper, aluminum and silicone but seldom does a glass rolling pin turn up in a drawer.

As for the hole-in-one end of this rolling pin, it was there to allow cold water to be placed inside the barrel. The end was sealed with a cork. This cold water facilitated the dough-rolling process by keeping such items as puff pastry cool, and the water gave the rolling pin more heft for pushing and rolling the dough.

In the 19th century, rolling pins could be quite elaborate. Some were painted with images of ships and messages such as "A Present From a Friend" or "A Present to My Mother From Her Son." Glass examples were spattered with several types and colors or came in solid colors that ran the gamut from clear colourless to red, blue, green and white.

Limited stock, as selling quickly.
Orders being taken awaiting next delivery from USA.

CUTTERS

Awareness 4"Ribbon Cookie Cutter

This cutter is ideal for Cancer Council Fund Raisers for Breast Cancer or Prostate Cancer.





For RSPCA supporters, we also have mini cutters for cupcakes in stock.

Dog House Cookie Cutter 4"

Dog Bone Cookie Cutter 3.75".

                     

DIAMONTE BUCKLES

Small Bling Buckles: Heart shape; Round; Square approximately 2cm wide.

DIAMONTE CROSSES

The Crosses Pink and Silver; Blue and Silver; Clear and Silver

BLING!!

Rings in two sizes Medium and Large