Nailed the brioche!

If a picture paints a thousand words, I wonder what the word count is for the smell of freshly baked cinnamon brioche. Until technology advances, you're stuck with looking at these babies...



I believe the word is voila!

The perfect coffee break: with freshly baked blueberry, passionfruit, white chocolate brioche

I'm not one to shrink from self-praise; they were awesome. Definitely worth a night of the dough proving in the fridge. I strayed from the cinnamon sugar rolls to a passionfruit, berry filling as well, but Neil, clearly a brioche purist, prefers the cinnamon. The berry ones were delish, but I  have to reluctantly agree. Thank you to the wonderful Ripe recipe book (kindly lent from Ange and Crawford).

Cook books have become my friend since I've started this challenge and I've earmarked an overwhelming number of goodies to add to the baking list. The Hummingbird Cafe blueberry muffins were perhaps my best yet, but since then I've produced some yummy boysenberry and white chocolate ones from good old Alison Holst and even some of my own creations turned out well... so maybe I'm just getting the hang of it!

On the path to muffin greatness: blueberry bad boys

Dan & Emily 'help' with the baking

Lemon drizzle cake and chocolate caramel slice also made their way out of the oven and into the mouths of friends. The base of the slice was too coconutty and there was too much of it in comparison to the caramel and chocolate - in my opinion at least; everyone else was too nice to offer any criticism (note Neil wasn't there - he doesn't hold back). The drizzle cake seemed to improve over the next few days. Definitely make that one again.

Chocolate caramel slice and lemon drizzle cake

(L-R) Vicky, Crawford, Cara and assorted children sample the morning tea fare

Have some serious cakes to make soon with Emily's and Dad's birthdays fast approaching. Emily's cake request is simple - she wants a 'pink one'. So watch this space...
TTFN!