This cake takes 2 nights to make. The sponge will need to be prepared the day before assembly, as will the aquafaba syrup. Then the finished cake will need to… [Continue Reading]
Various Baking Notes
Butter is 80% fat. So if substituting butter with a 100% fat (such as vegetable shortening like Cookeen or Trex, or lard) use 20% less than the butter quanitity in… [Continue Reading]
All About Poppies
Poppies have 4 – 6 petals. Usually the number of petals in a flower falls into the Fibonacci Number Sequence, however poppies buck this trend. Here are general instructions on… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Apple Charlotte Cake
Ingredients Apples (peeled, corked and chopped) – 300gEggs – 2Sugar 50gGF bread flour – 125gBaking powder – 1/2tsp Instructions Bake at 180 C Fan for 30 minutes in 18cm tin…. [Continue Reading]
Extended Shoulder Bodice Adaptation
These adaptations need to be done on a pattern with no seam allowances. All measurements are in centimetres (cm). In the diagrams, the green lines are the original pattern lines,… [Continue Reading]
Haslam: Issue 23, Coronation 1953, Fig. 11.
How I Started This was my first time using the Haslam System, I found it really confusing. I made the Haslam block using the special curve ruler and the foundation… [Continue Reading]
Cheat’s Borodinsky Bread
Real Borodinsky bread is extraordinarily time consuming to make! This is a simpler bread recipe with a nod to the taste of the real thing and with added seeds.
Drop Shoulder Kimono Sleeve Adaptation
These adaptations need to be done on a pattern with no seam allowances. All measurements are in centimetres (cm). In the diagrams, the green lines are the original pattern lines,… [Continue Reading]
Straight skirt following instructions from 1962
Once again I’m following the book “Dress With Taste” by Voevodina V.D. and Dubinina R.B. All measurements are in Centimetres, and width measurements are divided in half. The book suggests… [Continue Reading]
Green Velvet 1940s Halo
Description A halo and crown hat, covered in a deep green silk velvet. Decorated with true vintage gold decoration and beading. Lined in non-shiny black satin. Attaches to the head… [Continue Reading]