We Bake and We Bake
As we continue our time in Orient this summer, we find Les Trois Soeurs, Carol, Susan and Jeanne, baking away, and I do not mean in the sun on a beach.
We are following in the footsteps of Mary Berry, one of the judges on The Great British Baking Show. Have you watched it on Netflix? On each episode, amateur bakers vie for the top prize of Best Baker in the U.K by baking cakes, breads, pastries and desserts.
Mary Berry, a cookbook author, and Paul Hollywood, an artisan baker, were judges for a season or two. Jeanne, Susan and I were quite captivated by the show.
Susan borrowed Mary Berry's cookbook, Simple Cakes, from her library and brought it with her to Orient. Thank goodness the cakes were simple, because I was in no mood to work hard baking a cake. In Britain they call the goodies "bakes" as in "that's quite a good bake." If something goes wrong with bake, the contestants throw it in the "bin."
We are making the Simple Chocolate Cake with Fudge Icing. It did not go in the bin. We served it for dessert at our supper after the Oysterponds Historical Society Benefit. The cake turned out to be delicious although Jeanne and Susan proclaimed it too dry. I had no such complaint and happily gobbled up my portion.
Les Trois Soeurs (The Three Sisters) sporting the red
aprons I had customized with our names for the baking event.
I begin the sifting process.
More baking was going on in Jeanne's kitchen.
Here Jack and Sophie make a Pavlova -- a
meringue with fruit.
No day in Orient is complete without a Scrabble
game with Dave and Sue.
Dave's scorecard with drawings.
I believe he was winning.
Taking a break from the hot kitchen, we took the
ferry to Shelter Island and had lunch at
Marie Eiffel.
It was my pleasure to meet Marie after our fabulous lunch
on the deck overlooking the bay.
A Bientot
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