A good friend of mine, knows I love to bake and cook,
so the other day she told me "You have to watch The Great
British Bake Off - you'll love it". Taking note of her recommendation,
I began to watch this BBC 2 programme, and yes, my friend was right …..I love
it. What's not to like? Every type of baking you can imagine, old favourite
deserts and cakes, along with more complicated and sophisticated recipes. The
two judges are highly skilled and professional, Mary Berry is totally charming,
and as for Paul Hollywood, he's captured the attention of women in England by the apron strings; he can come and whisk my egg whites into stiff
peaks any-time!
Last night I went to bed at 9:30pm, fell asleep, but
woke up at 01:00 and found I was unable to get back to sleep. Unfortunately insomnia
has returned, and I'm quite peeved! I was in a lot of pain, and although I usually
write when I can't sleep, the pain was too distracting, so I decided to do what
a fellow sufferer does and turns to baking when he can't sleep at night. I made
his ginger biscuits the other day which were most successful, but fancied
making something I had seen on The British Bake Off programme. I ended up
spending the night on-line and found Paul Hollywood's recipe for a yeast apricot couronne, and got busy baking. It turned out delicious, although it didn't look quite as perfect as seen on television, I think Paul would not judge me too harshly considering I have Parkinson's. It was ready and waiting on the kitchen counter just in time for breakfast. My family awoke to the smell
of freshly baked couronne and my husband needless to say was delighted and wants to
thank my friend for telling me about The Great British Bake Off which I am now
addicted to watching. However, I'm not so sure this latest activity in the middle
of the night is going to be that good for my waist line.
Next time my friend recommends me watching a particular
television programme, hopefully it won't involve any calories!
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