New year’s resolutions. Believer or non-believer? Get fit & healthy, quit smoking, lose weight, spend more times on yourself / with your partner / with the kids, find a new job…
Like a lot of people, I have in prior years attempted many of the above and failed. I have repeated year after year the “get fit & healthy promise” and I’m still working on it. This year, I thought I would attempt something that is a bit more interesting to me and I would be more likely to stick with and hopefully accomplish something.
Generally, I’m a fairly decent cook. I can quite easily whip up a pretty good dinner from whatever is left in the fridge and I enjoy preparing 4-course dinner parties. I often get compliments from my partner and friends, so I must be alright. However, my cooking skills are exactly that, cooking. I cannot bake. Not that I’ve had much practise, but I really can’t whip up an amazing cake or even half decent cookies! Maybe my 2012 challenge is to learn how. I’m living in Europe where some of the best pastry / dessert chefs are in the world and you just have to search on the internet “cooking classes” and there are plenty to choose from just in London alone. Perhaps, I could learn to become a half decent pastry / dessert cook while living here?
Sounds like a delicious resolution. I have to say I love baking, especially cakes when they rise (hopefully) I feel like a child because I still think it cool that I made it happen ( or the rising agent did….) My only advice is at no point think about how much fat it takes to make pastries!!
Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely try not to think about it!… or take up running….
Start with Scones and work your way up. That’s what I have done! These are the easiest of all.
Good luck. I’ll read with eagerness your future posts.