tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post2021226252874342081..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Baking and Bill MaxwellStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31252386790469669592009-08-11T11:26:22.890+01:002009-08-11T11:26:22.890+01:00Funny you should mention The Element of Lavishness...Funny you should mention The Element of Lavishness, catalpa - I just bought it online a few days ago. Waiting for it to arrive...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24969071164504824822009-08-11T09:10:58.956+01:002009-08-11T09:10:58.956+01:00The William Maxwell book sounds marvellous, I will...The William Maxwell book sounds marvellous, I will seek it out. Have you ever read The Element of Lavishness, a collection of his correspondence with Sylvia Townsend Warner? I recommend it to anyone who likes either writer.<br /><br />Oh, and the cakes look great.Tanya Izzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229305256800572696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36242010663335640282009-08-07T12:09:55.570+01:002009-08-07T12:09:55.570+01:00You have many treats ahead of you with the wonderf...You have many treats ahead of you with the wonderful, wonderful William Maxwell! My favourite of all is TIME WILL DARKEN IT...do try it when you've been through your others. He's marvellous. I am eschewing your cakes, however. I scrolled right past them, as I'm on a weightloss regime! Bet they were scrumptious!adele gerasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66725420757222874112009-08-04T01:31:36.589+01:002009-08-04T01:31:36.589+01:00Yum! I think you have more varieties of sugar tha...Yum! I think you have more varieties of sugar than me - though I also have several honeys and agave nectar. Oh, and maple syrup. Do those count?Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65364498720088393512009-08-03T22:04:20.804+01:002009-08-03T22:04:20.804+01:00please bring cake to work. especially as you told ...please bring cake to work. especially as you told everyone i was a drunk.<br />lgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42658312100642856932009-08-03T20:15:35.125+01:002009-08-03T20:15:35.125+01:00That baking looks very impressive. We had a big te...That baking looks very impressive. We had a big tea party at work today filled with over 200 cakes and I shamefully forgot to bake one and bring in, appaulling behaviour. <br /><br />Haven't read any Maxwell but this sounds and interesting read, and with a rave review of his writing I can't miss that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13207482840486666702009-08-03T16:59:42.584+01:002009-08-03T16:59:42.584+01:00I'd love the recipe for the chocolate orange c...I'd love the recipe for the chocolate orange cake. Is it as simple as it sounds i.e. use orange-flavoured chocolate in the mix? Or is it more fiddly than that?Green Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812805199173514409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78610088836505257092009-08-03T08:55:52.221+01:002009-08-03T08:55:52.221+01:00I adore Maxwell and have spent a great deal of blo...I adore Maxwell and have spent a great deal of blog space encouraging people to read him. The Chateau is my particular favourite. <br /><br />The cakes look utterly splendid!litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37234857165793813852009-08-03T08:14:47.940+01:002009-08-03T08:14:47.940+01:00Stuck in a baking tin wouldn't be so good for ...Stuck in a baking tin wouldn't be so good for a cake really :p Your cakes look good, and I'm a big fan of baking too and baking blogging. You've just reminded me that I haven't posted about this week's bake of the week yet (chocolate cherry cupcakes!).<br /><br />BTW - I hope you've managed to find Fair Trade versions of most of your sugars!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10971806921168060442009-08-03T05:40:41.392+01:002009-08-03T05:40:41.392+01:00I read this book with Cornflower and loved it. I&#...I read this book with Cornflower and loved it. I've gone on to other Maxwells and all are quite wonderful. A great, and far too little known, writer.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-54843968201911844212009-08-03T00:45:30.226+01:002009-08-03T00:45:30.226+01:00Simon, Your chocolate orange sponge looks fantasti...Simon, Your chocolate orange sponge looks fantastic! The sponge bit definitely looks a lot lighter in texture than mine did so if you don't mind passing on your recipe when you have a minute that would be lovely. You should really try a cream cheese frosting sometime on your carrot cake muffins, it tastes much better than it sounds, promise. Stuck-in-a-Baking-Tin should make an appearance every now and again, I like it!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35192033464428321112009-08-03T00:33:08.639+01:002009-08-03T00:33:08.639+01:00Please, please start up Stuck-in-a-Baking-Tin. I n...Please, <i>please</i> start up Stuck-in-a-Baking-Tin. I need some way to live vicariously through the awesome cakes of others, given that I don't have the time or the energy to bake anything myself at the moment.<br /><br />Although I did make drop scones last week. They were surprisingly tasty the next morning.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303312993857949172noreply@blogger.com