(Since those days I've gotten over my pickiness and I even like the extra sweetness raisins provide in Irish soda bread and hot cross buns.)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Hot cross buns
When I was a girl, I abhorred dried fruits in baked goods, especially raisins or currants. When I visited England for the first time at age 11, I was dismayed to find that every tea room we visited only offered fruit scones. At last, on our final day in London, I found civilization -- a.k.a. The Ritz -- where one was given a choice of currant or plain scones!
(Since those days I've gotten over my pickiness and I even like the extra sweetness raisins provide in Irish soda bread and hot cross buns.)
(Since those days I've gotten over my pickiness and I even like the extra sweetness raisins provide in Irish soda bread and hot cross buns.)
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I'm a 31-year-old Christian. My hope is to live a quiet life filled with home and hearth, family and friends, loveliness and simplicity. I'm wife to Douglas (married October 2008) and mother to Edmund (born November 2009), Lavinia (born May 2012), and Rosamund (born February 2014).
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I feel the same way! I don't mind lemon scones, or even orange biscotti...but I don't think I'll ever enjoy fruit cake ; )
ReplyDeleteLovely bun, Laura. And plate, too. I have two recipes for the hot cross buns - one has mashed potato in it. I think I'll make the other one (I was thinking of making them for Easter).
ReplyDeleteHow interesting, Lisa -- I've never heard of a mashed potato variant. I hope your baking was a success!
ReplyDeleteThat bun looks really professional! (And the plate looks really British :)). Do you have a recipe for the bun? I am sure it is tasty!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
This Good Life
P.S. How did you find Afternoon Tea at the Ritz? I read mixed reviews. I enjoyed a lovely Afternoon Tea at the nearby Brown's Hotel instead (but then again, I am lucky enough to live in London :).
ReplyDeleteTGL, as a matter of fact, I believe the plate was made in England. :) The recipe is one I printed off the Internet last year and I'm not sure where I found it. I think I will be trying a different one next year as I found these buns to be a bit dry.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been back to the Ritz for tea since that experience 16 years ago, so I don't remember much about it. I mostly remember being bowled over by the ladies' bathroom -- so large and grand! LOL. I'd love to go back sometime. You are indeed fortunate to be living in London! :)