A simple sponge cake batter had to be aerated for an hour ... But then, everything Francatelli did was turned up to 11. His mincemeat recipe contained sirloin of beef, poached pears, crystallised ...
I do not. My mother loathed time spent at the stove. My grandma, a classic 1950s cook, showed off by doctoring a boxed cake mix with a tub of sour cream. Which meant that when I started baking ...