Vanilla Vanilla Vanilla...

A true baker's kitchen is not complete without vanilla. The smell of pure vanilla is beautifully intense and always brings good memories.

However, there seems to be a lot of products with artificial vanilla flavouring... and I can't do artifical flavours. So vanilla aroma for my cakes is out of the question! Go extract!! Unfortunately I cannot find it anywhere only vanilla pods. 

Luckily I follow some amazing bakers online and one of my favourite on youtube, yoyomax12, has made a very useful video on how to make your own vanilla extract.

I started a week ago so now my extract is in a dark cupboard maturing away! when it is ready for use I will show you my results. In the mean time here is Yoyomax12's video tutorial on how to make your own vanilla extract. Enjoy!

I sterilised my bottles as I used green glass water bottles. To do this all you have to do is place them in a  cooking pot submerged in water (only enough to cover the bottle opening). Bring to boil and let it sit in boiling water for 15 minutes(also place bottle screw cap in the water). Remove them from water with tongs and let them cool down on a kitchen cloth.