Earlier this year we ran an exclusive competition for one lucky baker to win a place on Dan Lepard’s Sweet Sourdough Bread & Cakes course hosted by Juniper & Rose Kitchen Garden School in October. Dan taught the group of keen bread bakers some original and delicious sourdough recipes including chocolate sourdough cakes, fruit focaccias and fruity sourdough loaves. Sweet...

We’ve long been supporters of the Real Bread Campaign and were pleased to hear about the launch of its latest campaign, Sourdough September. Throughout September, sourdough lovers across the UK are sharing the delights of the original form of leavened real bread in Britain’s first ever national sourdough celebration. If you haven’t got involved already, there’s still plenty of time...

The San Francisco Starter has been discontinued since this article was written and replaced with the BakeryBits Dried Sourdough Starter (Wheat). Goldrush San Francisco Starter The dried San Francisco starter is very easy to use and will get you started in the world of sourdough baking, quickly and effectively. Once activated, your starter will, if looked after through simple feeding...

More often than not I am asked what to do with the leftover starter that is normally discarded after refreshing sourdough starter ready for some bread baking. It seems a shame when it’s still relatively fresh and has developed such a lovely sour flavour to just throw it away.