A Day in Our Narrowboat Cake Shop
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- čas přidán 1. 04. 2021
- It's all going on this week, we've got deliveries to unwrap, cakes to bake, recipes to test and an engine to fix. All in a days work on this narrowboat Cafe!
For those of you just joining us, welcome! We're Vic and Jo and we've been narrowboating around the UK for the last few years on our 54ft narrowboat Zero. Last year we decided to give up our jobs in the city and add another boat to our fleet in hope of turning it into a travelling cafe and becoming full time boating baristas.
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Jo / Vic, I am beginning to see a possible problem with the economic business model for the Holly Café that needs immediate attention. VIC IS EATING ALL THE PROFITS!!!!!!
7:28 Jo's face lights up at the mention of the Post Office......... She loves the Post Office!
Jo look of anticipation of a visit to the Post Office, priceless. 🤗
Congratulations on your marriage, you two! 👏👏& Jo, your cakes are lovely!
Wait did you say wedding pictures? Please tell me where they are I can't wait to see them!!! Just love watching your journey.
You could do with some shelves on the bank side windows to display your cakes, maybe the shelves could be swappable from one side of the boat to the other. Your customers can see what's on offer and prices etc Just a thought ?
Hello from stateside near the Erie Canal in New York. Hands up who thinks Jo should go on the Great British Bake Off 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Cutting Edge - Breaking News - Hard Questions - That's the Quotes from the Cut! love it!
Baby Moore hens(orange bill) and baby Coots (white bill) look like tiny puffs of smoke. Like the soot characters in My friend Totoro 🙂
New here. But wow, this is exactly the kind of couple you REALLY want to do well and be a success. They absolutely deserve it. Just so likeable. 🥰 love from Scotland 🏴
Post Office Aholic, Not sure what the cure is. LOL
Haha. Love Vic’s “comings and goings” impromptu.😊❤️
adore the way you mimic each other lol
Those cakes oh so wonderful. I just hope you get to Braunston /top of the South Oxford sometime in mid May otherwise I'll just have to head up the Coventry until I find you. Jo you should consider writing a recipe book next winter. I'm sure it will sell like hot cakes!
Jo writing a recipe book sounds wonderful, Title "Tasty Treats by Jo!" She would look beautiful on the cover holding a cake in the Cafe apron!!
Hi Jo, Vic, Loved this week's Vlog, it reminds me of a "fly-on-the-wall" Documentary, but without all the shouting. Love the way you both talk to each other, so nice. I hope you enjoyed your trip to the Post Office Jo. Enjoy you're cruise to the next destination. Take care both.
Enjoyed this busy vlog. An insight of behind the scenes running a successful cafe boat.
Particularly liked the recreation of your wedding march down the isle. Reminded me of a very attractive, masked Nora Battye. Without the wrinkly stockings. 😉
Loving catching up with what you have been doing. Jo, you really have a talent for baking, no wonder those cakes sell out so quickly. Keep up the good work.. 🍷🍷
To day at 4. Canal news of the day every day right here on Holly the Café boat.
Lovely AGAIN .. (& ever betterer) - plus nice comments. Thank You for brightening my day.
Ever betterer - I have to memorize that one 😀
Lots of excitement by the sound or it. Someone knocked off their bike. Air Ambulance landing close by. I never did work out who was injured!
You are both doing so well with Holly. It’s going to be busy for you at Easter weekend. How kind of someone to give you eggs, considering how many you must use in those super looking cakes. Your fame is spreading far and wide, but it’s hard work for you Joanna. We could see you were almost asleep at the end. Best wishes to you both from Lionel and Mary xx
Lovely video, thank you !!
Great vlog...you two are so funny...
It is so awesome to see such success this far. Keep a handle on it! Happy for you!
Brilliant as always.
Great video guys.if all my teachers had a accent like Jo's I would of listen so much more 😆
The cakes just keep getting better!
Another great vlog thank you
Jill and enjoy watching over a cup of tea and drool over the yummy cakes
New Zealand
Just love this video, it is good that you have hit your pace!!!!!
So pleased you are doing well, I'm not surprised though all your cakes look so yummy 😋
Good watch, thanks guys.
Love your style
Great video,people,and cakes 🍰. Wow those machines must need a lot of power!.
Absolutely love your videos. Well done and congrats!!
:-D Thanks Brian!
Loving every episode and the new cake looks delicious! So worth staying up late on Fridays to catch up with what you've been up to. All the best, guys!
Thanks for another lovely vlog. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Who washes and polish the pots, Spring has sprung, your utter delight. Protect your wonderments from flying critters, your from the north, off work cannot be delayed. cheers
After watching your videos, I can't resist using my local canal cafe more! Ice cream today.
Made me think of "My Blueberry Nights" one of my favourite movies. Now you just have to recreate that kiss ;-)
Love your vlogs, they are wonderful!
Edge of the seat entertainment!
Oh guys, I'm so lucky for your success 😀
BR from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Ohhhhhhhhh Jo I love your colour coordinated Mask sweater and hat ,looks so cute, almost as cute as that cake cutter but I think I'll wait for the electric cordless one to come out "grin*
Happy Easter you two .Take care ,keep smiling .......its such a lovely smile Cheers
Funny and enjoyable 😊
Enjoyed this video. We are so far ahead of you now, might not see you again this year, especially if you go to Oxford. Maybe in the autumn! The lemon drizzle with Flax is an excellent idea!
Would you do endings,I always expect there to be more after the ads! But love the content, all the best. :)
I hope to see you traveling on our narrowboat when I was certainly stop in for a cup of coffee and cake
Ground caking works guys 👍🏻🇨🇦
Brilliant guys that cake of jo,s looked amazing 🤩 great vlog again you guys are living the life indeed I love it 😍 stay well n safe please xx
Thanks Philip, you too!
Hi from Victoria in Australia; we are into our 5th lockdown here, but given we moved last year from Tasmania, we are actually in our 8th lockdown. We have watched your journey from beginning to now. Love you energy and optimism; I wish we were over there supporting your efforts. I think you need an A Board to put out on the tow path to advertise your offerings. Yum. And we noticed you have swapped your engagement ring for wedding rings; do tell!!! Stay safe, loving watching you every night. Makes our lockdown go faster. Donna & Denis XX
Those were some quality pasture-raised eggs! Happy chickens - orange yolks! I've traveled in an RV for 10 years. It's always sad to leave but then I always wonder what awaits me at the next stop. Every stop has something special that the others don't. It's like living life on fast forward. You learn detachment.
Hoping to run into you (not literally) on the Oxford this summer. Those cakes look fabulous.
Looks like you two are finding a groove in the Cafe. Maybe some year I'll make it over the pond to the UK. We have another snow storm coming through. Already over an inch of new snow. Birds were dive bombing me saying it got cold again. More seeds. More seeds. I quickly spread more seeds. Enjoy your warm weather.
Typically I've found your channel just after you've moved on. I live at Mercia Marina and would of loved to try some cake. may have to pop down to Alrewas :)
We used to run a village Post Office and Store. Hardest thing we ever did for the worst employer and it's getting harder all the time for the Postmasters.
You're a lovely couple and I'm enjoying your channel. If you ever get down south with the boat I'll come along and buy a coffee and cake!
all looking good specially the cakes . i just hope the easter goes well for you and it doesnt snow, as they forecast x
Thanks Dougie! No snow yesterday but we do have snow today!
Lol! I now hit the like before I've even looked at the video, I know I'm gonna love it 😀
haha thanks snorty!
Had a cycling accident myself between Christmas and New Year, when I woke, the bike was also my first concern :-) Well done again you two :-)
Kevin
Hi guy, great work with the videos.. there is a grease to prevent glow plugs from seizing in the head, and it's best practice to change them with the engine hot. Good luck with Holly...
i would love to taste those cakes, you make me hungry lol
Victor edited Trauma Doctors? I love that show! You did a good job editing that show.
Love It .
:-D Thanks Peter!
I'm from Louisiana and there's cake from here called a Chantille cake and it's just Awesome ! That would be a great addition to your cake sales !
Ooh thanks Dinag, ill look into that!
I would recommend getting the head removed and investigate where the broken glow plug has gone guys 🙏🏼 broken pieces of metal in your engine will most likely be catastrophic 😣. We love your channel guys 😊 hopefully you have some good luck 🤞
Great channel! Jo, have you considered assembling a collection of your favorite cake recipes and selling that as part of the "Holly Merch"?
Also, how about doing a series of "Baking with Jo & Holly (& tasting with Vic)" video series?
Cheers & Aloha!
You go steady Vic , don't wear yourself out 😂
:-D
Well done Vic, you all ways seem to put others first and your thought are so considerate. Zero should start easier in the cold. 2cups of flour, 3 eggs, 300mls of tomato sauce, should appear on the screen as Jo cooks?? Sorry for being a bit excited about you two. I can see Vic is really into his coffee, but more protein is called for. Take care.
Any blueberry is great with me. Do you make pies? We hope you have a great Easter. And we hope business is picking up. Stay well.
Lovely vlog yum cake .my husband knocked a front tooth out but he not bothered at the moment cos of wearing the mask all the time like you say nobody see what's underneath 😂😂😂
Wish my neighbours were as nice as yours, feel like I've forgot that they're nice people still out there. Are you having to move because you're not allowed to stay for a certain length of time? Is there a length of time you are allowed to return to the same area?
Love watching your exciting lifes unfold. ...great couple
Peace & love x
You need to come to the K&A sometime. I love cake😁
We would love to!
20.50 You should plumb tuck it in again.
So glad you business is doing well. Good luck at the next stop. Married? - like other commenters must have missed photo
Hi Julie, thanks! We'll get some pictures up soon, they are stuck at the processing place at the moment because of covid :-)
Always tighten glow plugs before you untighten them. Breaks the carbon in the head. You can get someone to remove the remaining bits. Search in car repairs
The blue eggs are really tasty.
Blackboards for the inside of your hatch doors?
I had a friend gift me some homemade Apple 🍎🍏 Butter and on CZcams I found out you can also make 🍑 Peach Butter I used fresh peaches then remembered my dad had purchased frozen 5lb bags I used a slow cooker but graduated to a insta- pot pressure cooker & air fryer my friends love it I keep jars as gifts and thank yous. Just met you gifts. As I cook it down so much I use cling can peaches and the fresh frozen. You can't tell the difference. I use way less sugar than called for. I also get 4oz jars and make baby food before adding anything to the Apple or Peaches. I almost bought 10lbs of purple 🍇 grapes to make jelly. I held off to look over the instructions. It said at the end instead of capture of the juice from grapes and the mess that goes with. Get 100% Welches pure grape juice add 7 cups of sugar. I thought or for .99 cents buy the Grape Jelly and save all the time & money. I absolutely love the Butters you can do Banana but it turns rapidly. Only did it a few times. It's outstanding on oats it hot cereal and ice cream. I put some hot out of the pot. The 🍑 melts the ice cream. On your breads hope you try out making some. I jar it up last for 18 months. Your both great the perfect wife that lets her man act as if he's in charge in public... Lol great mom & dad I love in Corpus Christi, Tx and would love to travel the narrow chanel's in a N. Boat. Maybe I can make it happen I would do my best to look you up. God Bless
Jo coordinates jumper with mask :)
Just be careful using gifted/ non-traceable eggs in saleable cakes. I just know we couldn’t use them in the pub kitchens
The only information required is a post code and street number. However with most cooked food that is only a theoretical risk.
Non tracable eggs in a toddy is perhaps the risk to be avoided.
Hi
Next time use a thin magnet to see if there is any loose metal bits before cranking the engine.
A dolly for transporting supplies for Holly.
Are you allowed to put a open sign on Holly? 🤔
Coffee - doesn’t matter whether you are 7g or 16g portion the Tamping controls the amount of flavour. The heavier the tamping the longer the filtration flow, the stronger the flavour. Too heavy defeats the object because you do need flow.
East African Arabica is floral & fruity with light acidity
Central & South American will have Nut & Bakery aroma, should pair well.
Asian Arabica & all robusta’s have a Pipe tobacco, spicy aroma. Intense & bitter with persistent aftertaste.
First two if paired with plant based are better with Oat & Almond. Robusta better with Soy to enhance the aroma and aftertaste.
Richness effected by length of roasting & grind from freezer
I could be biased 🤣. I prefer the South American’s, higher altitudes, single estates. Each to his own.
Love your CZcams’s.
So you did get married.....congrats.....any pictures or videos please......stay safe....xx......love the cakes Jo.....
Thanks Martin! Pictures to follow :-)
@@HollyTheCafeBoat brilliant looking forward to those....I was beginning to doubt myself 😂🤣
Hi guys love your life 😘. I see on Zero you have a Rayburn Aga, I want to go gas free, is it any good, is it kerosene and if so can you get fuel easily. Sorry you are moving away from Nottingham but I hope to see you on the cut when my jobs are done.
Keep it going
Stan, Alison and Nutmeg 🐕
6:52 Seems like bitter beer face... 😎😎😎🤣🤣👍
Would love to see an update bit about your power use and capacities - I can only imagine the coffee machine is an amp-eater. Do you manage enough charge time on solar only?
Old fart here , Happy to see the business growing . like Mary Antoniett said " let them eat cake "guess she had the right idea but the wrong sentiment
Gorse flowers have an amazing smell, but I've never found them particularly tasty. I tend to munch a couple as I pass a bush, just a bit of grazing, but they don't have a strong flavour.
Ooo what I’d do for a bit of that cake mmmmmm
Maybe we could take up an offering to fix up the bike. :) I'm glad he's ok.
Heading south? Your original plans were to head towards lake country. Did the bridge construction quash those plans? Good success on whatever path you take.
first off I love your channel and what your doing. I wish I could buy one of your cakes but by the time I got it I think it might be a bit on the stale side. (I'm on the other side of the pond.)
Just a thought for Nick. you mentioned the coffee in the morning taste different and you think its because the beans are colder in the morning then they are during the rest of the day. So, why not try a little experiment. since you grind your own beans for your coffee maker. Why not measure out then umber of beans it takes to make a cup and refrigerate them or freeze them for an hour or two and find out if your theory is right. I know here at my home if I keep my coffee for my coffee maker in the fridge it always smells fresher and seems to taste better to.
Also have you ever considered baking with goose eggs?
Great vlog, would gladly offer to be a cake tasting volunteer if you ever need one :)
Seems as though 'continuous cruisers' are generally sad to be moving on. The good news is you can take your home wherever you go.
We need more content guys 👍
Working on it :-D
miles is from chorlywood or chalfont
Are you going to have a temporary pop up gazebo style river bank seating area to eat you cakes and drink coffee. Is that outside eating possible where you are? Brilliantly made videos, if you are ever short of cash perhaps have a small have Avid will edit on the fly ad, though I know how time consuming that is (maybe sorting people's showreels?)
U must hav been a gorgeous wedding couple
You don't want bits of glow plug left in the bore, it will chew the piston, valves and liner up.
greetings from Turkey :) paşapahçe glass
I know we've harrassed you about an A board for the bank. If you search on Facebook Marketplace in your area you can probably pick one up for getween nothing and £25..It depends how good your chalk writing is or if you just spray a white cup outline on a black blackboard paint. If I knew where you were I'd buy you one and send it to your PO box!
one problem- you are not allowed to obstruct the towpath! A sign on the roof facing backwards and forwards along the canal might be sensible.
For a long moment, I was convinced the boxes were just filled with packing materials, and no actual cloches.
haha same here!
You should give your vegetable scraps to the people who give you eggs for their chickens. 😊