Nadiya Hussain (BegumNadiya) on cake, confidence, and her delightful new cookbook
the cook and TV presenter weaves a delightful yarn of her long, meandering journey to becoming the much-beloved baker that she is today. First, she charts her life-long passions: from her teenage obsession with the Backstreet Boys to the Pokémon cake she baked for her GCSE in Food Studies; from the calm of the domestic life she shared with her husband and children before becoming a star of the food world to eventually, of course, the simple joy of making a batch of muffins.
After ticking off so many of her career goals in head-spinningly rapid succession, it felt like the right moment for Hussain to return to her roots—and to release her first cookbook that solely features baking. “When I announced that I was doing a baking book, everybody was like, ‘But you've already done a baking book!’ There was just this natural assumption that I’d already done it,” says Hussain, smiling. “So there was a lot of pressure.
If you were forced to define Hussain’s wide-ranging and eclectic tastes as a cook, it would be her ability to take a classic dish and lend it a playful, unexpected twist. During her time on, it was her knowledge and thoughtful integration of ingredients popular in South Asian cuisine that lent her dishes the edge over the competition; a riff on cinnamon buns featuring cardamom, say, or a pear tart flavored with Bengali rong tea.
Hussain has always been open about the therapeutic value she finds through the process of baking, and how it served as a lifeline during periods where she’s struggled with anxiety. When appearing onthis sense of skittishness was on full display—but was, of course, part of the reason we fell in love with her. Now, watching the easy charm and confidence with which she conducts herself on her latest Netflix show,the shift is impressive.
As Hussain notes, along with the pressure of being named the show’s winner back in 2015 came the doubly intense pressure of navigating both the notoriously racist British tabloid media and the country’s fusty, inhospitable food institutions as a Muslim woman. Yet Hussain has always been candid about the discrimination she’s faced at various points in her journey, from outright
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