Hello, lovely people of the world. I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory, and we are the hosts of the IEL Speaking for Success podcast.

The podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills, as well as your listening skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you a look at how a native English speaker, an educated and experienced native

speaker, would answer some of the most common ILD speaking questions. Rory, are you ready for my

questions? Yeah, I'll try not to give you any half-baked answers. Wow, what a coincidence,

because today we're going to be talking about baking.

Yes, dear listener, in ILD speaking part one, they can ask you questions about baking.

Rory, do you bake?

Well, up until recently, I couldn't bake at all, but I learned how to make Sierniki,

which is like this Russian cheese, well, dessert, I suppose.

It gives me a sense of achievement, actually, because, well, I learned how to do it myself.

And it reminds me at different times.

Although, I suppose, other than that, I'm a bit useless in the kitchen, I'm afraid.

Do you like baking? Well, like I said, yeah, I'm a bit useless in the kitchen, I'm afraid. Do you like baking?

Well, like I said, yeah, I get a real kick out of it.

It's nice to be able to do something, especially if you can make food for other people.

But I'm very aware of the fact that I'm not very good at it.

Do you know how to bake cakes? Sort of. Like I said, I'm a wee bit useless, but I have a vague

idea how to do it. And it would be a fun thing to do with friends, but it's not something that I would

put on a CV, for example. Rory's a baker. Rory, have you ever made any cakes?

Well, like a really long time ago, in high school probably.

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