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Have you ever wondered…
What 76 cupcakes looked like? Well! Here’s your chance to find out!
Continue Reading...Cthulhu Stage 1
Ok, this fella stands at 10inches tall! He’s made from 4 ‘pound cakes’ stuck together with butter cream, some dowels placed in to hold him up. Sculpted and crumb coated and then covered in about 2kg of fondant. The tentacles were all individually added and then he was painted green with dabs of blue. He’s […]
Continue Reading...Tirimi Su
Made for a birthday this recipe made one large Tirimi Su (11 x 9 inches) with enough left over for a 1 portion bowl (for testing purposes of course!) The recipe has been taken from the most amazing Italian cookbook The Silver Spoon (that everyone should own, it is an encyclopaedia of all Italian cooking […]
Continue Reading...Chicken Soup
Made in a fit of randomness, created completely out of my head! Poach the chicken breasts in stock for about 10 minutes. Take off the heat and leave to stand until needed. Finely dice one onion, one leek (try and get one that’s still young so it’s mainly all white and light green) and one […]
Continue Reading...The Best Chocolate Cookies!
I got given a voucher for Amazon for Christmas and with some of it bought this book (ignore the review, that person obviously has no good taste!). It arrived yesterday and my mouth was watering just looking at those recipes! Since we have a ball tonight I decided to try out one of the recipes […]
Continue Reading...Trial cake
Having been asked to make a friend’s wedding cake I was desperate to do a trial run of at least one tier to be tasted and viewed and duly criticised so I knew what I needed to practice and perfect for the big day. I am concerned, this is the first formal cake I’ve done, […]
Continue Reading...Notanipple Chocolates: Experiment #1
Decided to experiment with making filled chocolates. Never one to do things the easy way my first trial involved alcohol and fruit! Melted the chocolate and filled the molds, turned upside down over the bowl (of chocolate) and left to set. When nearly set scraped off the excess chocolate. Boiled some Cherry Bounce with sugar […]
Continue Reading...Snowmen!
Made as Christmas cakes. Chocolate sponges, with butter icing, and covered in fondant
Continue Reading...Breasts!
Commissioned by a friend, chocolate sponge, chocolate butter icing and fondant. Good fun to make!
Continue Reading...Creme Brulee
I was given a creme brulee set (4 ramekins, a catering blowtorch and gas) as an early Christmas present and so this weekend I decided to play about with it. There are many recipes around but I figured I’d start with a basic one as once you can do a basic one any others made […]
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