Friday, 30 April 2010

Another cookbook


Sticky,chewy messy gooey is my new cookbook and it is pure indulgence. There are some recipes I really want to try such as chocolate soup with cinnamon cake croutons. It is proper comfort food. I can't wait to try some of these recipes.Just look at the cover. This really contradicts the saying don't judge a book by its cover!

cupcake decorating

So I have been wanting to go to a cupcake class for a long time. I finally found one I liked the look of. I found it on a facebook group. Its run by marianne and it take place in the stafford hotel. The venue is great and the class was so much fun. You learn swirl techniques and get all these edible glitter, chocolates and sugar craft to decorate with. The final result was too good to eat. I was so bad and kept eating the icing because it was cream cheese icing with vanilla pods. You get all the tea and coffee you want when you go and the class is a very good price at £25 considering that a lot of cupcake decorating classes are £100. Marianne the teacher is a pastry chef at baker and spice and trained at Cordon Bleu so she fully qualified and she is so nice.Heres the link to mariannes webside.




This is some of the cupcakes I made

A konditor and cook wedding cake


I went to a wedding last week and the wedding cake was a Konditor and cook cake. It was so tasty. I had 3 pieces. It all had delicious cream cheese icing. I did feel sick after having all that cake. But i thought I would show you how a non traditional wedding cake looks like.

New cookbook


I got the Hope and Greenwood cookbook because Ive always wanted to be able to make my own sweets. I would like to start off with the easier sweets and then go on to the more complicated ones. I think the book is very cute and the recipes in the book would make great gifts. One criticism is I would of liked more sugarcraft such as sweetie mice etc.But ill have to try the recipes to see if they are any good.

Noma tops the best restaurants

S..Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants has a new winner and that is Noma. El bulli has been winning the last few years but Im so glad Noma has the number one spot. Noma is a restaurant in Denmark that has been shown on masterchef before. I want to take a trip to denmark just to go here. The presentation of the food is amazing and the work that goes into it is perfection. I want to go here because you don't really hear about scandinavian food. Luckily the unsung hero is becoming popular with jamie does doing dishes from stockholm. Also going to Noma is a great excuse to go to Denmark and have some delicious danish pastries.


Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Lolas kitchen


I always wanted to go to Lolas cupcakes. I finally went with my sister. I went to the one in selfridges and it did not disappoint. The decor is like something from candyland. I felt like a kid again. It was so hard to choose which cupcake to buy. My sister and I shared a oreo one and a chocolate and vanilla cupcake. It was so good with a cup of tea. Ive been told to try their hot chocolates as well. So if you need a sugar rush then go to Lolas. Ive got to say Buttercup bake shop is still my fave though.
I wish I lived in america because look at all the flavours they have there. I am so jealous. They need to bring some of the flavours here. I do have the Ben and Jerrys cookbook so I may have to try some of the recipes.

http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/our-flavors/#