While I am researching different eclairs recipes and different methods and ingredients for making pastry cream for a new recipe (which I am already very excited about sharing), I baked an Orange Mocha Marble Cake the other day to have on hand for easy breakfasts at home and to nibble on during the day. But before we talk about the Orange Mocha Marble Cake, I wanted to say that I was super excited to hear that my recipe for Toasted Rice Blancmanger was featured in the Guardian’s Cook section under the theme ‘WOBBLY’ last weekend! I absolutely love creating recipes and it is even better when others like my creations! Back to this marble cake – chocolate and orange is one of my favourite flavour combinations but the addition of coffee was new to me until very recently. I first came across this in the form of a Chocolate Orange Tiramisu at Jamie’s Italian which opened fairly recently in my
Notes for the kitchen
Buckwheat Olive Oil Cacao Nib Financiers
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with some random thought that keeps me from falling asleep
Beetroot Muffins – one final nod to winter
A few years ago I lived off Southgate Road in North East London, it was the first flat me and
Food photography reading list
The Guardian – source of infinite reading pleasure – just came out with an interesting article on food photography: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/01/food-photography-tricks-of-trade. Not that I have been impressed by the quality of food photography in the Guardian’s food section (the pictures always seem a bit static and stuffy), but there are certainly some interesting tips in this article (including a few more obscure ones like the one about the tampon which did make me chuckle). There are also plenty of additional helpful comments plus links to gorgeous food blogs which I shall peruse this weekend I think. Oh and it’s just as well that I stumbled upon the World Foodie Guide’s blog (which sadly has not been operational for about 3 years) today as I then came across another great post on food photography together with a long list of helpful links: http://www.worldfoodieguide.com/index.php/10-food-photography-links/#more-4933. Last but not least, I have just added “Plate to Pixel” to my basket on Amazon. However much I like reading things online, I
Baking with olive oil
I found a brief post on baking with olive oil and how olive oil can be used to replace butter in baking. Although for some recipes butter plays an important role in the flavour of the finished product, I have been meaning to experiment a bit with olive oil – in case you also have nothing better to do than daydream about adapting recipes for no particular reason, here is the article: http://en.julskitchen.com/dessert/olive-oil-cookies-some-notes-on-the-use-of-olive-oil-in-confectionery
REAL SIMPLE FOOD 