Dessert
Red velvet cake - with polka dots
Ingredients (for 15 cm / 6 in tin)
150 gr butter
150 gr caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
125 gr plain flour
25 gr cocoa powder
1,5 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp red food coloring
300 gr icing
For the buttercream
150 gr butter
300 gr icing sugar
150 gr cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla...
Crème Brûlée
It is a mixture of Julia Child's and Nigella's Brulee, basically only to show how old-school but contemporary I am...
Ingredients
300 ml double cream
1/2 vanilla pod
4 medium egg yolk
2 tbsp caster sugar
3 tbsp demerara sugar
Lemon/orange/grapefruit zest
Orange blossom...
Chocolate drops
This is the Xmas present for my colleagues - supereasy, check this out!
Ingredients
100 gr white chocolate chunks
100 gr dark chocolate chunks
For the toppings
Nuts, walnuts, pistachios (just a few pieces)
Dried fruits, mixed peels (lemon or orange zest)
Crystallised...
Dark chocolate mousse with Bailey's cream
No comment. This dessert is a Yotam Ottolenghi piece - simply genius.
Ingredients
3 free-range eggs
100 g caster sugar (or equivalent xylitol or stevia)
300 g dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
125 g unsalted butter
500 ml whipping cream
cocoa powder, to finish...