January 30th
@dailyshoot assignment for day seventy-five: Make a photo of something sweet today. 85% Lindt chocolate in a cake. Best served room temp. Great with vanilla ice-cream. Nom.

@dailyshoot assignment for day seventy-five: Make a photo of something sweet today.

85% Lindt chocolate in a cake. Best served room temp. Great with vanilla ice-cream. Nom.

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July 1st
cloudwalking: Mmmmm… Oh man, check out the whipped cream on that one[1]. [1] Who needs euphemisms when you’re looking at food porn.

cloudwalking:

Mmmmm…

Oh man, check out the whipped cream on that one[1].

[1] Who needs euphemisms when you’re looking at food porn.

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February 15th
So the molten chocolate cakes didn’t turn out so well. They were nom, but my oven temperature dial doesn’t have sufficient graduations (brain has forgotten if that’s the right word, hope it is) to be terribly precise. An oven thermometer has been added to my shopping list. The cakes themselves were tasty, but I either didn’t put them in long enough, or have the temperature high enough, or some combination of the two. I ended up with something like a self saucing pudding with more sauce and less pudding. Tasty, but not quite right. Breakfast on the other hand worked out well. Chocolate griddle cakes with chocolate sauce and black cherries. Nom.

So the molten chocolate cakes didn’t turn out so well. They were nom, but my oven temperature dial doesn’t have sufficient graduations (brain has forgotten if that’s the right word, hope it is) to be terribly precise. An oven thermometer has been added to my shopping list.

The cakes themselves were tasty, but I either didn’t put them in long enough, or have the temperature high enough, or some combination of the two. I ended up with something like a self saucing pudding with more sauce and less pudding. Tasty, but not quite right.

Breakfast on the other hand worked out well. Chocolate griddle cakes with chocolate sauce and black cherries. Nom.

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February 14th
Gwyneth’s Molten Chocolate Cakes with my awesome squid whisk. I only heard Gwyneth Paltrow had a website recently but only ventured forth when her recipes popped up on one of my numerous RSS feeds. I had no idea the lady cooked/baked. I’m also hoping this is nom.

Gwyneth’s Molten Chocolate Cakes with my awesome squid whisk.

I only heard Gwyneth Paltrow had a website recently but only ventured forth when her recipes popped up on one of my numerous RSS feeds. I had no idea the lady cooked/baked.

I’m also hoping this is nom.

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January 2nd

Magic Mugcake a la Shay

I’ve seen the magic mug cupcake recipes going around and the two I’ve tried left me feeling a little ‘ew’. So I tried to adapt it to make it less rich and evil.  It’s not the most amazing cake that you will ever eat, but it’s not a bad snack (well two snacks, it’s quite big).

Ingredients:

  • 4 tablespoons self raising flour
  • 3.5 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tablespoons milk
  • 1.5 tablespoons light olive oil
  • splash of vanilla essence
  • 1 large mug

Method:

Add everything into the mug and mix well.  Once you get to adding the liquids, if you find you’re reaching the rim of the mug, give it a bit of a stir and it should settle down a little.  Put it into the microwave for about 2.5 minutes on high (1100W microwave) and voila.

You can spray the mug with cooking spray or wipe with oil if you like but if you don’t mind running a knife around the edge later it doesn’t make much of a difference and I wanted to reduce the amount of oil going in.

Also make sure the mug is a decent size, it’ll rise very high (mine rose then kind of fell looking like a long wilted cake) and may even overflow a little. Just wipe the microwave dish straight after you take the mug out and it’ll clean easily.

Oh and the mug is very very hot when it has just cooked. Use a mitt.

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December 12th
Grace Jones has her head cast in chocolate for the cover of her new album Hurricane.

Grace Jones has her head cast in chocolate for the cover of her new album Hurricane.

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