Now, this has to be one of my favourite cakes, but I’m still not quite sure what it is about it that makes it quite so special. Featured in Nigella Lawson’s Feast, it’s not a fancy cake – more one of those cakes that just puts a smile on your face. It doesn’t even noticeably…
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Continue ReadingAs soon as I saw Cox Cookies & Cake by Eric Lanlard and Patrick Cox, I had to buy a copy. As a designer myself, I couldn’t help but love the padded cover, pink edged pages and ‘sexy, seductive’ photographic styling – and the tongue in cheek, slightly smutty humour tickled me too. A collaboration…
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Continue ReadingBeing a huge fan of both mint and chocolate, especially when they’re combined, I couldn’t resist giving the Grasshopper Pie from Nigella Lawson’s Kitchen a try. I shouldn’t really admit that crème de menthe is a permanent fixture in my kitchen, but I have a little soft spot for the lurid green alcoholic liquid that…