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 taste of custard, the inclusion just adds a deep vanilla flavour and gives the sponge that warm yellow colour reminiscent of the cakes you remember from childhood. If I had to draw a birthday cake, I’d draw one just like this! With it’s high cornflour…
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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 between master pâtissier Eric Lanlard and footwear designer Patrick Cox, the book documents some of the popular bakes sold in their Soho shop, including the Buff Man Cakes, Cheeky Cakes and Titty Cakes. Definitely buns with va-va-voom! With a visit to a sweet obsessed friend…
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Continue ReadingConsidering my love affair with all things chocolate mint, it’s not exactly a surprise that these cupcakes are a regular fixture within my baking arsenal. I’ve long been a fan of the mint Aero, with its crisp chocolate shell and delicate green-hued bubbly interior, but it took a longing stare into the vending machine at work for me to cotton on to the fact that it would be a rather chic decoration for a cupcake! These were first created as a birthday treat for a colleague, affectionately known as Monty – which has since earned them the name of Chocolate…