Monday 16 April 2012
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Chocolate Ganache Cake
I’ve made
it at last!! A few weeks ago, a friend
and I went out for drinks and supper and found ourselves in the middle of a
bachelorette party complete with giant chocolate penis ganache cake. No, it wasn’t made of it…it was shaped like
it ;) Don’t ponder too long about it
though. The point is, the cake was
absolutely divine and I must admit that raving about a penis cake is not
something I thought I would find myself doing.
Nonetheless,
here I am blogging about it. I trawled
the internet looking for a very easy recipe as I don’t really see myself as the
baking type although admittedly, I’ve never really made a flop of something
that I did try to bake. Not counting the
“herb” microwave cake once tried during highschool. But moving swiftly along….
I found an easy recipe and decided that Easter weekend would be the perfect time to try
out all things chocolaty.
It did feel like a bit of an experiment. Seeing the bicarb mix with the vinegar was quite… entertaining….and unconventional for a chocolate cake mixture. My favourite part though was making the actual ganache with only two ingredients - dessert cream and Lindt! The cake was baking away snuggly in the oven at this point.
The melting
of the Lindt…hmmmmmmm…I could have stopped here and called it a success ;)
Added the
cream, took out the cake…
And the final result….chocolate heaven...there was nothing left by the time 4pm came around Easter Sunday! This is for sure a recipe I'd try again....however next time I need to perfect the colour of the ganache.
Hope you all had a fabulous long weekend!
Much Love
X
Saturday 7 April 2012
Welcoming my little niece
My sister
had a baby girl!! Robyn Andrea. She is just too adorable!! And already has a cheeky and stubborn little personality – just like her mom and aunt. ;) I swear it, even though she is only 1 month
old. Here’s my two favourite photos’ of
her so far.
Just four
days old….
And taking
a nap on grandma’s lap after dinner and a bath at about 2 weeks old…
I suppose there will be many more posts about her in the future...she is just too cute for words!
Have a Happy Easter all!
X
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