Category Archives: cake

cheesecake rescue pots

I’ve made New York-style cheesecake a bunch of times; I love the dense creaminess and sheer indulgence of it all. A friend of mine said she has inexplicably never eaten it before so I invited her over to have some. I should’ve spotted disaster was on the horizon: I couldn’t find my usual faithful recipe so guesstimated the ingredients in […]

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heston blumenthal’s exploding chocolate gateau

AKA Heston’s chocolate and passion fruit popping candy cake. At New year I treated myself to Heston’s popping candy cake, which costs an absolute fortune, even on half price sale, but the results were amazing: bitter, sweet, chocolatey and of course popping! I was contemplating recreating it when it pops up on How To Cook Like Heston. With my sister […]

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cranberry muffins

A little gem from Nigella Christmas. I am firmly with her on this one: I don’t know how anybody manages much more than toast on Christmas morning. And while I didn’t make these on 25th December they were perfect for a couple of days later. From Nigella Lawson’s Christmas Morning Muffins. Cranberry muffins (makes about 12): 250g plain flour 2½ […]

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