Recipe rehash time! I know I've posted something similar before, but after some kitchen-tinkering study avoidance time, I think I've almost perfected my Cinnamon Bun dough - quite a claim, I know, but this last batch I made (based on a Swedish, rather than my usual Norwegian, recipe) was almost Sublime - I think even Burke may nearly have wept at ( Read more... )

After great pain, a formal feeling comes - gorge thyself on sugar.

Black Forest Gâteau

The real stuff - dark, dense, delicious; none of that carbonated catering crap. Guaranteed to soothe a broken heart - or at least to make you feel so ill you'll forget about the heart-break for a little while at least.

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I just made Christmas puddings! Well, not just made, they've been simmering away for the better part of the day, but I did just eat Christmas pudding, and man, yum. I hadn't realised how much I'd missed brandy-sodden fruit and breadcrumbs, rummy butter, and grand marnier custard until I slipped that first spoonful into my mouth. Mmm, anyway, if ( Read more... )

So, I invented a cocktail, and I do hereby dub it Bloodlust. Dastardly little drink it is too, watch those fangs - enjoy in moderation.

Bloodlust15ml of Grand Marnier (or Cointreau if that's what you've got ( Read more... )

This woman truly is a goddess.


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chocolaterabbit’s chocolate birthday cake!

Gather about yourself the following:½ a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda ( Read more... )

...it's a Ginger Snaps cake! I can feel my Germanic genes coming to the fore with some Munich cake-styling. Despite the spiciness it looks rather plain - but it can be prettied up with a dusting of golden icing sugar - or you could even do a cream-cheese or sour-cream icing, but I rather like it as is.

Amarena's Ginger Cake (with added bite)

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My goodness, yum. Right now I am eating one of my favourite meals - I suppose most people would call it a comfort food, but I think it defies categorisation - it's warm and silky and nutty and relaxing and energising and just full of contradictions. It's also dead easy to make. It's just white rice and red lentils steamed/boiled together then ( Read more... )

Amarena's Cherry Pie ( Read more... )