A refreshing change

Chocolate and Pistachio Kiwiberries

You will need:

50g dark chocolate
10 – 15 kiwiberries
1 tbsp pistachio nuts, finely chopped
a tiny knob of butter (optional- gives the chocolate coating a bit more of a gloss)
Cocktail sticks

Directions:

Melt the chocolate over hot water.  Add the butter if using.

Place a kiwiberry on a cocktail stick and dip into the molten chocolate.

Sprinkle with chopped pistachio

Continue until you run out of berries or chocolate and allow to dry.  Enjoy!

with thanks to Mostly Eating for this delicious idea

posted by Emily

Salmon ceviche

I just came across this delicious-looking recipe over at the Grey Matter Concept blog.  Follow Suwandi’s detailed journey as she shares learning about photography and food styling, it makes a really interesting read.

Here’s the recipe for Suwandi’s Salmon ceviche with alfalfa sprouts and white radish pickle.  Yum!

Preparation     

Cut the fresh salmon into cubelets.

Prepare the base layer with quite a dense layer of alfalfa sprouts.

Place a couple of slices of radish on top of the alfalfa sprouts so that the salmon pieces can have flat base to sit on.       

Add a toothpick with a piece of salmon cubelet and a radish slice into the verrine as decoration.

Finally squeeze a generous amount of lemon juice and vinegar mixture on the salmon cubelets.

posted by Emily

A cake for all occasions

A great friend of mine, Lisa Holmes, is a professional cake decorator and I think it’s time to unleash her talent to the world!  Cake decorating takes lots of skill and patience and even then not everyone gets it right.  You can see from these images below that Lisa is very artistic and imaginative…

 handmade sugar flowers (my favourite cake of all!)

Eeyore handmade sugar figure

 Harry Potter themed birthday cake.  Handmade decorations

A bit about Lisa: “I love creating unusual cakes… I have been decorating cakes from a young age, I also have a N.C.F.E in Professional cake decoration and now enjoy making cakes for all occasions… I also make Cupcakes, cookies and chocolate items”.

Join Lisa’s facebook page for news on new designs and to place an order.

posted by Emily

Amazing Cupcakes

Well it’s certainly been a long week… thank goodness it’s almost the weekend!  I thought I’d treat us all to some yummy images of cupcakes seeing as we’ve worked so hard…

Aren’t they amazing… such intricate detailing.  See more of Shams D’s fantastic creations on Flickr.

posted by Emily