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OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE CAKE | Recipes | Nigella Lawson: Nigella Lawson's official site for recipes, books and latest news. If you're going to get started, this is the cake you should begin with. Not just because it's simple - though it is - but because it is, for me, essence of chocolate cake: melting, luscious and mood-enhancingly good. A food technologist would explain this in terms of "mouthfeel" but I don't know quite how that makes me feel. I often describe this cake as a sort of idealised chocolate cake out of a packet, which doesn't sound so very inviting either.

But what I mean by this, is that the cake looks and tastes perfect and has that melting, smooth lightness - immensely chocolately but far from rich. The fact that it is scarcely harder than making one out of cake-mix (only worlds better) is an added joy. Christmas hamper recipes. This Christmas, make your friends and family feel special with homemade food gifts. Here are our selection of themed hampers that are simple to make but will be received with great pleasure. Our Christmas hampers include recipes to make for the family including the little ones, friends, chocoholics, entertainers, those with exotic tastes and drinks parties. Make a family hamper Make some good family friendly food then include a bottle of bubbles for mum and dad and a bottle of homemade lemonade for the kids.

Make a cheese lovers' hamper Pack in a good blue, cheddar, soft and goats' cheese and let the rest of the hamper compliment each one. Make an entertaining hamper Make this for friends who love nothing more than sharing, these easy recipes are great to get out when they have friends or family over. Make a food lovers' hamper Great for friends who love to spend time in the kitchen. Make an exotic hamper Let your culinary skills shine with different tasters from around the world. Cheese & Lentil Bake - MiniMins.com - Weight Loss Support Forum. Vegetarian Lentil Bake Recipe. DU_21_tardis_cake. Our very own Spaced Out (not from his own creations thankfully) chef , Stephen constantly astounds and amazes us all with his Kosmic Kuisine.

Here he gives us the low down on how to create your very own edible Tardis! Just hope your stomach is bigger on the inside than…. A book we had at home was Debbie Brown’s “Favourite Character Cakes” (Merehurst, 1997) which included recipes for icons such as Postman Pat, Thomas the Tank Engine and Noddy (but nothing from science-fiction). It was a useful reference, and I’ve included some information from it below. My original (if slightly ambitious) plan was to make a prototype as an experiment, before making the final version for the 2004 Pride March Bake-Off: the prototype became the final version.

I’ve condensed the time I spent into four days, which I expect would be reduced second time around. Day 1: Make cake (a Madeira sponge is recommended as it is firm, moist, and can be cut and shaped without crumbling). Method: Spoon mixture into tin. 6cm). Vegetable pies with cheese and herb pastry recipe. Spiced vegetable dhal pasties recipe. Welcome to Jus-Rol™ Veggie Cobbler recipe. Easy falafel recipe / Recipes / Food / Home Page. Vegetarian / What to eat tonight / Food / Home Page. Butter bean purée with dukkah recipe | Yotam Ottolenghi. There are two beautiful recipes here. You could just make the butter bean purée and keep it in the fridge for up to a week – it's a handy sandwich spread.

You could also prepare just the dukkah, an Egyptian condiment that will easily keep for a month in an airtight container and can be used to sprinkle over salads, rice and almost anything else. I would make both, though. The spice and crunch of the dukkah give the purée heaps of character and, I promise you, can easily turn into a favourite. When making the dukkah, make sure you do not burn the seeds – remove them from the heat as soon as they begin to pop – and do not overprocess them with the pestle and mortar, so they keep their texture. 250g dried butter beans, soaked overnight in plenty of cold water with ½ tbsp bicarbonate of soda4 garlic cloves, crushed2½ tbsp lemon juice120ml olive oilFine sea salt and black pepper10g parsley, roughly chopped2 free-range eggs, hard-boiled and peeled Heat the oven to 140C/285F/gas mark 1.

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