SOPHIE'S BIRTHDAY, ONE ALDWYCH

We celebrated Sophie's birthday in truly gluttonous style, with a 3 course brunch & unlimited prosecco at One Aldwych! I had a beetroot, goats curd & hazelnut salad for starters - decorated with flowers of course - followed by lemon chicken breast & roast potatoes, followed by the ultimate dessert to end all desserts: an unlimited supply of sweets, as far as the eye could see...

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Strawberries & Cream

how's this for a cute canape?!

hollow out some strawberries, fill with cream cheese mixed with icing (powdered) sugar to taste - I used 8 tablespoons per 1 tub Philadelphia - & top with Oreo crumbs..

Sweet & simple!

(this idea was from the Guardian newspaper, who found it on Pinterest originally - i can't find the original source, but if you know it, i'm happy to link to it!)


~ the heart shaped pot is from le creuset ~

 
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Castle & Cake

I promised you pictures of cake, right?! Victoria Sponge, Black Forest Chocolate Sponge with redcurrant jam, Poppyseed Cake, Carrot Cake....

& Bodiam Castle, a rather magical place, one of the few castles left in England that still has a working moat (it also had plenty of bats!).. 

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Cake Break!

Sneak peak of some upcoming photos of a trip into the English heartlands - well, Tunbridge Wells anyway.. It was a day involving cakes & a castle.. more pics to follow soon..

PS. I just came across lunapic, I really think it's the answer to all my screen reolution editing problems! - you can't use large docs, but i shrink most of my pics into blogging (or facebook!) format anyway..

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Taste London

This week has been one of utter gluttony, topped off with an afternoon spent at the Taste London food festival in Regents Park: sooo much quality food & produce, Jamie Oliver doing a cooking demo involving a guinness cheesecake, spotting Gary Rhodes at the back of his stall, & getting a signed book by one the master chefs Michel Roux jr (it's a family business for the Roux clan: Gavroche was the first restaurant in Britain to gain 3 Michelin stars, & of course they developed the classic Roux sauce..)

I also picked up some lovely olive oil from this place, perfect for cooking with, but delicate & strong enough for dipping breads in..

One day, I swear I'll wake up fat.

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