Sunday 23 November 2014
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Sunday 6 April 2014
Homemade Rhubarb Jam
So the 1st thing ready from my veg patch was lots and lots of rhubarb, so after trying rhubarb crumble and rhubarb muffins, I still had plenty left. A quick google search lead to an easy rhubarb recipe courtesy of allotment heaven. The only thing I did differently was to add a chopped up apple to put some pectin in, because apparently rhubarb doesn't contain much pectin and that's what helps jam set. Turns out it didn't make a blind bit of difference - the jam was still runny. I tried it the second it cooled and it pretty much just tasted of sugar, but when I left it a few days it tasted of deliciously sweet rhubarb. The plan is now to get some ice cream and smother it in runny jam!
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Monday 31 March 2014
Carrot Cake
It was recently my dad's birthday and him being a keen gardener I decided to make him a carrot-shaped carrot cake, complete with carrot root fly. My second ever attempt with fondant icing - which came out much better than my 1st go. I made the carrot cake using a muffin recipe from this Cupcakes & Muffins
book, though minus the walnuts because they remind me of brains and I don't like the taste. While the cake was cooking I made a very easy version of fondant icing by chucking some icing sugar and egg whites in a bowl, mixing them together then adding some glycerin. To make the orange part I put Wilton Icing Color Orange
in the icing and kneaded it in until I got the colour I wanted. For the green i used Wilton Leaf Green Colouring. - I like using the Wilton brand. It colours well and doesn't have a taste.
The first time I rolled out fondant icing it kept sticking to the rolling pin and the chopping board I was rolling it on. A friend suggested using clingfilm, I didn't have any to hand so used greaseproof paper with good results. After a bit of fiddling getting the fondant onto the cake, I used a baking wheel roller to make the leaf like fronds at the top of the carrot then dusted it with Rainbow Dust Metallic Paint Dark Gold
. My skills don't yet extend to sculpting so I used this mold
to make the fly out of white chocolate.
It ended up tasting really nice.
book, though minus the walnuts because they remind me of brains and I don't like the taste. While the cake was cooking I made a very easy version of fondant icing by chucking some icing sugar and egg whites in a bowl, mixing them together then adding some glycerin. To make the orange part I put Wilton Icing Color Orange in the icing and kneaded it in until I got the colour I wanted. For the green i used Wilton Leaf Green Colouring. - I like using the Wilton brand. It colours well and doesn't have a taste.The first time I rolled out fondant icing it kept sticking to the rolling pin and the chopping board I was rolling it on. A friend suggested using clingfilm, I didn't have any to hand so used greaseproof paper with good results. After a bit of fiddling getting the fondant onto the cake, I used a baking wheel roller to make the leaf like fronds at the top of the carrot then dusted it with Rainbow Dust Metallic Paint Dark Gold
. My skills don't yet extend to sculpting so I used this mold to make the fly out of white chocolate.It ended up tasting really nice.
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Playing With Fire
So i was reading Bob Flowerdew's Organic Gardening Bible
and it says in there to get rid of weeds I should use a flamethrower. I figured a creme brulee torch was close enough. So if I set the entire garden on fire it's not my fault because Bob Flowerdew told me to do it!Addendum:
A creme brulee torch is way too small. I spent about 20 minutes burning a foot length stretch of weeds along the bottom of a garden wall
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Thursday 13 February 2014
Monday 10 February 2014
Monday 27 January 2014
Infinity In The Palm Of Your Hand
This image was made for a contest a long while ago. It didn't win.
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