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♥ Ceri makes... as promised here is the recipe for my first Balham Cake Off challenge - a gluten free bake...
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries.
How to make at home...
♥ 225g caster sugar
♥ 300g plain chocolate
♥ 225g unsalted butter
♥ 6 eggs, seperated
♥ 1 tsp vanilla extract
♥ 180ml strong cafetiere coffee, or to taste
♥ Plus a 23cm round springform cake tin
♥ Preheat an oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas Mark 4
♥ Grease and line your cake tin
♥ In a food processor pulse the chocolate and sugar until fine
♥ Mix in the egg yolks, butter, vanilla extract and coffee
♥ In a seperate bowl whisk the egg whites until they form stiff white peaks
♥ Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mix
♥ Pour into the cake tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a crack forms on the top of the cake
♥ Once cooled the cake will sink a little bit, but do not worry this is normal! If you aren't serving until later pop it in the fridge to keep fresh
♥ To make the cake a bit more special
♥ Soak half a carton of morello cherries in a few generous splashes of kirsch or to taste
♥ When ready to serve spoon the kirsch cherries onto the centre of the cake
Enjoy! x
♥ Ceri makes...
♥ Ceri makes... so Sunday marked the beginning of the five part Balham Cake Off hosted by Trinity Stores Cafe and Deli. The challenge for this week was to bake a gluten free cake. Not your average bake! After some deliberation I decided chocolate was the way forwards and whipped up a Flourless Chocolate Cake with Kirsch Soaked Morello Cherries. Yummy! Recipe to follow so keep checking the blog!
Here are some of the delicious looking entries...
Pop into Trinity Stores for one of the upcoming challenges, dates below. If you mention my blog I will even give you a taster of my entry!
See you there x
♥ Ceri makes xx
♥ Ceri makes... had a lovely weekend at home to celebrate one of my oldest friend's Rachel's birthday. All six of my girls from school and I strolled along the country lane from Rachel's mum's house to The Salutation Inn. The pub has recently been taken over by the very welcoming new team headed up by Dave and Eva. It is cosy but still super spacious inside with a beautiful high beamed barn ceiling. The large restaurant area indicates this pub is very much focused on good food, a quick browse of the locally sourced menu is enough to confirm this.
The girls and I eagerly awaiting our supper...
Some of the delicious food at our table...
My personal choice, the duck, most definitely scores ten out of ten from me. Other popular choices included the hake and the pork belly, yummy!
A must visit spot if you are exploring the beautiful Cotswolds village of Castle Combe and surrounding areas!
♥ Ceri makes xx
♥ Ceri makes... celebrated the Olympics opening ceremony by heading East to The Bookclub Basecamp just a hop and a skip across the road from The Bookclub in Leonard St car park. The atmosphere was amazing as everyone welcomed the 2012 Olympic games to London and we even saw the flyover moments after we'd seen it on the live screens!
Delicious food from the Street Kitchen food van...
There is heaps to keep you entertained (aside from the screens showing live Olympic sports!) with table football, ping pong and hula hoops! The Bookclub Basecamp is open until 12th August so head down to join in with the Olympic celebrations.
♥ Ceri makes xx
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