Edible Paris

Winter News

Here are a few bits shop-related news for winter - 

I recently purchased a few bags of remnants from a factory, and inside the bags were lengths of these rather fantastic snowflake-printed knitted fabric. How wonderfully festive! I've sewn up a couple of pairs for sale at the Tea Rooms, but may make a few more for the Etsy shop. Is anyone interested? 

Secondly, I have finally set up a Folksy shop, with a number of prints and postcards for sale. The above prints are now available on both Folksy and Etsy. 

Unicorn Hair

Half A Rainbow

I tried to make another rainbow layer cake last week, and the last layers (green, blue and purple) came out very badly. So badly that I had to chuck them. 

The flavours here are (from left to right): 

cranberries

orange peel

and hazelnuts. 

It was meant to be filled with alternating layers of vanilla and chocolate buttercream, and covered in cream cheese frosting, but I settled for chocolate buttercream inside and out. Let that be a lesson - do not bake when stressed, especially when it's the night before your wedding. 

Invite

For a special event happening soon, and also appearing in the upcoming issue of The Great Unwashed. 

Cat Power!

Need more cats in your life? 

Some of you regular visitors to ye olde blog will recognise these collages. I got some postcards printed up by Moo, and they're now available in the shop. 

Over and out!

Rainbow Cake

Some gorgeous cutie turned 31 last Saturday, but unfortunately didn't get the lightsabre laser he was so desperately wishing for. They're insanely cool, but then again, I haven't got an extra £200 lying around right now. So I baked him a rainbow instead. Behold! 

I present - the six layered, six flavoured, megaton birthday cake! Yep, that's right, six different flavours in this one cake. 

The flavours were, from left to right (or top to bottom, depending on how it ends up on your plate):

Red - Cherry

Orange - Orange zest

Yellow - Mango

Green - Pandan

Blue - Blueberries

Purple - Pomegranate and berry jam

I mixed up nearly 2 kilos of batter, and then separated it into 6 portions, before adding the fruits/ flavours and colouring to the individual portions. It took heck of a long time, but it was worth it, if only to hear the Mancreature go 'Wow! Awesome!' upon slicing the cake. 

The individual layers were then sandwiched with pastry cream, before being stacked on top of each other. I left out the frosting, as I had to prepare a wagon load of cakes and biscuits for the Artquest Jumble Sale on Sunday, but if I had to do it again, I may disguise the colours with a buttercream frosting. In fact, I may just attempt it again, because it's the most cheerful cake I've ever made.

Oh, and here's a gratuitous unicorn shot, just because...