Ahoy Me Hearties...greeeeeeee

Ahoy everyone!

This is my latest cake...

My pirate just sits there, not aware of the danger lurking in the water...

Shiver me timbers!!

So have a great week or as they say "Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum"...(I think that's what they say :-)

Happy Birthday

It's the time of the year again, that I have to show my girls that mom doesn't only make birthday cakes for other children, but for her own daughters as well...

So this year (to my delight...) I didn't have to make two cakes for my 5 year old twins birthday party, but one cake with a theme that sort of involves two "best buddies".

These characters always makes my girls laugh, and to be honest they make me laugh as well...

Ladies and gentleman's, put your hands together for "best friends"...

TOM & JERRY

Raising the scale

Some children knows exactly what they want...and I love it!

She came in with a big smile on her face and a small tiny sample of the cake she wants.

Check this one out... the Small cake next to its exact edible larger (much larger) version...

Have a great week, Tali

Halloween! WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!

She asked me for some cup cakes...
Some scary cup cakes...
Some really really scary cup cakes...

Not suitable for the faint hearted!

Hi everyone!

Are you looking for a creative and fun way to occupy your children over the half term?



Well, look no further…



Half term children cooking classes (26-30 of October 2009)

(Classes up to 10 children ages 5-10)




Monday 26th: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

After a long weekend our caterpillar is very hungry! Inspired by the children’s classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”

We will follow the caterpillar on his journey and begin by making a fresh and healthy fruit salad,

Each child will go on to make and then decorate a beautiful muffin butterfly.





Tuesday 27th: Italian morning



The children will learn about the magical process of bread making. What is yeast? How does it work (a little chemistry lesson- who says that holidays can’t be educational and fun at the same time??)

Each child will make yummy hedgehog bread.

We will make fresh pizza with smiley faces...

Then we will make a cold pasta salad with lots of fresh ingredients.



Wednesday 28th: Welcome to the Jungle





We will sculpt animals out of sugar dough, creating a sweet and fun jungle cake.

I will teach the children how to create some beautiful and colourful animals from sugar dough, then placing them on a cake and create a jungle environment.





Thursday 29th: Oriental Day





Let’s roll, fold and make some yummy Vegetarian Sushi.

Noodles salad with steamed vegetables.

The children will make fortune cookies for themselves and for their loved ones - writing their own fortunes and making their own cookies...

How cool is that?

Friday 30th: Sweet Friday



We will be making a sweet Cholla with some yummy toppings

The children will make and then bake some scrumptious Chocolate chip cookies

And...A flower pot with a surprise YOU CAN EAT...



What a sweet way to start the weekend!









Some more information:

* Drop off sessions

* All classes will be held at 18 Denman Drive North, NW11 6RB

* Each class begins at 10am and finishes at 12:30pm

* The children have a short break at 11:30am in which they will receive fresh fruit, a snack and a drink.

* No nuts are used in our cooking, but some ingredients used (e.g. flour) may contain traces of nuts.

If your child has any allergies, please let me know in advance!



Places are limited. Please book in advance by e-mail or by phone.



Price- £20 per day





Best regards,

Tali

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my summer fruit cake

MY SUMMER FRUIT CAKE
This easy to make delicious cake can be baked as a cake or as individual’s muffins...yummy!
And here it is:

(For 10-12 muffins or one 12” cake tin)

Put your oven on 150◦

1 cup of sugar
¾ of a cup of vegetable oil
4 medium eggs
1 tee spoon of bio carbonate of soda
2 ½ cups of plain flour
2 green apples – grated
Summer fruits – blueberries, raspberries, black berries etc.- as much or as little
1-2 table spoons of honey
Mix the sugar, oil, eggs and soda until combined together
Add the flour, grated apples, and honey and mix together in a mixer.
Add the fruits (leaving some aside) and mix with a wooden spoon gently so the fruits won’t brake completely. Pour the mixture into muffin cases or into an oiled and floured cake tin and sprinkle on top the remaining fruits (push them a little bit in so they wont roll off the cake/muffin).

now....this is the trick...
Bake it on 150◦ on a fan program for 10 min and then put it on the regular oven program (usually it looks like this = only more spacious) for another 20 min (for the muffin another 10 min).
Again, raving is promised!!
Try and let me know what you think!



BON APETIT!

My 5 Min delicious chocolate cake

The beauty of this cake is that it doesn’t involve any whipping, electric mixer, separating eggs, or any other complication. Just chuck it all in a bowl and mix it all together with a wooden spoon.

I promise you....people wont stop raving you over this cake!!!

It’s a good cake for children’s birthday party, for those who has milk allergy, and with a nice fancy chocolate ganach on top it’s a brilliant cake for a dinner party.

And here it is:

PUT YOUR OVEN ON 180◦

2 CUPS OF SELF RAISING FLOUR
2 CUPS OF GOOD DRINKING CHOCOLATE POWDER
1 CUP OF SUGAR
1 CUP OF WATER
1 CUP OF VEGETABLE OIL
4-5 EGGS (DEPEND ON SIZE)

IN A BOWL MIX ALL THE DRY INGRIDIENTS TOGETHER. ADD THE REST OF THE INGRIDIENTS AND MIX IT WITH A WOODEN SPOON UNTIL MIXTURE IS SMOOTH AND HAVE NO LUMPS.
GREASE YOU’RE BAKING PAN AND FLOUR IT. POUR IN THE CAKE MIXTURE AND PUT IN THE MIDDLE SHELF OF YOUR OVEN FOR 45-60 MIN.

WHEN A WOODEN SKEWER COMES OUT CLEAN FROM THE CAKE- ITS READY!!

Valentine's Day Dinner Demonstration

A few days before Valentine's Day , I hosted in an amazing kitchen (a kitchen to die for- not mine unfortunately)16 people for a taste sensation dinner demonstration.

With a culinary master-class to help create a taste-sensation dinner for those who loves to love and love to eat…I demonstrated An easy-to-make, 3 course dinner incorporating aphrodisiacs to tantalise anyones senses :

•Home-made flavored mini bread
•Sweet potato and Honey cappuccino served in Champagne glasses
•Grilled tuna or grilles steak on a bed of asparagus
with basil and lime dressing
•Chocolate mousse cigars served with Chocolate and
Bailey’s Irish Cream dipped cherries

Sounds complicated? Not at all!
All recipes where given in writing so the preparation
will be stress free and enjoyable.
Included where food tasting, nice wine and great appetizers

the next evening is in "cooking" process....details soon.

Bread workshop

Bread making workshop- coming soon....

Learn the magic behind bread making and discover

a world of different combinations and flavores

of bread making.

For more details please contact me on :

talicooking@gmail.com

SOME OF MY CAKES

Cake Decorating Classes...coming soon!

for more details and to sign in

please e-mail me:

tali cooking@gmail.com

scroll down and see my students astounding cakes!