First you make one. Then you think it looks lonely, so you make it a friend. Then you make a third for composition in photos. Then, before you know it, you have a whole darn family of bears camping out in your kitchen! Of course, there’s always one booze bear in every family.
Alice in Wonderland; Drink Me Potion, Heston Blumenthal Style
“…so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off.” -Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll Looking for a quick and easy party version? Try this Drink Me Potion recipe instead. …
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Snow White Inspired Mirror Mirror Cake
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all…. Three failed cakes and 2 kgs of butter later, and an hour to go before my flight, and there I was frantically snapping photos of my finally complete cake. The cake was inspired by the costumes in the recently released movie, Mirror Mirror, in particular the queen’s wedding…
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Treasure Island; Kraken Rum Pirate Cake
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest–Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” -Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson This cake really should come with a warning label: Do not drive a motor vehicle or operate heavy machinery after eating. It seems I take after my grandma’s and mom’s way of baking… 1/4 cup of rum? Pfft, make that a few more…
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