The cakes are not a lie
Originally uploaded by doxley

o Rum and Calvados Muffins

o Vodka Fairy Cakes with Midori Icing and Curacao Icing.

o Midori Jelly (agar based, vegetarian)

nom nom...

Edit: the wee jelly is cat shaped, not sure if that's clear here

here

Yeah yeah it's old hat but it's a nice crisp version compared to others I've seen. Now I want to see if I can track down my turntable illusions book, it's been a while...

Buckwheat and Chestnut cake recipe

It's been months since I last made one of these. I'm not going to bother with writing out the full recipe, just follow the madeira cake recipe here. Instead of using self raising flour, use buckwheat flour (easy to find) and chestnut flour (if you can find some). I find two thirds buckwheat and one third chestnut works well, and remember to add a few teaspoons of baking powder. Also, less sugar is needed because the chestnut flour is sweet. So far all the cakes I've made to this recipe turned out rather dry, but still quite tasty, and they go down very well with a cup of tea.

Tonight I've tried to make it less dry. Thanks sabledemon, for the idea to use creme fraiche or mascarpone, I didn't have either at hand so thought I'd try using *soya yoghurt* instead. Ended up dropping a whole 500ml tub in by accident. It's a much lighter fluffier result, yay!