Category Archives: Puddings
Birthday Cake
Despite gaining only a little pleasure from baking cakes, I do love the smell of a rich, buttery birthday present rising slowly and peacefully in the oven. Nothing follows a morning of meetings and emails better than tuning in to … Continue reading
2 courses for 3 loved ones
Feeding friends is one of the easiest things to do. On a school night, when the skies are dark and the tube is on strike, the fact that they’re willing to schlep their way south for a bowl of something … Continue reading
Food for friends
Here at Salad Club we love nothing more than gathering up a handful of good friends to share some food, drink some booze and set the world to rights. A replete kitchen table is one of the best places to … Continue reading
A rare idea
This is just a slip of a blog post, but one that makes no apologies for being so. I could eek out a few paragraphs on this eye-opening dish but I’d rather let its simplicity speak instead. There is nothing … Continue reading
One weekend, two crumbles
The weathermen seem to think that weekend rain we had was part of a ‘monsoon’. They also seem to think that London has a tropical climate, in that case. I don’t know about you but I wasn’t feeling particularly tropical … Continue reading
Salad Club @ Cornercopia
Last Thursday, Rosie and I took on a day’s residency at Brixton Market’s Cornercopia. For those of you who haven’t been introduced, Cornercopia was set up by locals, Anne and Ian, to encourage the growth and eating of local and … Continue reading
Chocolate beetroot cake
It pains me to admit it but I am not a natural cake baker. I tend to get through more salt than sugar and my cupboard is not often stocked with baking powder, icing sugar or vanilla essence. In fact, … Continue reading
Summer/Autumn Collection
Crikey O Riley, there’s a nip in the air! The sun, who every now and then peers round our corner of the globe, seems to have brought with him the dawn of a new season. It’s a little like he … Continue reading
Chestnut and Chocolate Torte
So the spate of sweet recipes continues here at Salad Club… I blame my pregnancy hormones and the increasingly uncontrollable afternoon urge to bake. Like Ellie, I usually always put savouries first—preferring to linger over stews, salads or soups while … Continue reading
Guatemalan Cacao Cake
We were lucky recently to be offered a pound of pure Guatemalan cacao beans by a friend with a contact on a plantation. It all felt a bit covert – she emailed, we chose our weight, transferred the money and … Continue reading
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