Autumn Love Bites

Hiya!

I haven't been baking much but I decided to do some baking today and as a trial and error it was a success especially with Z.

Ingredients:

- 225g Unsalted Butter

- 225g Self-Raising Flour

- 1 tsp Baking Powder

- 100g Golden Caster Sugar

- 100g Light Muscovado Sugar 

- 4 Large Eggs

- 1 Large Orange, Zest.

- Dark Chocolate covering

- Food Colouring paste, Red, Orange and Yellow

1. Mix the butter and eggs together in a bowl and leave to the side.
2. In a separate bowl mix the flour, sugars and baking powder together.
3. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and carefully fold them together.
4. Using half of the orange juice it into the mixture and add the zest.
5. Using a hand mixer, mix the ingredients together for a minute.
6. Separate the ingredients equally into 3 bowls and add your colour paste (about 2 drops each). 
7. Fold the mixture into the food colouring until it is fully covered.
8. Pour the ingredients into a tray alternating the colours and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
9. Rest the cake for up to 2 hours
10. Melt the hot chocolate covering either using the microwave or place a heatproof bowl above a pan of hot water.
11. Pour the chocolate over the cake and let it rest.
12. Once the chocolate hardens you can cut the cake into squares and ENJOY!!

I added an extra step as I used a cookie cutter and stamped out little love hearts for Z. It was small but still full of flavour. Z and S managed to finished the whole thing by the time I got out of the shower so that was the only picture which I had managed to take. Z left me 1 to try and I loved how it tastes! It reminds me so much of Autumn! Next time I will try and add some cinnamon to the chocolate to give a christmassy feel.

I hope you can try this recipe out

TC

xx

Viet Baguette Woolwich

Hiya!

The other day I was craving Pho so me and S went to Viet Baguette in Woolwich. We haven't been here for a very long time as we've been very busy and hardly got any 'us' time so it was a real treat when we went out to eat just the two of us. 

Iced Lemon Tea

We both ordered the Ice Lemon Tea as it was a hot day and it was so refreshing! We did find that one was sweeter than the other but we just swapped as I love it sweet whereas S prefers it more lemony; this drink is homemade and tastes amazing during this hot weather.

 

Cha Chien (Fried Viet Pork Sausage) & Goi Cuon (Summer Rolls)

S Loves his Viet Sausage and it tastes delicious especially with the sweet chilli sauce! It's fried but it's not greasy which makes it a great compliment to any main dish. I have to have my summer rolls and Viet Baguette does an amazing summer roll as it tastes really fresh and their peanut dip is just mouth watering.

Bun Ga Nuong Dac Biet (Noodle with Grilled Chicken and Spring Roll)

S ordered this delicious dish. It was light and full of flavour! The chicken worked well with the vinegar sauce and gave the dish it's flavour. 

Pho Ga

Nothing beats an amazing pho stock and Viet baguette has an amazing stock. I ordered the Chicken Pho and my gosh it was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s! Normally I don't order chicken as I do find it dry but it wasn't! They cut the chicken pieces thinly which helps it soak in that amazing soup and they don't give you just a bit of chicken they give a lot! I would definitely order this again.

I love Viet Baguette because the staff there are amazing and they are always willing to help. I would highly recommend you visit here if you're ever around Woolwich. They are hidden away but when you find this place you must try it! They do take-away to but I would say stay and enjoy the atmosphere.

What's your favourite Viet dish?

TC

xx