I know many people are indulging in iced teas and iced lattes, frappacinos and the like, but I have been indulging in sweet Lassi's lately. Remember my Strawberry and Black Pepper Lassi.
Well with plenty of rhubarb still growing in my garden, it was inevitable that a rhubarb flavoured one would appear on my blog. My husband is not a fan of milky drinks, but he was swayed into trying a sip when he cottoned on to the fact that this lassi was going to be made with home-grown rhubarb. Well this sip soon turned into a large glass. He liked it very much, especially the sharp twang from the rhubarb and the yogurt.
With plenty of time on my hands at the moment, D's been dropping me off at my parents home where the nephews and nieces have gathered for their summer holidays. I've just been tagging along for company and for the day and night to go by.
However, yesterday I decided instead of sitting around like a lemon, I would bake a cake with them. Of course, it had to be a child friendly cake, one that I could make with the nephews and nieces all eager to play their part in decorating the cake.
I recalled seeing one from Sew White that claimed to be really easy to make, well for me that was enough and the fact that it was shaped as an owl made it even more appealing to me and the kids. Well, I really recommend it. It was my first attempt at making a character cake and the kids were delighted with it too, both in aesthetics and in taste.
I did do a few things differently from Sew Whites original Easy Owl Cake, I used a larger baking tin. I did not use chocolate ganache on mine. Instead I made vanilla butter cream that was spread under the milk chocolate buttons. Two of my nieces went to the shop to pick up a packet of smarties for the eyes pupils. One of the other nephews decided to use some broken pretzels for claws and another decided to make a white mouse from the remaining fondant from the eyes (see bottom of owl next to the pretzel claws).
I enjoyed my cake making day with them and hope I can squeeze in a few more before their summer holidays are up.
It Really is a easy Owl Cake to make
For the chocolate sponge recipe and step by step decorating instructions follow this link Sew Whites original Easy Owl Cake.
A couple of weeks ago, on impulse D and myself decided to take a very expensive train journey into London. On the train we were dithering a little of where to go, somewhere new like Borough Market but for some reason we found ourselves retracing our steps back to Portobello market, a place that I had visited for the first time last year.
We wandered the market early hours of the day - just before it got manic and packed. If you want to view some photographs that I took of Portobello Market last year please follow this link. This time we wandered some of the side streets and did a lot of walking and sight seeing.
This time we wandered some of the side streets and did a lot of walking and sight seeing. Here are some photographs that I thought may interest you, many of which are of graffiti art.
