Lemon meringue pie 12/10/09

Where to begin? I wanted to make lemon curd, so I did. Then I thought I would make meringue pie for the stall, so I decided to go all out and make the meringue from the Baker and Spice book where you melt the sugar slightly. I disregarded their warnings about needing an electric whisk, and hand whisked it. But to no avail (or light, white fluffiness). So I had no pie for the stall and was left with the base of the pie.
My friends Jill and Daniel were coming over for dinner and I made this...



Needless to say i made the meringue the way my mum had taught me (the normal way!) and it was delicious.

20/04/2007 Chocolate orange cake

I made this when some friends came around for dinner. It was based upon the Dan Lepard 'chocolate passion cake' recipe, which is a vegan cake. I amended the recipe to include orange juice in the cake batter and icing and decorated it with orange peel. I can't quite remember exactly how I did this, but writing this makes me want to try again. I'll post what I do.