Nigella's Store Cupboard Chocolate Raspberry Cake

I made this for a friend's birthday a while back ago.

It is a really dense cake. :D

I didn't have any icing sugar unfortunately so I had to use like caster sugar. Think Icing sugar would have been way better.

RECIPE!

125g unsalted butter
100g dark chocolate, broken in pieces
300g good thin-cut marmalade
(originally, it was with orange marmalade but any other flavour is fine really.)
150g caster sugar
pinch of salt
2 large eggs, beaten
150g self raising flour

Preheat oven to 180C / gas mark 4. Butter and flour a 20cm springform tin.

1. Put butter in heavy-bottomed saucepan and put over low heat to melt.
2. When nearly completely melted stir in the chocolate pieces.
3. Leave for a minute to begin softening then take pan off the heat and stir with a wooden spoon until butter and choc are smooth and melted.
4. Now add marmalade, sugar, salt and beaten eggs.
5. Stir with wooden spoon and when well mixed, bean in flour bit by bit.
6. Pour into prepared tin and bake for about 50 min or until a cake tester comes out clean.
7. Cool in pan on a rack for 10 min before turning out.
   
   

I'll make it with orange marmalade next time since it is such a dense cake. The orange would balance the chocolate cake better.

Travelling withdrawal syndrome.

Took this in Dumaguete.

I need a vacation so so badly. :(

Social Expt: PLEASE DO NOT STEP

A video that I filmed and made on a social experiment we did for my Social Psychology module.

It was so much fun. (:

Teardrops on the window.

So busy that I am hardly breathing. :(

I will be back soon yeah?

I took this in Philippines by the way.

Takeaway coffee.

Sorry for spamming about black but I couldn't resist. :D

I love the cup. It's pretty. (:

Not to mention this cappuccino was pretty awesome, it was made by the serious-bout-coffee Amos mentioned in Poorest of the poor.

Gift of love from Ireland!

Handmade by Salamander

Vintage Co. Kerry

Ireland

Tel: 0669159961

black supper @ TripleOne

black @ TripleOne Somerset
111 Somerset Road, #01-13
TripleOne Somerset, Singapore 238164

Their amazing collection of really good dessert!

Not too tarty, not too sour, just lovely. (:

This is so sinful but so so good. Totally great with hot tea. I'm such a sucker for valrhona chocolate. :D

Nutella cupcake. $4.5

This is one of my favourite dessert from black. Valrhona chocolate muffin with nutella frosting?? So heavenly after a bit of heating up. When the frosting melt it is just so...I have to get another one of this soon.

Carrot cake. $5

Love the frosting. (:

Smoked chicken focaccia. $8.5

This was really delicious. The balance of cheese and smoked chicken was just great.

Three cheese croque monsieur. $9

Could be greater. There was a lack of a kick and surprise. It is nice but not amazing.

Housepour. $8

Vodka & lime.

Yums. (:

Gin & Tonic.

A little strong but I can grow to love it.

Sorry for the photo spam. I stayed there with my friend till closing so we ordered a lot of food and I took a lot of photos. :D I love how laidback it feels, the ambience is so warm and cosy. Wonderful for parties and gatherings (which they do too) or just to catch up with a friend.

Of course, their highlight is still the coffee, their really brilliant coffee that always taste so superb. They have amazing drink creations like Chocolate Earl Grey Milkshake which is so lovely, their desserts like Banana Rum Crumble are another creation I really love.

It is one really awesome place. (:

black breakfast @ Hitachi.

:D Took a while but as I promised...

black @ Hitachi Tower

16 Collyer Quay, #01-11/12
Hitachi Tower, Singapore 049318

Caffe latte. reg. $5.

Real caffe latte taste like this.

The most worth it $5 I have ever spent on coffee. The coffee here is so ridiculously good that I never ever drink any coffee that isn't from black since I tried it. Coffee should never be so hot that you can't drink it right away. What I really love about the coffee here besides the flavor is how I can have it immediately and not 10-15 mins later.

1. The milk is not burnt!!!
2. It is not too milky that all you taste is milk
3. The espresso is not lost and strong enough
4. It is the perfect balance of steamed milk and espresso
5. This is how latte should taste like

Full breakfast. $14.

The English sausage is really good!

Cappuccino. $5.

I had this a while back at the other branch (my friend ordered the one you see here), I still remembered how pleased I was with it. Being an espresso lover, I love it when it is not drowned out by milk. Like the latte, it was the perfect balance of milk and espresso. It is definitely stronger than the latte just like it should be.

Although, to be very honest, the foam was not that great. It wasn't tiny, smooth and velvety in the way that it isn't in harmony with the espresso.

I love this! Isn't it just adorable and witty???

The atmosphere here is interesting, very different from the laid back style of their other branch. It is a little more fast paced here, all the business man or woman chatting over coffee about their work, the shares market, latest headlines and office gossip. Very modern, very upbeat.

I like it here too though this isn't the branch I first visited and the one that made me fall in with black.

It was their other branch at Somerset which I will cover in my next post with more photos of food and wonderful dessert! (: