by Chez Shamwari | Dec 28, 2015 | Menus
Is it just me, or has this been the fastest year on record? To whizz by that is? Such is the busyness of life I have to diarise my Christmas baking ‘weekend’. All my festive baking (mincemeat, pudding & cake) takes place at the end of September or beginning of...
by Chez Shamwari | Dec 26, 2015 | Menus
With autumn in full swing and the festive Christmas season knocking on the door, it was to this seasonal ‘palette’ of flavours and treats I turned to for inspiration when designing this menu. I also had had an extremely busy time with my day job and therefore needed...
by Chez Shamwari | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
This was the grand finale to another year of cake as we’ll be taking a rest during December. There are always too many other things going on in December what with Christmas festivities and venues busy with party goers, that a break from the proceedings seems...
by Chez Shamwari | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
I could just begin with what’s not like to about cake and leave it at that? Well indeed. But if you like your cake [and by inference pudding] and to eat it too, then there’s more “what’s not to like” in having Pudding Cakes, don’t you think? Think of your...
by Chez Shamwari | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog, Menus
I guess I should know by the now that after 4 years of doing this (yes 4 years!) that the deadline of 2pm for afternoon tea to commence seems to arrive quicker than I can throw a wet teabag at it (erm … no teabags here actually, something tea shaped anyway …). It can...
by Chez Shamwari | Sep 2, 2015 | Blog
What comes into your mind when you hear the words ‘tutti frutti’? The song by Little Richard? The multi coloured sweets by Rowntrees (‘tooty frooties’)? Or even the 1980s TV drama? Well for us at Saltaire Clandestine Cake club it was all about fruit. The brief...
by Chez Shamwari | Aug 3, 2015 | Menus
With summer in full swing, plenty of colour and freshness would be the theme of the day; there would be time enough for comfort food come the autumn. My guests were both newbies and ‘repeat offenders’ – the latter being a difficult thing to achieve given my ever...
by Chez Shamwari | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog
You’d be forgiven for asking when is one not happy when cake is involved? I quite agree! But imagine for a moment, if you will, that you have a list of cake choices in front of you, maybe in your favourite tea room or local summer fête. What cake would stand out...
by Chez Shamwari | Jul 21, 2015 | Blog
Last autumn, I received an email out of the blue. I had to read the email several times to convince myself it wasn’t a scam of some sort (sorry Jane!). The email was a request to be interviewed for an article on afternoon tea in Yorkshire to be featured in the...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 28, 2015 | Blog
This theme was all about anything you can drink that could also go to flavour or spice up a cake. Be it a hot or cold beverage such as tea or coffee, or something cooler like a fruit juice or even a favourite tipple. There was a small cosy gathering to celebrate this...
