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How to make Tiramisu chocolate mousse cheesecake, part 1 Saturday 3rd December 2011, Recipe 20111203 How to make Tiramisu chocolate mousse cheesecake, part 1 – an introduction It was one of those days when I was watching someone make a Tiramisu when I had an epiphany for a chocolate cake. I thought to myself that…

How to make the ugliest eggs in the world Thursday 27th October 2011, Experiment 20111027 How to make the ugliest eggs in the world – an introduction Sometimes life is a disaster waiting to happen, especially when you are trying your best to make something beautiful with eggs and the end up being the ugliest…

Intriguing ways to mix cocoa powder to make chocolate mousse Tuesday 10th November 2011, Recipe 20111110 Intriguing ways to mix cocoa powder to make chocolate mousse – an introduction I wanted to show you the results of my experiments with mixing cocoa powder to make chocolate mousse. I was trying to improve on the chocolate…

How to make a bullseye egg in 30 seconds   How to make a bullseye egg in 30 seconds – an introduction It was one of those mornings. I woke up, the other day, from a restless night dreaming of hard boiled eggs. After all of my cooking experiments, here I was living off hard…

How to make a fast chocolate cake part 3 Tuesday 9th October 2011, Recipe 20111009 How to make a fast chocolate cake part 3 – an introduction I hope you would have read my spin on Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse and how I had converted it into a fast chocolate cake. I have been carrying…

How to make a fast chocolate cake part 2 Tuesday 23rd September 2011, Recipe 20110923 How to make a fast chocolate cake part 2 – an introduction I hope you would have read my spin on Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse and how I had converted it into a fast chocolate cake. In this article I…

How to make a fast chocolate cake Tuesday 19th September 2011, Recipe 20110919 How to make a fast chocolate cake – an introduction If you had read my previous article on how to convert Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse into a chocolate cake you would know that it did require a little improvement. Now I would…

How to make chocolate cake with Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse Tuesday 1st September 2011, Recipe 20110901C How to make chocolate cake Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse – an introduction If you had read my previous article on Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse I didn’t realise I could convert the chocolate mousse to chocolate cake. You would know…

How to make cheesecake pastry Tuesday 1st September 2011, Recipe 20110901B How to make cheesecake pastry – an introduction In a previous article I had left out the cheesecake pastry when I mentioned that the absorb-ability of the flour is an important criteria when choosing which flour to use for you cheesecake pastry. I ran…

Chocolate Mousse Hervé This method Tuesday 1st September 2011, Recipe 20110901 How to make Hervé This’s Chocolate Mousse – an introduction While failing at making exotic cheeses I had been experimenting with chocolate mousse. I had been experimenting with cocoa powder to make chocolate for the past few years and accidents in making chocolate have…