For those of you who are unfamiliar with the amazing TV series Doctor Who, Daleks are basically the deadliest aliens in the universe, full of hatred and anger. They are actually pretty goofy looking, but after watching a few episodes of the show, you stop laughing. So how exactly did they inspire me?
I was looking through my YouTube recommendations one day when I came across this tutorial on how to make a 3D Dalek cake. I watched it maybe 3 times, because I just loved seeing it all come together. The channel from which the video came is called How to Cook That, by Ann Reardon. It's so cool, she does tutorials for all kinds of sweet stuff from cakes to random desserts and chocolates! I would really advise checking out her channel. :)
So anyway, after watching quite a few more of her videos, I started thinking about cooking again. A while ago I was cooking regularly for the family, but I kind of stopped when we moved. Mainly because of the inconvenience, but also because I really wasn't feeling inspired. Things changed thanks to Ann Reardon and her amazing Dalek cake, and I started cooking again!
The first thing I made was Lasagna Cassandra, a decorated lasagna based on a character from Doctor Who, Lady Cassandra O'Brien. Yeah, she's got quite the history but in a nutshell, she was the last "pure" human left in the year 5,000,000,000,000 because she preserved herself for hundreds of years by having her skin stretched out on a frame. I know, pretty gross, right? Anyway, I just made a basic lasagna and decorated the top to look like Cassandra. :)
Next, I wanted to try something fancy and dessert-y, so I pulled out a fantastic cookbook by a friend of Papa's, and tried my hand at molten chocolate lava cakes. They were really, really rich! I made some tempered chocolate decorations, and with a scoop of chocolate ice cream and a dusting of cocoa powder, they looked pretty fancy! I was quite proud of myself for pulling something like that off, and I have made plans for more fancy cooking in the near future. :)
If you are at all interested in cooking, check out Ann Reardon's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/howtocookthat
Also, the cookbook I mentioned is definitely worth a look. Papa did all the photography for it, so it looks amazing. The recipes are all relatively simple, but they still look really amazing and professional. Here is the link to the book, Flavours of Cooper's Cove Guesthouse by Angelo Prosperi-Porta: http://www.amazon.ca/Flavours-Coopers-Guesthouse-Angelo-Prosperi-Porta/dp/1926741013
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