WORDLESS WEDNESDAY; COMFORT COOKING DURING QUARANTINE

Rocket pesto and ricotta meatballs

Almond cookies

 Pork pie

Buddha bowl

Frittata 

 

glazed chicken adobo thighs

 

Ham cheddar and chive bread

Apple, strawberry and almond sponge

Irish soda bread

 

Sausage, vegetable and rosemary traybake

Smoked Salmon chilli and chive quiche

Chicken chorizo stew

Orange Breakfast Muffins

Chicken Thigh Traybake with leek, pea and vermouth sauce

Chocolate Fudge Cake

White chocolate cake with ginger biscuit base

Lamb Kofta, home made naan bread, tomato, parsley and sesame salad, garlic sauce

Scones

Carrot Cake

 

All photographs by Damien B. Donnelly and cooked by me too.

SOMETHING SWEET, DAMIEN’S KITCHEN CREATIONS

 

I love cooking, but baking is the art of the kitchen and, of course, the quickest way to a happy heart. (or a big ass!). These are a few of my favourite creations over the years… 

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Chocolate sponge cake with raspberries and frosted chocolate icing

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Baked mars bar cheesecake with pistachio and marzipan xmas trees

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Pistachio chocolate mousse cake 

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Easter Chocolate cake with marzipan eggs and honeycomb topping 

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Gluten free sponge cake with raspberry and cream and passionfruit fillings

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Black Forest Gateau

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Chocolate Mud cake with whipped cream and sugar work topping

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Star Wars birthday cake

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Bakewell tart

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Dark chocolate Easter Cake with marzipan eggs, ganache and marbled truffle eggs

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Chocolate cake 

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Birthday Cake, Victoria Sponge

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Butterfly fairy cakes with lemon filling

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My  Famous Carrot Cake (famous with friends and family and work)

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Baked cheesecake with sugar work and whipped cream

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Chocolate mouse cake

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Birthday Cake for a French English Fairy girl

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Irish Soda Bread Loaf style

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Irish Soda Bread cake style

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New York Cheese Cake

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Coffee and Walnut Cake

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Coffee and Walnut Cake (my nana made it better)

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Reine de Saba (after Julia Child)

All Cakes baked and eaten (and shared, of course, I’m not obese/selfish!) by Damien B. Donnelly 

(who does a lot more sport these days to run off the sugar!)