Okay so where are the Oompa Loompa’s?

So when I asked if some product could be delivered to me, so I could get some testing and prep done before the photo shoot, I never for a moment thought it would result in a courier, followed swiftly by a postman saying ” let me help you in with these boxes. They are heavy!”

Yeah right,  like 30kilo’s heavy! That is 66lb in “olde sweete shoppe”, pink stripy bag, heavy!

Oh and then there was the sack, yes sack, of very fine cocoa.

Oh boy did I get “the Golden ticket”.

Got to dash expecting Jonny Depp any moment.

Salted Caramels

butter, sugar, condensed milk, syrup & very fine sea salt

On holiday one year in France I fell in love. This was no ordinary holiday romance, fleeting, when you are caught up in the moment & mood, all giddy with exoctic foreign -ness, and a sense of adventure, only then to be deemed impractical when you return home “to your real life”.

This was real love…………. I had eaten my first salted caramels.

From that moment I knew I had to learn to make this deliciousness, I was possessed!

The smell is intoxicating, and is capable of rousing the sleeping!

We served these at our Valentine’s tea. Join the group click on the link and sign up -

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loving and giving

Mmmmm……….

Chocolate cake

This is not going to be low calorie. Or low fat. Or come to that low sugar, wheat or even dairy free.  But I reckon that, allergies aside, a little of what you fancy does you good!

Am I saying chocolate cake does you good?

You decide.

Afternoon tea

This blog is about food and also about the start of a new venture, involving food.
Enjoy

Born out of this recession has come ” underground dining”, truly the silver lining of a rather large cloud.

It works like this you place your booking on line (email me at pearlbarley@hotmail.co.uk ), please ensure you leave your email address, we will confirm availabilitywithin 24 hours. Then 2 or 3 days before your booking we will send you the address (we are based in north london ). The suggested minimum donation is £25 per person. You are likely to be sharing a table.

Our first event will run over the weekend of 13th & 14th February, so if you fancy a decadent afternoon devouring homemade treats both sweet & savoury – warm scones, brown sugar meringues, white chocolate tarts, salted caramels, to name but a few, contact me now, places are limited and it really is “first come first served”………. was that saying ever more apt? x