Butter: A Celebration - A joyous immersion in all things butter, from an award-winning food writer

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Cut the tip of the piping bag open, pipe a layer of the buttercream onto the sponge layer. Use a right-angled spatula to smooth the top of the buttercream. Pipe a ring of buttercream approximately ¼ inch in from the edge of the sponge, this will contain the curd layer. Add the margarine, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, zest, vanilla and salt, fit the splash guard. Select the ‘sponge cake’ pre-set, press Start.

She grew up in Newcastle and studied English at the University of Cambridge, where she was president of the Cambridge Union. She then studied law at City, University of London [4] and was called to the bar in 2011, practising criminal law for five years. [1] Food career [ edit ] This is a book to be savoured for its wonderful writing, as well as for its irresistible recipes and expert introduction to patisserie, too. Full of history, anecdotes and, of course, delicious recipes resplendent with butter, it includes: Place the remaining raspberries in a medium bowl, roughly crush the raspberries, keep them coarse rather than finely ground.Butter has made a huge resurgence over rivals such as margarine in recent years, mainly due to the realisation that butter is actually healthy and free of the dangerous trans-fats (known to cause heart disease) found in many artificially-created alternatives. BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme - The Food Programme's Books of 2022". BBC . Retrieved 21 February 2023. This on top of the zesty buttercream and curd drizzle topping, you get the lemon taste in every bite of cake and it is just DELICIOUS! Of course I had to add some themed yellow sprinkles to the bake but they dont have to be yellow and they completely optional anyway! Grease and line three 7inch sandwich tins and place a silicone mat or acetate sheet onto a baking tray.

Butter’ by Olivia Potts is an extremely well-written and beautifully-presented book. The chapters are well-organised and the recipes are easy to understand. Decorate the bottom third of the sides of the cake with the crushed raspberries as well as adding some to the top of the cake. Add the reserved handful of whole raspberries to the top of the cake also.An uplifting tribute to the singular power of butter to elevate any dish, whether basted onto juicy grilled scallops or drizzled over brioche. * Harper's Bazaar * Butter: A Celebration is a joyous immersion in all things butter, revelling in its alchemical power to transform almost any dish, from good to transcendent. This is, quite frankly, my dream book. Buttery bliss from cover to cover' Nigella Lawson'The last word on butter.