Over the yesteryear v 1/2 years I've taken countless photos. It would live on quite exciting to know the exact number... or possibly not.
Out of all these , patently I dearest all the photos I post service , to a greater extent than or less. But at that topographic point are some that are special. Those that receive got a petty extra something.
This whole shoot is precisely similar that for me.
What makes it fifty-fifty to a greater extent than especial is that the identify nosotros shot this inwards is no longer what it used to be. Obviously , the identify was pretty run downward too inwards keen withdraw of renovation , but still.. await at that turquoise kitchen cabinet too that beautiful golden medallion wallpaper. The paintings , the marble tabular array too the chair. I could pass a long fourth dimension inwards at that topographic point , merely looking through the former newspapers lying around.
I had been inwards this identify a few times prior to shooting inwards it , amongst permission from the owners of course. When I was working on my final published majority "Sweet nutrient & photography" I told my publisher most this identify too I could encounter the excitement inwards her eyes. I told her most the wallpaper , the newspapers (I had yet to notice the kitchen cabinet) too the light. There is definitely something especial most the lite inwards former houses. She said to me "you HAVE to receive got photos inwards this house". So I took her advice. First , nosotros (and yesteryear nosotros I hateful me too my friend/assistant Emma) made a exam shoot amongst some muffins too pies I had lying around at home. I shout back it was therefore freezing inwards the identify that day. Even colder than outside. I think this was inwards Apr 2014. I realized that it was a perfect location to shoot too that I had to come upward dorsum too practice it again.
About i calendar month subsequently nosotros came dorsum to shoot. Everything was precisely every bit nosotros left it. What I also dearest most this shoot is that I didn't fifty-fifty receive got to convey whatever props. We constitute everything nosotros needed inwards the identify (except for the cakes , flowers too plates , obviously). Now , all of that is gone. I'm a rather nostalgic someone , therefore the fact that it's all gone makes me think most it fifty-fifty more. I effort to remind myself that the identify was inwards pretty bad shape too that it was merely a affair of fourth dimension earlier it had to live on demolished or something. Now , the identify has novel owners , turning it into their dream house. I'm merely happy I was able to receive got these photos earlier it was also late! Of form out , I gave a re-create of my majority to the previous owners every bit a give thank y'all you for letting me shoot there.
Many of these photos are from my majority Sweet nutrient & photography , which is beingness translated into English linguistic communication , French , Dutch too German. Feeling rattling grateful! I also felt similar I had to percentage this recipe from the majority because it really is i of the best cakes. The crunchy caramel popcorn on top.. good , all I tin enjoin is , effort non to consume them all direct from the baking sheet...
Oh , too yesteryear the agency , that framed photograph to the correct inwards the photograph inwards a higher identify is of a kitten sitting on a tabular array adjacent to a cactus. How keen is that?
CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CARAMEL BUTTERCREAM
AND CRUNCHY CARAMEL POPCORN
Recipe from my majority Sweet nutrient & photography
INGREDIENTS
CHOCOLATE CAKE
75 g (about v 1/2 tbsp) butter
1 3/4 loving cup + 2 1/2 tbsp (270 g) all role flour
2/3 loving cup (60 g) cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 loving cup + 1 tbsp (340 g) granulated sugar
pinch of salt
2 eggs
barely 1 loving cup milk
2/3 loving cup stiff hot java or water
SALTED CARAMEL
2/3 loving cup heavy cream
1 loving cup (225 g) granulated sugar
1 scant stick (100 g) mutual frigidity butter , inwards cubes
1/2 tsp body of body of water tabular array salt flakes
CARAMEL SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM
4 egg whites (approximately 150 g)
3/4 cups + 1 1/2 tbsp (180 g) granulated sugar
2 sticks + 2 tbsp (250 g) butter , at roomtemperature , cutting inwards cubes
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp caramel (recipe above)
CRUNCHY CARAMEL POPCORN
1 handbag of salted microwave popcorn (only job one-half of the popcorn for this recipe) , or brand your own
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp caramel
INSTRUCTIONS
CHOCOLATE CAKE
1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter too flour ii 6-inch (15 cm) baking pans.
2. Melt the butter too allow it cool.
3. Sift flour , cocoa pulverization , baking pulverization , baking soda , saccharide too tabular array salt into a large bowl. Add eggs , milk , java too butter too stir until batter is smooth.
4. Divide the batter betwixt the baking pans too bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let the cakes cool inwards their pans earlier y'all plough them out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
SALTED CARAMEL
1. Gently oestrus the cream inwards a modest saucepan. Set aside.
2. Put the saccharide inwards some other saucepan too oestrus on medium high until the saccharide starts melting around the edges. Carefully swirl the saccharide amongst a heatproof spoon until all the saccharide has melted. If you’re using a baking thermometer , the saccharide should live on most 338°F (170°C).
3. Add the butter , slice yesteryear slice , too stir until melted. Carefully add together the warm cream (it volition bubble up!) petty yesteryear petty too stir until smooth. Stir inwards the salt.
4. Pour caramel into a jounce too allow cool to room temperature piece y'all brand the buttercream.
CARAMEL SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM
1. Pour egg whites too saccharide inwards a build clean too oestrus proof bowl (preferably stainless steel or glass). Put the bowl over a saucepan amongst simmering water. The bowl should gibe snugly , too the H2O should non live on touching the bowl.
2. Whisk the saccharide too eggs amongst a whisk constantly until the mixture reaches most 65°C (about 140-150°F). If y'all don’t receive got a saccharide thermometer , merely rub some mixture betwixt your fingers. If the saccharide has melted too mixture is hot to the demeanour on , it's ready.
3. Remove the bowl from the oestrus , crunch until white , fluffy too cool amongst a stand- or electrical mixer. This footstep tin receive got most 5-10 minutes.
4. When the bowl feels cool to the demeanour on , start adding the butter , slice yesteryear piece. Don’t worry if the mixture looks curdled too soupy merely proceed beating until smooth! Add the caramel too crunch until smooth.
CRUNCHY CARAMEL POPCORN
1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
2. Make the popcorn according to the instructions on the bag.
2. Put one-half of the popcorn too the caramel (if the caramel is also thick , oestrus it for a few seconds inwards the microwave) inwards a bowl too stir until the popcorn is coated amongst caramel. Spread popcorn inwards a unmarried layer on a baking canvas covered amongst baking paper.
3. Bake the popcorn for fifteen minutes , stirring a pair of times. Remove baking canvas from the oven too exit to cool.
ASSEMBLY
1. If cakes are rounded on tiptop , fifty-fifty out amongst a knife. Cut both cake layers inwards one-half using a precipitous serrated knife (you'll destination upward amongst 4 thinner layers). Put the commencement layer on a cake board or a cake stand. Spread buttercream on the commencement layer. Add the adjacent layer too repeat until you've used upward all 4 layers
2. Spread a sparse layer of buttercream all over the cake (this is the crumb coating layer , to concur all the crumbs inwards place) using an offset spatula. Put the cake inwards the refrigerator for most 10 minutes or until the crumb coating layer has firmed upward a combat (leave the bowl of frosting inwards room temperature).
3. Spread the remaining buttercream all over the cake until cake is smooth. For a totally fifty-fifty too smoothen surface , dip an offset spatula inwards warm H2O too dry out it betwixt every pass. Works similar a charm!
4. Put the crunchy popcorn on tiptop of the cake too pour remaining caramel sauce over.
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