Foodie Festival - Battersea Park

With thanks to Easy Food Magazine, we were lucky enough to win two tickets to the Foodie Festival in Battersea Park, London. We attended the event on Saturday the 17th of August. All going well we will return next year! There were so many things we would have loved to sample but there is only so much you can do in one day. However, everything that we did taste was delicious and I look forward to trying more next year. :)

5am Breakfast 

Hawaiian Jump Juice 

On the Birmingham to London Train - you can't beat M & S!

Battersea Park 

The Pigs Head was behind that Bamboo Wall

We didn't try this but it looked amazing!

Live Music 

Rum Punch - so Fruity & Delicious!

Masterchef

Kevin tried out a few of the local beers - all got a thumbs up!

I can't walk by coffee ice-cream!! 

Excellent Burritos & Guacamole

This is the one I had - too good for words.. 

Kevin's Hog Roll (From the Pig above - crackling & all!)

Cycling around London - we visited Buckingham Palace

Back at Birmingham Airport for the 9.30pm Flight back to Dublin - & it turns out 'Pret' make lovely Soy Lattes!

♥ ♥

Wendy

XO

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March - Victoria Sponge Cake

Who doesn't love a good Victoria Sponge Cake? Fresh cream and jam (next time I'll make the jam too!) Preheat the oven to 180^°C and grease two 8 inch sandwich tins.

Just a little flat ;)

Sponge

225g butter

225g caster

4 large eggs

½ tsp vanilla extract

225g self-raising flour

Filling

8 tbsp jam

200ml cream, softly whipped

• cream together the butter and sugar, until light and fluffy.
• beat in the eggs one by one and add the vanilla.
• fold in the flour with a large metal spoon
• bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• once cooled, sandwich the cakes with jam and whipped cream.

February - Choc and Cheesecake Cupcakes

These went down a treat! They were a lovely balance between sweet and savoury. Preheat the oven to 150^°C and line a muffin tin with 12 bun cases, or make mini ones as per the magazine image. 

Chocolate Layer

125g plain flour
150g caster sugar
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
40g cocoa powder
25g vegetable oil
1.5 tsp white wine vinegar
Pinch of salt
125ml water
25g white chocolate, grated

•  add the flour, caster sugar, bicarb, cocoa powder, vegetable oil, vinegar, pinch of salt and water - mix until smooth and then stir in the chocolate. Add a tablespoon of the mixture to each bun case.

Cheesecake Layer

200g light cream cheese

50g caster sugar

1 large egg

½ tsp vanilla extract

25g dark chocolate, grated

• add the cream cheese, caster sugar, egg and vanilla extract - mix until smooth and stir in the chocolate. Add a tablespoon of the mixture to each bun case.
• bake for 10 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean - leave to cool then decorate.
• the magazine used Dr.Oetker Designer Icing - I just used icing sugar and some cream cheese :)