Chocolate Workshop - May/June 2011

What: Chocolate truffles, mousse-filled cups, chocolate piping & Nutella cups

When: 11 June 2011 (11:00 to 13:00)

Where: Mother City Cakery at 20 Rosendal Street, Bothasig

Cost: R100 for the workshop & R40 for chocolate disks

Patrons Present: Janine, Lucy, Nadine, Vannessa, Amie, Clarissa, Amor, Charnel, Megan, Carol

Organised by: Carol

Firstly thanks to Lucy who found this KKC option on Gumtree. Beryl Visagie at www.mothercitycakery.co.za not only creates beautiful cakes but also offers a workshop for beginners in chocolate work. Once you know how to fold a wax cone, piping decorations can be a lot of fun but it takes lots of practice – ask all those ladies that were licking the chocolate off their fingers. There is nothing like a creatively placed swirl, curl, butterfly, heart or drizzle of chocolate to elevate an everyday dessert to gourmet status. We made chocolate cups using plastic moulds and paintbrushes. Once set we filled them with chocolate mousse or Nutella. Our chocolate piping added an impressive finishing touch to the mousse and a drizzle of chocolate added a nice flair to the Nutella cups. Making the chocolate truffles was easy and can be done with simple ingredients. It was quite messy on the hands but the end result was scrumptious. We dipped the truffles into the melted chocolate with a bent fork – don’t use your best cutlery for this….. We took our masterpieces home in beautifully decorated boxes.

CJ xxx

Movies and Champagne - April 2011

What: Movies and Champagne

When: April

Where: JC le Roux wine farm

Cost: R80

Patrons Present: Lucy, Carol, Amie, Vicky

Organised By: Vicky

On a stunning Sunday morning in late summer Lucy, Amie, Carol and Vicky enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet at J.C. le Roux as part of their ‘Sunday Films’ special offer. After an interesting off-roading experience due to a slightly misguided satnav we ended up at the wine farm. Over a glass of bubbly and a delicious breakfast we took in the beautiful setting and scenery. The mini cinema where they showed the film was lovely too (Notting Hill – “I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her” Never gets old....). Hope they do more of these events. For info, they were doing a champagne and nougat tasting so may be worth looking into this in future.