This is another one of Yotam Ottolenghi's wonderful recipes. I could cook my way through all his books and not get tired of it. You can find this recipe in his book “Ottolenghi – The Cookbook”. I have “Plenty” and “Plenty More” as well and am happily anticipating my birthday (coming very very soon) because I know that I will receive “Jerusalem” from my mother-in-law. She asked me what I wanted for a present and that was my wish. Hopefully she didn't forget it. I am sorry I didn't know Ottolenghi existed during the time I lived in London, it would have been great to eat in his restaurant. The cases for this cups are quite an universal recipe, if I can call it so. I used it several times and filled the cups with different things, like white chocolate, but also cream cheese andberries, dark chocolate, pudding and fruit etc. The recipe is perfect, I had my doubts the first time I made them, I thought I would never manage to get the cups out of the muffin forms in one pieces, but I did. They came out perfectly. I found it a bit difficult to roll the dough...
I love baking, I think I have already mentioned that. About a few years ago I discovered the fondant covered cakes. They were back then really not very popular in Germany or in Romania, so I had actually never seen this kind of cakes before. Things are changing now, they are becoming more popular, especially in Romania, where, from what my aunt is telling me, there are a lot of bakers selling fondant cakes already. About 2-3 years ago I started trying to learn about working with fondant. It was pretty hard at first, but slowly I am getting better at it. I have to say that Pinterest has a lot of influence on this learning process. I mean, I bought a few books, but there is no way I could have learned so much just with the books. I am not an expert but I am doing my best, learning something new every time I make a new cake. And I have made a few of them already, for my family and friends, I am always happy when somebody asks for such a cake, the whole process from gathering ideas, making fondant, baking and of course eating is a...
