Fun food

I am just a little bit fascinated by the fun Heston Blumenthal has with food.  It's particularly exciting when he makes a savoury dish look like a sweet, or vice versa.  It's about tricking the eyes, and disarming the tastebuds.

This is why I was delighted to find a recipe for some "burgers and chips" which I saw at a Kitchen Tea party recently.  They are actually made entirely from cake.

I think my attempt, adding some baked custard as a cheese slice, is a bit classier even! (If you ignore the fact that I had a minor disaster with my chocolate cake.)

Now, you might be asking, what has this to do with the Machine?

Nothing really.

But I did wonder as I went through just about every dish in my cooking cupboard as well as crockery, whether the Machine could have saved me any steps.  I hand-creamed the butter and sugar for the "chips", I hand-stirred the cake mixes ignoring all instructions to use beaters.  It would have saved me a lot of time and stress in those areas.

But the Machine would not have helped at all with my undercooked chocolate cake or putting the honey glaze on the top of the "buns".

I wondered... because I had a lot of time to think while I was making them... and I knew I wanted to blog about the fun of this idea, so I had to link it in somehow!!!

By the way: This recipe is probably not recommended as a kid-friendly cooking exercise.

Anyone want to help me with my dishes?