cake cake cake....

so this post has been written for a while, i just never got round to posting it, but lately i've been noticing a little trend i have for girly crushes - when some lovely lady amazes me with her talent, totally inspires me and i just can't shut up about it - so this is the first of a few posts dedicated to those girly crushes.....

chocolate, courgette and mint cupcakes

butternut squash chocolate cake

raspberry white chocolate blondies

mmmm.....don't they all look yummy? (even if i do say so myself!?) but amazingly they're all really (in my greedy-cake-loving opinion) good for you, chock full of veggies and hardly any fat - splendid!

all the recipes for these beautiful creations are from red velvet and chocolate heartache the simply marvelous book by harry eastwood, who is a true domestic goddess!  harry has replaced most if not all of the fat in her recipes with a variety of vegetables, chosen for their texture, from silky to fudgey and, in what i think was a stroke of genius, has used rice flour instead of wheat, meaning that not only are coeliacs well catered for, but everything comes out light and fluffy too!

i'm in love with her book, aaaand...... yes, i do have a little bit of a girly crush on harry too, but seriously, who wouldn't?  a woman who loves chocolate cake, fairy wings, and vintage china? who spent lots of time and effort working out so many yummy recipes just so we can indulge without the guilt? yep, definite girly crush!

if you haven't already, go buy the book, you won't regret it, and then you can join me in my crush!

whimsycate, x x x