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art cafe @ the claremont

next sunday and monday, and then every following weekend in May, Egg and Spoon will be running the art cafe at the claremont - on second avenue in Hove.

come along for a sit down and a nice cup of tea surrounded by diverse, fabulous and inspiring works of art by local artists.  we have a huge range of home made cakes; cardomom orange drizzle cake, chocolate frangelico torte, gin & tonic cake for the grown ups, baby carrot cakes and chocolate lamingtons for the little ones, plus home made savoury tarts served with our very own relishes.

for a full list of artists taking part, follow this link to the claremont's own website:  http://www.theclaremont.eu/the-claremont-art.php

sun 6th, mon 7th, sat 12th, sun 13th, sat 19th, sun 20th, sat 26th, sun 27th May 2012

see you there  x

glamping wedding

late last summer, egg&spoon were thrilled to be involved in the most glamorous glamping wedding, possibly of all time, in sunny Dorset. here's a link to a very gorgeous blog featuring the wedding of monique and neale: 

http://www.theprettyblog.com/2012/04/neale-monique-glamping-wedding/

we love a challenge just as much as we love a wedding. especially one in the great outdoors; getting back to nature, being at one with the chickens, barbequing in the dark.  it's all in a day's work...

hot cross buns

last minute hot-cross bun action this morning, fabulous recipe courtesy of BBC good food: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/hotcrossbuns

simple & extremely delicious:

dough ..

proving in the oven ..

nice buns ..

happy easter !

x fran

cake&bake photos

cake & bakes festival - brighton

This weekend saw the first public outing of egg & spoon’s chocolate sauces and brownies.  We were extremely excited to be part of the brighton & hove cake & bake festival, situated in a very sunny and busy spot outside Churchill square.  It was a great weekend, we gave out hundreds of tasters to a very enthusiastic crowd, most of whom couldn’t believe their luck at getting sunshine and free cakes on the same day.

Our new chocolate sauces went down a storm. Chocolate whisky being surprisingly popular with the shoppers ( make of that what you will… ), chocolate franjelico a big hit with grown-up nutella lovers, chocolate star anise got the most ‘mmmm’s and dreamy smiles, but eventually, chocolate chilli outsold them all. 

Amazing response to our brownies-by-post and a fantastic opportunity for us to show how it all works and what will actually land in your letterbox. We also met many very happy gluten-intolerant brownie fans – and their friends - who loved our gluten-free almond brownies. 

Despite a lot of hard work, a lot of chocolate, butter & cream, it was well worth the effort.  Huge thanks indeed to our team of super-helpers; Jess, Marc, Charlotte, Claire, Helen & Nick. We couldn’t have done all that baking, tasting, wrapping, sticking, packing, lifting & shifting without you.  See you at the next one! x  

fran