It was Edward's Birthday on 3rd Feb !
I had been cracking my head if I should cook or go out for dinner. Finally, cooking was the best option as the children have school the next day. We did not want to have too late a night out.
We had onion soup, followed with strawberry salad with speck and haloumi. Lamb cutlets with Basil Sauce for main and of course a surprise cake for Edward....hee.
His friends actually organised a football game on that evening and he had to give it a miss because of our little home celebration for him. Because of that, the children and I decided to give him a surpise on his cake.....hee, hee!
Anyway, it was a vanilla sponge cake. This time round I went along with kiwi fruit inbetween the layer cake instead of strawberry.
By the way, the recipe for the strawberry salad was taken from Jamie Oliver's website. The strawberries were cut and marinated with balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. It was really nice, it drew out the flavour of the straberry ... I would usually have strawberries fresh but this has totally changed my view on strawberries. I love the speck but haloumi cheese is not really my kind of cheese tho.
The website is jamieoliver.com/recipes/salad-recipes/strawberry-salad-with-speck-and-halloumi
Infact, the onion soup and lamb cutlet were also Jamie oliver's recipe. The cake is from the same recipe as the Chocolate Raspberry Roll. The chocolate was omitted and 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence was added instead. I had it shaped according to the cake board I have.
It was pretty tiring but I had fun in the kitchen!
