Minecraft Cake

My son discovered a new internet's game : Minecraft.
You have to build a home in a squared universe.

Now that I think about it, I realize that my son always loved squared universe ...
He loved Sponge Bob. He loved a little robot called Rolie Polie Olie, who were a circle. But he loved most his best friend : Billie The Square.
And now : Minecraft.

My children like to celebrate their birthday with friends.
We're living in a small apartment, so usually, we celebrate it outside.

My daughter loves to cook, since she's a little little girl. So I organized her birthday, with 4 friends, in a culinary workshop, with a chef so kind. They cooked cupcakes and had a great time together.

For his birthday party, my gnome invited 3 boy friends at home. And I baked him a minecraft cake.
This recipe is a little bit long to cook, but I promise, it's very very easy.
Now, you begin to know me : I'm not a chef. If I can do it, you can do it.

The base is a Yogurt cake. 

I made 4 yogurt cakes.

For the decoration, you'll need :

• 400 grammes of dark chocolate
• 200 grammes of unsalted butter
• 100 grammes of green almond paste.

Put your almond paste in the freezer for one hour, before making the decoration. It will be easier to work with. 

Step 1 : 

Put the butter and chocolate in the microwave, and let them melt together, 30 seconds after 30 seconds, until combined.

Step 2 : 

Cut up the top and the bottom of each cake. 

Here's the scalp ...

Step 3 : With a spatula, spread the chocolate mixture on each cake and pile them up. 

Okay ! My pile is not erected correctly but don't worry, it will be worse after.

Step 4 : Try to cut up the board of your cake...

The goal is to make a square. 

At this time, I was thinking there was not enough chocolate between slices. I'm learning with you, friends.

Step 5 :

Cover totally the cake. 

"How the hell am I going to put it in the cute service dish I bought ?..."

Step 5 :

Now, get out the almond paste from freezer ans grate it.

Step 6 :

Dredge the almond paste grated on the top of your cake.

And put it the fridge for one hour. 

It would have been too bad to not use this dish, don't you think ? What ?... Yes, my son is 13 years old !  I'm sure his and friends and him will ADORE this dish !

Récapitulative : 

4 Yogurt cake.

For the decoration, you'll need :

• 400 grammes of dark chocolate
• 200 grammes of unsalted butter 
• 100 grammes of green almond paste.

Put your almond paste in the freezer for one hour, before making the decoration. It will be easier to work with. 

Put the butter and chocolate in the microwave, and let them melt together, 30 seconds after 30 seconds, until combined.

Cut up the top and the bottom of each cake. 

With a spatula, spread the chocolate mixture on each cake and pile them up. 

With a knife, cut up the board of your cake.

Cover totally the cake. 

Get out the almond paste from freezer and grate it.

Dredge the almond paste grated on the top of your cake.

And put it the fridge for one hour. 

Grilled vegetables

Here an easy recipe, and when I say easy, I'm almost ashamed ...
We still have got a lot of "summer" vegetables, here. Thanks to my little farmer.
We know that we have to eat vegetables, so I'm always trying to find recipes with them.

Yesterday, I went back from work exhausted. I just wanted pizza, sofa, a glass of white wine and basta !
But my vegetables have decided a different evening, for me.
When I opened my fridge, they told me :
"Look at us ... We were young, fresh and gorgeous. And after one week, you don't even look at us no more ! You come closer and you ignore us. What do you expect ?"

I said OK.
So here's the easiest recipe and the easiest post of an exhausted cook !

You'll need :

• All the vegetables you've got in your fridge that need to be eaten ! For me, it was potatoes, zucchini, carrots, red peppers, and one eggplant.
• Olive oil
• Garlic (as much as you like)
• Onions (as much as you like)
• Herbs of Provence.

Your oven must be preheated at 210°C (th 7 / 410°F)

Step 1 : 

Peel and cut all your vegetables. Pour them in a dish : 

Potatoes

Carrots

Eggplant

Zucchini

Red peppers

Onions

Garlic

Step 2 : Pour 5-6 tablespoons of olive oil.

Step 3 : Add the herbs of provence, and salt and pepper.

Step 4 : Oh yes, I forgot something. But it's not obligatory. I added a tablespoon of sugar.

Step 5 : And I gave to those vegetables the massage I dreamed to have at the moment ! 

In the oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes ! 

All the vegetables are caramelized and almost sweet. I hope you'll like them.