I ♥ Nigella Lawson..

.. there, I said it!

What is it about this Domestic Goddess that enthralls me? Is it the seductive way she prepares the food? The sultry, suggestive words that smoothly flow from her mouth? The delicious, tantalising dishes she effortlessly produces? Her curvey figure cutting sexily around the kitchen? Who knows, but the last one is definitely confusing for me.

What ever the reason, I adore Nigella and could sit and watch her shows for hours and hours (in fact, I did on the weekend).

Because of this, I've decided to donate August to Food by Nigella - I'm going to make at least 3 dishes each week from her recipes, and post the results here starting with Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks in Red Wine and Garlic.

I'm not a baker..

I really don't bake often. I don't like to follow recipes, more just use them for inspiration and cook by feel. And for this reason, I don't bake. Because it doesn't work.

But my housemate does...

Peanut butter cupcakes with peanut and chocolate hazelnut icing

Peanut butter cupcakes! With chocolate hazelnut icing! Just because you've been sick all week and lost a stack of weight, doesn't mean you have to make the rest of us put it on!

That does it.. this week, I'm baking.. Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Honey cake. Cop that!

But seriously - these cakes look amazing! Only look amazing as I have been very strong and not eaten one. Yet. Katrina is a bit of a cupcake queen - always making different types, and they're all as good as the last batch. Add to that the newly acquired cookie press which has piping attachments. Be prepared for many more cupcake updates... that I'll probably eat.