The Naked Chef

I never quite worked out why Jamie Oliver was called the Naked Chef in the early days. I do, however, have all of his Naked Chef cookbooks and they are some of the most oft-referred-to cookbooks on my shelves.

Yesterday was the Husband's birthday, so I decided to bust out Jamie's 'Party Cake' from the Return of the Naked Chef.

Fortunately I was ably assisted by my very own almost-naked chef - much the best way to be when it's a hot day and chocolate icing is on the menu - who helped with the baking and was in charge of design and decoration.

 

At this stage it looked almost healthy

At this stage it looked almost classy

OK, so scratch the classy bit

Oh well, everything looks better by candlelight

Comments

[mary]

Oh my gosh! I'd dive right into that.

My husband and I are huge Jamie fans. "Jamie at Home" is our favorite show and we watch it religiously. Well done!

[dana]

That is a very festive cake. I'll bet it tasted delicious!

[Liz]

What a fab cake! Bet it went down a treat. I think Jamie was called "the naked chef" because his approach is to pare down recipes to the bare essentials.

[Rebecca]

Wow what a wonderful looking cake! I love the fact your kiddie reminds me of my boyfriend when he cooked my birthday cake - chocolate everywhere! Heaven!