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.
mary says
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 says
That is a very festive cake. I’ll bet it tasted delicious!
Liz says
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 says
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!