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.

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At this stage it looked almost healthy

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At this stage it looked almost classy

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OK, so scratch the classy bit

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Oh well, everything looks better by candlelight
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  1. 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!

  2. 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.

  3. 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!