Playlist for my show Alex in the morning where I interviewed Annika Aka Hachiku about her new album I’ll probably be asleep. We talked about COVID. How the year’s been for her and the possibility of live shows. How she creates art and her work ethic. Plus if she is a City, Beach or Country person.
Was Great to chat with her and will upload her interview and a few I’ve done recently a post soon. Until then Enjoy my playlist.
Alex in the Morning Playlist 28/10/2020
Playlist for the 28/10/2020 show. Heaps of new releases and with a few beach related releases in there.
Interview with Chuck and Mira of The Sea The Sea
I had the pleasure of chatting with Mira and Chuck who are the Sea the Sea. A duo who create some amazing music and currently reside in Troy New York. We talked about the themes on their album. The pandemic and current political climate in America. Was great to go in depth with them and to lean more not just about their music but who they really are and what they stand for.
Check it out here.
Then Check out their new album too! Which has such a beautifully crafted and smooth sound.
Interview with musician Liam McGorry
The other day I had a chat with Liam about his latest album. His love for Soul and disco and what his been up to during the pandemic.
Check out the chat ere’:
Then Check out his new album ere’!
Pulse Playlist for 21/10/2020
I do a show on the Pulse in Geelong Wednesdays currently from 9 – 11 am for anyone out there who’s interested. Thought I’d upload the playlist from the latest show. I Will also upload the interviews where I chatted to both Ex-Olympian and The Sea The Sea.
So do check out the playlist I feel this was a great playlist and a great one for if you just want to kick back and chill! Especially since it’s full of great music.
Be well and enjoy new music.
This recipe is E A S Y ! On a pantry stock up spree I bought some gluten free sweet pastry shells from gfpantry.com. They looked fun. As soon as the order arrived I just had to create something, anything we had in the kitchen would do. Some eggs, almond milk and berries. . .
The berry compote recipe is from thehiddenveggies.com. I added some extra brown sugar to it for a bit of extra drool. This with my go to healthy custard recipe from traditionalcookingschool.com is literally the easiest and the best healthy custard recipe I have come across. I added 2 tsp extra gelatin to make sure the custard sets well.
Once you have prepared both the custard and the compote, you must cool to room temperature prior to filling so that the pastry does not go soggy.
I used an organic gelatin powder from Changing Habits. It is full of natural amino acids and protein, great for your gut health and tissue repair. There is so much you can make with gelatin like gummie bears, jellies, thicken sauces, panna cotta and cheese cake!
Makes 24 small tarts , there will be extra custard!
Ingredients:
3 cups unsweetened almond milk
4 egg yolks
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
1/3 cup arrowroot powder or cornflour
1 tbs butter
4 teaspoons gelatin powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions:
Whisk together arrowroot and gelatin in a small bowl.
Into a medium saucepan, pour milk, egg yolks, maple syrup, and sea salt.
Sprinkle the arrowroot mixture over its surface, and whisk again to combine.
Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring CONSTANTLY until the pudding begins to thicken. It will start to steam first, which is your sign that the custard is almost done.
Once thickened, remove immediately from the heat.
Add butter and vanilla and continue to stir until mixed.
Chill to room temperature.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup berries of choice (fresh or frozen)
3 tbsp sugar or sweetener of choice
1/3 cup cold water
1 tbsp cornstarch (or arrowroot powder)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Method
Add berries to a small saucepan and sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice.
Heat the berries on medium-low until they start to release their juices.
In a separate bowl, mix corn starch (or arrowroot) and cold water and then pour it into the berries and stir well.
Stir constantly and continue to heat the berry sauce until after it has boiled for about 30 seconds.
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
Place pastry cups onto a platter
Spoon custard into a piping bag and pipe to fill ¾ of the cup.
Spoon the berry compote over the top. Chill for an hour to set and then dust with icing sugar if desired.
Chat with Dan Whitford from Cut Copy and finding out if he is a Beach, City or Country person.
I had a chat with Dan of Cut Copy last week about their latest album. What Dan has been doing during the pandemic and also if he is a beach, city or country person. Also the themes that went into their new and sixth release Freeze Melt.
It was a pleasure to be able to chat with a vocalist of a Aria award winning band and Grammy nominated at that too!
To this day Cut copy are making great electronic music which started with their roots in Melbourne and have now become a world wide name and festival staple.
An act I’ve seen live 5 times before while thinking back but I’m sure I’ve probably caught a set or two as well at festivals along the way. They’ve always been great to see live and put on a insanely good show. So once this pandemic starts to calm down I’d be keen to see them live playing new material.
They’d even be a group I’d see from my car honestly if that was the first type of live music that would be happening here in Victoria.
For a world gripped by a panddemic cut copy have done pretty well to support New order and release a new album.
Check out my Interview Below
Also, put their latest album into your playlist rotation as it really is a great addition to the Cut Copy discography.
*With beginner cake decorator tips!
This amazing white chocolate cake is both way out of your baking league, and delicious -assuming you are also a beginner cake decorator. Otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this unless you have such low self esteem that the only way you can survive this life is through feeding off others disastrous attempts and mishaps and just plain untalentedness. It’s ok, we all do it.
You can find the recipe for this absolutely scrumptious cake here: https://livforcake.com/white-chocolate-cake/ This site has a heeaapp of mouth watering cakes to choose from too!
As you can see from this photo, I read a beginners food photography blog prior to preparing the cake.
I told everyone I was making this heavenly white chocolate cake, an extravagant one that’s three storeys high and decorated. I invited them all to save a spot in their treat bank for it this week and await this amazing cake sensation.
**beginner cake decorating tip: Beware of ‘the slope’ look and layer by evenly distributing weight by evenly cooked cakes and evenly spread frosting
The heavenly whipped merengue frosting is full of white chocolate and a ton of butter, and so is the cake. It surprisingly still kept its light merengue texture and when it melted on the tongue my whole central nervous system goes ‘mmmm … relaaaaax….I’m hooome” while euphoric memories of warm fires, cuddles and puppy dogs flood into my mind.
This merengue frosting was to be used in between each layer of the cake, for the smooth outer layer of the cake, and then for the ultimate finish- my creative input, the intricate piped flower craft on the top of the cake. At this point I am a bit disappointed about my not so smooth finish on the outer layer, but feeling hopeful.
I also threw in a tub of caramilk cream cheese in between the first layers of the cake for the caramel lovers.
**Beginner cake decorator tip: de-crumb cake prior to applying the frosting. Also look up the term ‘de-crumb’ in cooking methodology.
Now this next step was going to fix my uneven layer… but something just doesn’t look right. White chocolate ganache phleghmnache. Looks like a lumpy goosebumps book cover. It was just not at all what I had been dreaming about over the past week. But I’m not going to let that bum me out I thought.. I’m taking to the sky and with my fantastical imagination and I will make a masterpiece!
Well, now I’m starting to regret telling my boyfriends mum all about this new hobby … and on borrowing her Russian piping tips excitedly telling her I would send photos and bring her some.
When the Russian piping flowers didn’t work my heart sank. They came out in big blue boogie monster globs. I am wondering, should I have followed the recipes directions instead of making this creative disaster? It was crap. This cake was now getting the official crap label. Those dark chocolate layers in there are actually burnt cake. That parmesan cheese around the edges are white chocolate swirls. *Sad face*
At this time my boyfriend had to interfere with some motivational talk all like “it looks goooood” and “the cake decorating craft takes practice, you’ll get better”
Well, boyfriend, if I had a child who was a boy and I was sexist, maybe it would be ok for his 2nd birthday with a previously purchased little blue Choo Choo train on top.
It tasted sensational.
No one received a gift or a photo.
Well, there’s a lot to learn from cooking fails. I think I will try it again someday and learn from my mistakes.
Please tell me about your wonderful cake fails and I wonder, did you still serve it up? How did it taste? Any tips to share that you learned from it?
Love,
Rosie
Full of satisfying good fats, protein to keep you going, and it’s plant based. Choc mint is one of my favourite flavours. I love the coolness of the pure peppermint with a kick of cacao. Mwah! Simple recipe yet soooo delicious!
I used doterra peppermint oil, it’s a beautiful high quality oil but you can use what ever you have on hand. Vanilla protein powder along with medjool dates give the bliss balls a luscious almost chewy feel with caramel undertones.
12 Medjool dates
1/3 c Cashews
1/2c Macadamias
1 heaped tbs vanilla protein powder ( I used a plant based one called Amazonia RAW Protein Isolate Vanilla )
2 tbs cacao powder
6 drops doterra peppermint oil
Pinch of salt
1 tbs coconut oil
1c Shredded coconut for rolling
Throw it all into someone’s food processor and whiz until clumps together slightly.
Place coconut into a shallow bowl
Roll mixture into bite sized balls and roll in the coconut.
Store in the fridge and don’t forget to share!
I got talking with Nick a man in Bananagun a multi instrumentalist currently residing in Drysdale.
We talked about the start of Bananagun, what music Nick listens to and what instruments he plays and how the music gets created to play live.
If you like what you hear listen to the music too!
Or vice versa!
Do what ever you want really.
Life That 