It is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who today, and as an ardent admirer of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), I could not let the day pass un-noticed.
I wanted to make something edible as my way of celebrating the occasion, and I was initially attracted by the ideas in Dining with The Doctor by Chris Rachael Oseland. However, being a baker, when the time came, I of course wanted to make baked goods. A quick Google search led me to this recipe on the BBC America website for Mini Chocolate Dalek Cakes.
While I made the whole batch of cake, I only made one Dalek - that is all I wanted, and when you start putting the little sod together, it becomes rather time-consuming.
Instead of using a marshmallow head (which looked a little odd because it was smaller than the body), I had two different shaped dariole moulds (one which was tapered at the top for a head) in which I baked the cakes. I trimmed one of each type of cake up to make a dalek head and body, and joined them together with some of the ganache.
I couldn't find pocky or FADS at the supermarket (my first choices for Dalek accessories), so I bought a can of yan yan biscuits and dipped them in chocolate for the plunger and eye stalk, joining on a chocolate dipped smartie (I'd used all the brown ones) and a blue smartie to the end of the sticks for a plunger and an eye respectively. I left the gun plain.
The cake itself is really rather delicious - although it contains cocoa rather than chocolate, it is deep and rich and chocolatey in flavour.
The backdrop for my Dalek is a first day cover of the complete set of Royal Mail Doctor Who stamps. Don't you think they are fabulous?
Are you planning to watch The Day of The Doctor, being the 50th anniversary episode of Dr Who? And are you celebrating the occasion, and if so, how?
Oh I am so jealous of your stamps!!!And I shall be whipping up a bunch of Daleks anon, thank you for the recipe link!! I am getting up at 6-50am to watch tomorrow and then we are going to a 3D screening at the cinema in the afternoon, then the special again and the docu-drama following that in the evening. Yay!!
ReplyDeleteThis is EXCELLENT (My Mr Neil would love this!). And FADS - haven't thought about them for years. Need to pick some up next month when I am home!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant! I am looking forward to seeing the 50th edition episode - not live, but probably tomorrow night :) One of these to eat while watching would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteI got up at an ungodly hour for the weekend to watch -Tennant and Smith are cute together onscreen.
Deletelove it - wish I had the energy to do this but we have a busy weekend - am hoping to watch the dr who special tomorrow night but 7.30 is witching hour so will have to play it by ear! Am with you on David Tennant!
ReplyDeleteWell done! And it's probably a good thing that you did just one-it does look complicated!
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