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Recipe – Chocolate cardamom mousse by Shane Smith

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Chocolate mousse is one of my favourite desserts. I love this is clever and elegant take on it by Fallon and Byrne’s Head Pastry Chef, Shane Smith. The addition of cardamom, a spice indigenous to southern India and Sri Lanka, gives this delicious dessert a gentle, sweetly spiced dimension. Shane is from Lavey in Co. Cavan and has run many pastry sections around the country including the The G Hotel in Galway and Knockranny House Hotel in Westport. You’ll find more of his recipes on thetaste.ie, The Anglo Celt newspaper and on his Facebook page. I have been a huge fan of Shane since he brightened up my birthday with a gorgeous little cake when we worked together a few years ago. He has the kind of innate talent where I can imagine him doing Croquembouche with his eyes closed. He is a bright star in his profession, and I look forward to seeing him shine. Milk chocolate cardamom mousse with fresh raspberries Makes 6 Ingredients 200ml single cream 4 cardamom pods (crushed) 200g good quality …

Cake in Dublin city

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Dublin can be heaven, with coffee at 11 and a stroll in Stephen’s Green. So sang politician David Norris to myself and two college pals back on a cold December evening in 2005. We interviewed him for a class project which was a TV news package about the proposed closure of Bewley’s Oriental Café on Grafton Street. While I doubt our final cut would have won any awards, I still have warm memories of the joy Norris had in speaking of the delights of going for coffee, tea and cake in this fine city, and I’ve always remembered ‘The Dublin Saunter’  ever since. Bewley’s thankfully stayed open, and there are now heavenly cake and coffee experiences sweetly sprinkled all over Dublin. The delicious squidge when the cream squirts out of a cream slice, the harmony of coffee with coffee cake, the lip smacking sweet and sour of lemon drizzle, the regal Victoria sponge with sweet Summer strawberries, rich and gooey chocolate fudge, sticky orange cake, wholesome and nostalgic ginger cake, moist carrot cake with creamy frosting…..I …