The Calf & Giraffe

15/07/2025

Vegan And Gluten Free Hamper – Afternoon Tea Gift Basket (7Pcs)

15/07/2025

Gluten Free Hamper - Afternoon Tea and Biscuits Gift Box - Gourmet Selection of 6 Individually Wrapped Cakes - Gifts For Men & Women - Coeliac Friendly Treats Box

28/04/2022

RECIPE 🍋🍋🍋

Summer is coming so it’s time to move from heavy chocolate and buttercream desserts to something vibrant☀️
So, my suggestion for this week is a pretty easy and absolutely mouth-watering lemon cheesecake with a light as cloud Italian meringue. The last feature is optional and if you don’t have a big desire to impress someone as well as a blow torch and thermometer you can easily skip this step.
Let’s start:
1) I wanted to suggest to bake a base from scratch but I’m sure that 90% of you would close this post immediately as soon as you saw an extra step😂
So, we will make a simple base. Just grind cookies in a blender into fine crumbs. If you don’t have a blender - put biscuits into a plastic bag and break them with a rolling pin (which is a really good way to reduce your stress👊).
Combine the crumbs with the butter melted. Get a 16 cm baking tin and build a base with 4-5cm rims. Afterwards place the tin into a fridge for at least 10 mins
2) Heat the oven to 110C. Mix the soft cheese with the sugar until smooth. Then alternately add yolk, egg and lemon zest (use a mixer to combine them together)
3) Mix 50g of cheese mix with 100g of lemon curd
4) Add milk to the rest of cheese mix
5) Fill the base with the cheesecake mix – yellow (lemon) mass first and white on top. Bake in the oven for 90-120mins
6) Cool the cheesecake in a semi-opened oven (don’t worry if its slightly soft) and then rest it in the fridge for min 6 hours
7) Cover the top of the cheesecake with lemon curd (optional).
8) Italian meringue (optional).
Make a syrup by putting the water and sugar into a pan and boiling until 111-121C.
At the same time start whisking the egg white on a low speed (always use a clean and dry jug- it’s really critical for the right meringue). As soon as the syrup reaches the required temperature, slowly pour the syrup into the egg white and whisk constantly on high speed. It’s quite hard to say how long you should whisk the meringue – it really depends on the power of your mixer. You should do it for at least 10 mins until the mass becomes really firm.
Spread the meringue over the cheesecake and burn with a blow torch.
That’s all! Bon appetite.☺️

27/03/2022

Happy Mother’s Day for all beautiful and thoughtful mums 😘

03/03/2022

Northampton saints style cake for 80th birthday.

Absolutely in love with these vibrant colors and a little player on top (who somehow looks like Howard Wolowitz if you know what I mean 😂).

02/02/2022

17/01/2022

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17/01/2022

What could be better than a bouquet of flowers for a birthday….?
Of course a cake which looks like a flower box😂

Inside: Chocolate cake with layers of Oreo cheesecake and Baileys curd 😋
Absolutely delicious

15/12/2021

Xmas is comping but you still have a chance to surprise someone around the UK.

The Calf & Giraffe is happy to become your secret Santa 🎅
We're glad to cheer up your lovely buddies with our amazing treat boxes 🎁🎉🎊

We offer 3 box sizes:
-S- 1 slab of Brownie or Rocky road - £6.95
-M- 3 slabs of Brownies (vegan option is available), Rocky roads or a mix - £11.95
-L- 1 slab of Classic chocolate brownie, 1x slab of Rocky road, 3x NYC cookie, 1x Candy cane £14.95

Free standard delivery (RM 1st class) 1-3 business day. The last postage is on Dec 20th.

*All our products are made fresh to order and dispatched within 3 business days. Every box accompanied with a handwritten card and xmas fondant topper.

27/07/2021

Brackleycake