• Portfolio
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Bloglovin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

Fat Tabby Cat Studio

  • It’s my job to make you hungry!

An Indulgent Hot Chocolate for the winter days.

17 Jan
Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco

Indulgence. That’s the word that came to me when I’m looking at these hot chocolate photos. Usually tea is my go to drink when I want comfort. On the contrary hot chocolate is my ultimate drink when I want something extra.

I will not share a recipe in this post because there is none. I just used a hot cocoa powder mix from Whittard: the one with the peanut butter they make for Halloween. It’s my all time hot chocolate mix favourite! I add a bit of whipped crème fraîche and I top everything with some toasted marshmallows. See? Fairly simple!

Also I like to whip my own cream and not buying some ready made chantilly bottle for 2 reasons: although it’s convenient and ready to use, it’s full of air and becomes flat (and ugly in photo) too quickly, and it is way too sweet for my taste. I love the tanginess of the crème fraîche (a bit like a sour cream)

BONUS POINT for the delightful smell of chocolate and burned marshmallows: it was a such a long time that I haven’t tasted any hot cocoa. What a treat it was!

  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco

Photoshoot

Remember this post? I shot a glass of Champagne where I originally intended to do a hot cocoa. Well this was what I had in mind when I did it!

I wanted to try a photoshoot with light props with a dramatic light. Have I ever told you how much I love the winter light in Scotland? It doesn’t last very long but to my opinion it is amazing: dramatic, deep, soft, warm (the light temperature, not the real one, it’s often very cold outside!)

My main inspiration for this session was to create something minimalist in the props and to focus mainly on the food styling. I wanted to create something warm, soft, with deep shadows and monochromatic. I chose to give it a matte look by making my shadows lighter. It’s not my usual style that is more frank and contrasty, but I like it!

All in all it was a simple setup: one light, no reflectors.

Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
Before and after the edits.

Here are some badly taken photo of the behind the scenes. Like I said it was a fairly simple setup!

  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
  • Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Hot Chocolate © Aurélie Bellacicco
0 Shares
Previous Post: « Galette des Rois
Next Post: My take on the infamous French Onion Soup. »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Welcome!

Aurélie, blogueuse de Fat Tabby cat Studio

Welcome to Fat Tabby Cat Studio! I am Aurélie the blogger. I am a French food photographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Fat Tabby Cat Studio is a culinary blog this the reflection of what I eat: lots of veggies, soups and stews, but what I love the most will ever be cakes.
I hope to inspire you to try some of my recipes and entice you to cook simple nutritious homemade meals!

Read More…

Fat Tabby Cat Studio - Retouching Gin Tonic © Aurélie Bellacicco

Recipes Index

Latest on Instagram

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins
Error: No posts found.

Let’s connect

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Stay up to date with all the latest

Archives

  • May 2019 (1)
  • April 2019 (1)
  • March 2019 (4)
  • January 2019 (5)
  • April 2018 (1)
  • December 2017 (3)

Browse by Category

  • Life
  • Photography and Food Styling
  • Salads
  • Savory
  • Soups
  • Sweet

Credits

All content and photography is copyright of THE FAT TABBY CAT STUDIO and Aurélie Bellacicco, © 2017-2019, unless otherwise noted.

Material may not be duplicated or republished without permission. If you would like to share a recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words and provide appropriate credit with a link back to the original post. Thank you!

  • Portfolio
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
This error message is only visible to WordPress admins
Error: No posts found.
© 2019 Aurélie Bellacicco, All rights reserved.