Cakes
It’s been a while since I last posted a recipe! In fact, almost three years! I have been working on recipes in that time and now have a few to post. With the success of first my Ginger and Almond Muffins, then my Chocolate and Almond Muffins, I’ve been recreating some of my past cakes and muffins along the same …
Cakes
The creation of a banana nut loaf was inspired by two separate things. The first inspiration was a banana cake I tasted at a neighbour’s house which contained walnut pieces and had a deliciously moreish flavour (a touch, or perhaps slightly more, of alcohol, I found out afterwards!). The second inspiration, strange as it may seem, was my breakfast one …
Cakes
The inspiration for a cake flavoured with limes came one Saturday morning when I was out doing the weekly shop. Limes had just come into season and the lucious green skins caught my attention. By design, I don’t use a lot of sugar in this cake. Rather than icing the cake with lime-flavoured icing to enhance the lime flavour, I …
Decorated Cakes
Having not done decorated cakes for some time, last year I had the opportunity to do two! In July, I made my nephew’s 13th birthday cake then later in the year, I was asked to do a 40th birthday cake for my cousin. I decided to do a two-level cake as I think multi-layered always looks quite impressive! It also …
Cakes
A torte is a cake that uses little or no flour, instead using ground nuts or breadcrumbs. Its origins are in Europe (“torte” is German for “cake” or “tart”) where the tortes can be very rich and often come as a layered cake filled with jam and cream. In order to save our waistlines and our arteries, I usually just sprinkle …
Cakes
When I was young, I bought a recipe book titled “The Victorian Kitchen Book of Cakes and Cookies”. It contained a recipe for “Fine Almond Cake”. The cake looked delicious so I decided to try it. The recipe contained no baking powder nor did it call for self-raising flour. At the time, I wondered if neither of these were invented back then, …
Decorated Cakes
It’s several years now since I did a night class in cake decorating. For the first year or so afterwards, I took every opportunity to practice by making and decorating a cake for every conceivable occasion! It is a long time now since the last one so I welcomed the opportunity last week to do a birthday cake for my nephew’s …
Cakes
Recently in a magazine , I saw a recipe for a Chocolate Hazelnut cake that had polenta as an ingredient. I have tried using polenta in cakes but have never had much success. The idea of chocolate and hazelnut together sounded quite delicious though! This is my version of a hazelnut and chocolate cake. I mix it entirely in the food …
Cakes
Sometimes a recipe happens because I don’t have the exact ingredient or amount of it that I would like. Such was the case with this Banana Cake. When initially creating the recipe, I decided to start with one cup of mashed banana. To my dismay, the only two ripe bananas that I had, mashed into just ¾ of a cup. In fact, …
Cakes
I have never particularly been a fan of scones. Whether it was me who made them or someone else, they always seemed to be dry and hard! Since gluten-free flours produce a softer baked product, I have been thinking that this could bode well for scones! The result is these Light Almond Scones. They are a slight deviation from traditional scones. …
