Cakes

Pear & Brown Sugar Cake

January 23, 2011

I made this cake this morning while in the middle of preparing a special Sunday roast. My intent was to make one large soufflé but instead I opted to make a cake because it meant I wouldn’t have to think about dessert after lunch, no getting up from the table to pop the soufflé in. [...]

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Light Hazelnut Cake – Two Ways

December 20, 2010

This is a very light hazelnut cake. I’m in love with this cake. I’m very happy eating it plain and humble with no make-up, perfect for me with a cup of coffee, the nuttiness of hazelnut comes through with a lovely texture from the not-so-fine ground hazelnuts. I’ve been wanting to experiment with a chestnut [...]

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Yoghurt Cake , Yoghurt Muffins (Yogurt Cake, Yogurt Muffins) of Any Flavour

October 3, 2010

Here it is my standard cake recipe for any occasion, it has now taken over the Victoria Sponge for the all in one quick throw it together always turns out delicious cake, this cake seems even more moist the second day. I’ve been playing around with it over the last few months. I tried out a [...]

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Happy 12th Birthday!

July 21, 2010

I use to feel sorry for parents with children who’s birthdays were close together…and now I’m one of those. Usually by now middle child’s birthday occurs during the school summer holidays but for some reason it wasn’t so this year. She just had some friends over after school for birthday cake and will have her [...]

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Happy 3rd Birthday

July 18, 2010

Today 2 year old turns 3, that magical number when they are totally aware of everything that’s going on, what a birthday means, what presents are, and what kind of birthday cake they want, “PINK” was the brief given, the first pink cake I’ve made. Which I must say I shall post the recipe because [...]

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Double Strawberry Muffins or Cakes

May 31, 2010

I first made these cakes last summer and had posted them in my old blog and since strawberries are now appearing everywhere it seems appropriate to transfer the recipe here. I came to create these cakes because last year I went through a phase of trying to find a sponge cake recipe for my [...]

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How To: Make Light Muffins

May 31, 2010

If like me you learned how to bake over 20 years ago in the UK then you probably learned how to whisk or cream cake mixture really well, making sure all the ingredients are all well amalgamated giving it lots of air. I had to relearn how to make muffin-style cakes and stop myself from [...]

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Rhubarb and Orange Blossom

May 20, 2010

Last year I experimented with rhubarb and raspberries quite a bit, rhubarb and raspberry sorbet and a variation was adding some rose water…it’s a post I still have to move from my old blog to here….rhubarb and raspberries go well together not just for flavour but if you want your summer rhubarb to be luscious [...]

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Apple & Brown Sugar Cake

March 23, 2010

It’s time to bake a cake. It’s been very difficult with the ups and downs Bikerboy and I have been through with our 2 year old diagnoses of Cerebral Palsy and the middle child has had a rough time too lately with her allergies that seem to be getting worse, the list is getting longer [...]

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Very Fudgey Chocolate Brownies

March 10, 2010

I have made these chocolate brownies for a few years and never had reason to look elsewhere for other recipes…I can be loyal like that…the fickle person that I am I can stick to something….there was no need….these provide everything I want in a chocolate brownie, with a high percentage of chocolate they’re very chocolatey [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Cake Covered in White Chocolate

February 10, 2010

If you think you don’t like dark chocolate cake forget that preconception notion and go and bake this cake! My suggestion if serving this cake for non-dark choc cake lovers go for chocolate containing 50-55% chocolate solids, it will give you just enough of a chocolate hit to taste of chocolate but will be [...]

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