Ptasie_mleczko Cake or Birds Milk Cake … birthday cake and memories of Down Under

Ptasie_mleczko or Birds Milk Cake …my adaptation. With a name as intriguing as that, I quickly jotted it down as my Ukranian friend translated it out of her mothers cookbook. There is an eternal charm in handwritten recipes of times gone by, this recipe book is from the 1960’s. Neat, and well explained, the recipes all written In Ukranain talk to you, explaining each step. The measures are often in glasses from the Old Soviet Union, standardised at 200ml, a measure my sweet friend continues to use as her mother once did.

Chocolate Bavarian Mousse Strawberry Cake … a birthday cake for the sweet 16th!

Chocolaty, chocolaty and chocolaty … a delicious luscious cake with the quintessential combination of strawberries and chocolate, complimented beautifully with a light airy chocolate Bavarian mousse.

YIN YANG CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MARZIPAN…My daughter’s birthday cake!

“And Above All…Think Chocolate!” Betty Crocker My daughter’s 12th Birthday Cake..’YIN YANG CHOCOLATE CAKE’ ” The time has come”, the walrus said, “to talk of other things”. These words from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ have been playing in my mind all morning! Hmmmmmm… Time to post my daughter’s 12th birthday cake. Chocolate cake it had to … Continue reading YIN YANG CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MARZIPAN…My daughter’s birthday cake!

Rainbow Cake for Pinktober … THINK PINK #birthday #pinktober

This is the absolute joy of a birthday cake. Despite it being a butter rich cake, with an indulgent buttercream frosting, the Rainbow Cake is a fantastic ‘once in a while’ baking adventure. We loved the salted buttercream frosting.

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