CAKES
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Ottolenghi’s Carrot Walnut Cake … with mascarpone frosting
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” Jim Davis That Ottolenghi cookbook has me completely smitten! I think it follows me around, planting itself on a table near me, calling me softly. It will not rest till I pick it up! It’s not just a book, it’s a trend, a passion, is addictive and it’s making 2010 a wonderful foodie year for me. All thanks to Hilda who gave it to me when I met her at the FBC’09. You see mentions of the book popping up in blog posts and twitter ever so often,. Joy! It is tone of the most…
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Strawberry Cake with Quark & Mascarpone … Delicious, Light and Fruity!
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” Author Unknown I made this cake a long while ago for my SILs birthday. While the cake itself tasted fabulous in every way (if I may say so myself), I didn’t like the finish I gave it, and therefore didn’t post it. It was the light pink icing I drizzled along the sides that left me dismayed and I later was pretty sore at myself that I didn’t just scrape it off. I could have you know, but I just got so hassled that I didn’t even think of it. I loved the stenciling I did on top with…
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Tartine’s Zucchini and Orange Marmalade Tea Cake … as healthy as it gets
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” Jim Davis Saw something stunning the other day – Zucchini & Orange Marmalade Tea Cake. The minute I saw it at Manggy’s No Special Effects, I could hear Ten in 10 yelling at the back of my head. Having made a Chocolate Zucchini Cake in the past, and the children not figuring that out was a gleeful experience. But I hardly ever make that one because of all the butter it takes to make the cake luscious and delectable. So when I read that Manggy had made this cake probably 4 times in nearly…
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Red Velvet Cake Roll with Strawberries and Ricotta …give me RED!
“Lots of bright colors like lime, orange and red this year.” Barbara Henderson The sight of the brilliant RED in the RVC takes my breath away each time I see a picture. Does that happen to you too? I have always wanted to make a red velvet cake (RVC) for as long as I can remember. So much talk about it, so many pictures calling my name, but I never quite had the courage to try making something so red which often involved a whole bottle of red food colouring. It scared me! Almost every recipe I came across had about that amount of colour to lend the cake its…
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Strawberry Apple Pie Cake with Dried Fruits – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
“And there never was an apple, in Adam’s opinion, that wasn’t worth the trouble you got into for eating it.” Neil Gaiman What’s l♥v got to do with this cake? Everything!! Loves got everything to do with this if you love fruity goodness. This is a light fruity cake, great for a snack, elegant for evening tea, different in so many ways. The bottom layer is basically the fresh fruit which gets cooked in a cakey batter, and the topping is a nice burst of dried fruit. Feel free to use what suits you, what you love!! The blogiverse is exciting and BIG! It’s fun to find new blogs, some…
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Mini Manqué Pear Cakes with Black Grape Compote
“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”Ralph Waldo Emerson Yesterday was a day I needed to bake. The morning wasn’t kind to me. Got up and the computer screen was dead as dead can be. Woke up the daughter and she was rather rude for something trivial … very uncalled for!! Then she decided not to have the breakfast I made. I had about lost it, but DH stepped in, flashed a big smile, ate her breakfast…and told me to relax! So my pent up anger was redirected to the kitchen, and it was time to bake. Hit the kitchen…
