CAKES
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Mango Vanilla Bavarian Cream Cake … and a FOOT for MacTweets!
“Through flour, sugar, butter and eggs, you’ve created the best recipe ever – friendship!“ Janet @ LaDue & Crew Yes, still summer here, with the rains that came and went, leaving us in a puddle of hot and humid misery. Not the perfect weather for macs, but then again, it was the finding my feet time of the month. Needless to say, they proved elusive again. The theme Jamie and I picked at MacTweets was ‘SING, SING A SONG‘, asking you to cook up something special, something toe-tapping, sing-along good! Sing I did, and the numbers being belted out in my mind were wide ranging. Primary of course the theme…
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Swiss Black Forest Cake … whipping up low fat cream into submission!
“Bakers are born, not made. We are exacting people who delight in submitting ourselves to rules and formulas if it means achieving repeatable perfection” Rose Levy Beranbaum Was missing from bloggerville for a while as we took the kids for a vacation to a charming town called Gangtok tucked away in the Himalayas in the North East of India. It was a 2 hour flight from New Delhi, and then a 5 hour bumpy car ride to the resort. From there, I thought I would tweet and blog a bit, but surprise surprise … we had no connectivity there! It was a surreal feeling in some ways not to be…
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Eggless Caramel Cream Refrigerator Cakes with Roasted Strawberries … when inspiration strikes!
Eggless Caramel Cream Refrigerator Cakes ... these little no bake cheesecakes are a sort of panna cotta though the cream is not cooked. I whipped up the cream with caramel syrup, and then added gelatin to stabilise it and help set.
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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…
