Orange Almond Chocolate Gateau, actually as delicious as cake can get. These are flavours that really gel well together, bring out the best in each other, and are quite easily available. Simplicity is the best and this is a fine example of just that. I don’t bake layered cakes very often now, and more often than never it’s a birthday in the family that spurs me into action.
A lighter version of the classic pound cake, the Tea Rose Fondant Cake is sandwiched with a light confetti butter cream. The buttermilk vanilla bean pound cake makes a delicious base for the fondant art.
Back well fed and refreshed from our trip Down Under, I share a delicious recipe of an Almond Cake that our charming hostess made for us. Absolutely delicious in every bite, yet no added fat. {and a window on Sydney too, a city we love}
A simple, comforting, unassuming apple cake, delicious and moist, with the promise of old world charm. A couple of tablespoons of unsweetened low fat cream make it even more addictive!
“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” Irish Proverb STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE This recipe is adapted from one of the first baking sites I used to browse many many moons ago…the ‘Joy of Baking‘. Just the other day my friend from Kiev & I were chatting online & looking for poppy seed muffin recipes on … Continue reading STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE…A Delectable Cake for Tea or Dessert
“Man cannot live on chocolate alone, but woman sure can.”Author Unknown Black Forest Gateau… The Black Forest region (‘Schwarzwald‘) in Germany is essentially known for three distinctive features: its highlands, scenery and woods, the traditional cuckoo-clock, & the typical southern German dessert- ‘Black Forest Gateau’ or ‘Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte‘ ( literally “Black Forest cherry cake”) . … Continue reading BLACK FOREST GATEAU…a southern German dessert cake to die for!
