April 3rd, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
These are so, so good.
This is my second batch so I can pretty much guarantee that if you like coconut and dense cakes then you will like these. And cherries. I have more of a glace cherry addiction than I like to admit and nothing beats biting into what appears to be a plain cake and finding hidden whole glace cherries in there. Ohh baby.
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March 19th, 2008 § 5 comments § permalink
So I got asked to make a cake for my boss at work. First they suggested a 3D Porsche, and after reading this, I decided that was a decidedly bad (read screw that no way in hell can I do that, ever) plan. So I set about making a Porsche crest from fondant and icing.
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March 9th, 2008 § 8 comments § permalink
I bought some cream cheese at the supermarket today and tried another attempt at probably one of my most favourite bakery/cafe items ever. You know the type, you always buy them but can never find a recipe that comes close.
Now there are literally thousands of recipes out there for cream cheese muffins, but in most of them the cream cheese is beaten in to the wet ingredients. The perfect cream cheese muffin to me requires delicious chunks of cream cheese goodness. The recipe below I use when I need to use up any fruit, you can use whatever you have on hand or in a tin (I used canned strawberries lol).
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March 9th, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
Recently I baked this Frangipane Pear Tart to take to a bible study – I definately should have bought the tart tin with shorter sides and a removable bottom – as you can see I had to trim the top of the tart crust. Also, the crust in this got too brown for my liking, next time I will not pre-bake it for so long.
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March 9th, 2008 § 1 comment § permalink
I have been put off updating because my new camera hasn’t arrived yet and I am sooo uninspired to take photos. Oh well – here goes – excuse the crappy photos. I found this recipe from the amazing [Smitten Kitchen]. I have made it twice now, last time on Wednesday and again today, and it is just so darn good.
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