Cakes

From Gluten-free Orange Cake to Mary’s Mini Coffee & Walnut cakes

The 55th Bake: Mary’s Princesstarta

I was looking for a good cake to bake for a parrrtttyyy!!  My samba teacher Gabi was inspired by my baking and decided to hold a Samba Passion Cultural food day at her house.  In addition she needed a cake to celebrate one of the teams 30th birthdays, so that was me done for the day…Baking on!!!  I liked the look of this Princesstarta as it has several layers, vanilla custard and cream, not to mention the home made marzipan icing!!  Wow, flash. (more…)

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The 53rd Bake: Cherry & Almond Battenberg Cake

Well this looks interesting.  I’ve been looking forward to having a go at a Battenberg Cake, ever since I saw it being made as a technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off. It was first made in 1884 to honour the marriage of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenberg.  It looks hard…Eeeeeeek.  (more…)

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The 50th Bake: Summer Berry & Nut Cake

Its time to bake a cake and this berry delight struck me as delicious.  I had most of the ingredients, but I didn’t have marzipan for the walnut and brown sugar crumb topping which gave the cake a subtle almond taste. This cake had an inordinate amount of berries on top, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries… a whole 600grams!!  (more…)

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The 39th Bake: Classic Chocolate Fudge Sandwich Cake

“What cake do you want for your birthday cake,” I asked my daughter.  “Chocolate,” she said without hesitation.  Well, that’s easy.  We have the best, most impossible to stuff up chocolate cake recipe in this family.  It has been passed from sister to sister and gets hauled out at every Read more…

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The 35th Bake: Gateau de l’Opera

I baked this Gateau de l’Opera on Sunday afternoon.  I had flicked through the recipe book to cakes thinking Sunday was a good day to attempt one as I had more time.  A simple three layered sponge popped out at me from the photo, a little bit involved but should Read more…

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The 31st Bake: Mary’s Mini Coffee & Almond Cakes

So Sunday afternoon, the sun was streaming into the living room after a lovely Mother’s Day brunch at Mac’s Brewbar in Takapuna.  Fantastic menu, I had salt and pepper squid with aioli and salad with a cappuccino.  (as you do!)  The sun had just come out so we sat outside Read more…

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The 21st Bake: Victoria Sandwich Cake

  I took the dog for a walk through the Roy Clements Treeway after buying the next lot of ingredients for my bake today.  I was out of selfraising flour, caster sugar and mascarpone crème(surprise surprise!) but the other ingredients were pretty essential so I tootled off to the local Read more…

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Hummingbird Cake

It’s my daughter’s birthday tomorrow and she has requested a Hummingbird cake.  I love making hummingbird cakes!!  The luscious ingredients make for such a moist delicious cake. I was at Greenland hospital today taking her for her eye check, and discovered a recipe for Hummingbird cake in the cookbook at Read more…

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The 16th Bake: Gluten-free orange cake

I took the dog  for a walk today through Victoria Park in the centre of the city.  The air is still hot, but there is a crispness about it.  Autumn is coming.  As I walked through the park, I noticed the smell of freshly cut grass, a smell that reminds Read more…

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The 12th Bake: Sticky Gingerbread

It’s Friday morning and its time to bake.  I have an event on Sunday so thought I would make a cake for that.  I was hoping that it wouldn’t be too soon to make one, that it would last till Sunday. As it turns out, I just read in the Read more…

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