Bundt Cake

 

For Susan, The Well-Seasoned Cook...

In recent months, 

A sponge cake that became rubbery

A bundt cake that stuck to  the ridges and grooves

A pound cake that was not exactly a pound cake recipe.
An avocado cheesecake with flavours that were unexpected and not in a good way. Bundt cake with flavours of Meyer Lemon, Raspberry and Chocolate.

Cakes in May: Choclate Butter Cake

A beautiful late spring evening, a slew of birthday's last week, with a choclate cake for two very special ladies!

Choclate Butter Cake

Cherries, mint and  a happy mess of choclate!

The cake went around the memorial day weekend and was happily shared with company! The recipe is a basic one, a simple choclate glaze, with coffee and orange zest... but this is one cake which always loved the pans and never forgot to stick to pan-bottoms! Constant reminder that a spring-form pan would be a welcome addition....

Work allowed a simple 'dressing' and was followed by an equally simple dinner of Rajma [Kidney Beans Curry],  Chawal and Chutney!

Kidney Beans Curry/Rajma Curry, Coriander-Mint Chutney, Rice.

The Choclate Butter Cake recipe  comes from the prolific Joy of Baking; this recipe worked. Have added instant coffee powder to both the cake batter and the frosting/glaze: Indian Necafe brand plus grated orange zest.  Personal preference would be for an addition of fruit puree/raspberries to cut down a slight lingering eggy aroma. Others did not have such any issues! Also found that a touch of mint, by way of fresh spearmint leaves worked. 

Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

Recipe for Have the Cake Challenge, taken from Gourmet June 2009.

Strawberry Buttermilk Cake

For Have the Cake Challenge...
Recipe modified from the original Raspberry Buttermilk Cake, given at Gourmet.

Cooling rack imprints...

Weekend visit to the Strawberry Farm in the south of Richmond yeilded a rich box of juicy strawberries...

Last week's ramble!:-)

Not a huge fan of cupcakes but these have the power to convert! :-)

 Debra's Too Sweet Cupcake Boutique is a gem in a suburban residential locality. The classic Banana Cream an instant favourite. The other one was Baker's Whim: Cranberry Orange and equally good!

A weekend ramble was to Shahi Kitchen, recommended by our tireless friend G,  who is never satisfied with the Indian/South Asian food found on the continent: Teek hai, ek Bengali touch hai! Previously a generic American spot convereted into a South Asian eatery with all the decor intact :-), their website carrying news from the subcontinent. Weekend buffet: their dessert , Sabudana Kheer was the best we had in years. Dal had that home-made flavour of garlic and cummin; other standard restaurant dishes better than average without heavy doses of cream and tomato paste/sauce!! A Bengali fish curry with flavours of mustard! The South Indian stuff in the buffet was not upto the mark!

Pound Cake...

A belated birthday cake for C...baked yesterday  for day before yesterday!

Simple Pound Cake.....