Sunday 21 February 2010

Southern Cakes.

Number Guy has spent a very pleasant weekend in the company of three friends from the UK. I have also found it very pleasant, but I was cooking and baking as opposed to board-gaming and Dungeons & Dragonning.

Due to the, ahem, weight issue, I don't bake as much as I would like to. Having people to stay allows me to relax the rules a bit. This weekend I pulled out
Southern Cakes.. I had wanted to try out the Tomato Soup Cake (yes, really) but I had bought a can of the ordinary stuff, not the condensed as required. Never mind, the Banana Chocolate Layer Cake came to the rescue.

I have to say that this picture does not do justice to this light-as-air creation.



The butter and sugar are beaten together, and then the three eggs are added one-by-one. Once the eggs are incorporated the mixture is beaten for another few minutes before the other ingredients are folded in by hand. The resultant batter is a dreamy mousse-like creation that I could easily have eaten straight from the mixing bowl.

The finished cake I loved. The chocolate frosting I found a bit too much, but this cake is deserving of another outing, I'll just need to think about the frosting issue

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4 comments:

  1. Karoliina21 February 2010 at 12:42

    Thanks for forcing me to wipe drool off my keyboard ;)

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  2. Melania22 February 2010 at 04:59

    yum! that cake looks delicious. have you found out why there is no baking soda here? one theory i've heard has to do with the altitude. i have replaced baking powder for soda when i've baked and everything rose as it should, but i'm still very curious.

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  3. Twelfthknit22 February 2010 at 12:05

    I go to Globus or Jelmoli and buy the baking soad there.

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  4. Melania24 February 2010 at 14:59

    thanks Twelfthknit, i didn't know they carry baking soda.

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