Category: Cakes

Rhubarb And Orange Cake With Flaked Almonds

Rhubarb And Orange Cake With Flaked Almonds

I really enjoy rhubarb particularly when it is in a cake. I used to make one which had custard in the cake as well, but was a little fiddly to put together. May be I might share it with you at a later date. This […]

Lego Birthday Cake – Best Butter Cake Recipe Ever

Lego Birthday Cake – Best Butter Cake Recipe Ever

It was my grandson’s 9th birthday on Friday and he wanted a Lego Cake for his party and it had to be a red Lego block.   My son intended to make this cake on Friday in time for the party celebrations on Saturday. As […]

Valentine’s Day – Chocolate-Rosemary Torte

Valentine’s Day – Chocolate-Rosemary Torte

I don’t usually make lots of cakes for Valentine’s Day, but when I saw this recipe at Mother Earth Living for a very different kind of chocolate cake I knew I had to give it a go. As mentioned in earlier posts we have a huge […]

Valentine’s Day Celebration Cakes

Valentine’s Day Celebration Cakes

  I think it is always nice to know how a celebration originated, and Valentines Day is no exception.  The Web definition from Princeton states:   Valentine Day: a day for the exchange of tokens of affection. An excerpt from Wikipedia states:      Saint Valentine’s Day, also […]

Delightful Lighter Version Carrot Cake

Delightful Lighter Version Carrot Cake

Welcome back after your Christmas break and I hope 2014 is treating you well. We have had some ups and downs so far. My husband was terminated from work on 18th December with no forward notice regardless of his performance. Hubbie also had to have […]

Celebrate Christmas – Last Minute Fruit Cake Gluten Free

Celebrate Christmas – Last Minute Fruit Cake Gluten Free

As the title suggests, in my case this really is a last minute fruit cake. Even to the extent that unlike me I didn’t check to see what ingredients I had. However, I changed a few things and I think it worked out really well. […]

Celebrate Christmas – Eggnog Bundt Cake

Celebrate Christmas – Eggnog Bundt Cake

  As Christmas is fast approaching I thought I had better get on with something else suitable for the festive season. I came across this recipe for an eggnog bundt cake and thought it sounded really nice.  I also had some buttermilk in the fridge […]

Moorish Apple Cake

Moorish Apple Cake

As we come to the end of Winter the weather has been on the colder side, and you definitely look for that little extra something to go with your afternoon “cuppa”.  As my husband loves anything with apples, I decided to use them in a […]