Fabulous and simple olive oil cake with a delicious citrus flavour. An easy but impressive bake!
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Strawberry yogurt cake with olive oil
Strawberry deliciouness in a dessert cake which is enriched with yogurt and heart-healthy olive oil. A perfect Valentine's bake ❤️🍓
Blueberry and mascarpone loaf cake
Moist and delicious blueberry and mascarpone loaf cake, enriched with honey and Cointreau
Orange olive oil cake with Limoncello icing and marmalade glaze
Heavenly orange and olive oil cake with marmalade glaze and Limoncello icing
Raspberry and browned butter Madeleines
Quick and easy browned butter and fresh raspberry madeleines
Strawberry shortcake
Pretty as a picture and just as divine to eat as look at. Polenta and grounds almonds add a little twist to a Victoria-sponge style layer cake, filled with double cream, strawberry jam and chocolate spread and decorated with edible flowers
Cherry Lamingtons
Umm, these little Australian cakes are delicious, but wow are they messy to make. If you've got little children I can imagine they'd have tons of fun with these - no wonder Lamington drives and bake offs are very popular in Australia and New Zealand. I've made these twice before (a traditional recipe and a… Continue reading Cherry Lamingtons
Walnut cake with lemon buttercream
This is an amazingly bouncy walnut sponge topped with a lemon buttercream - this is a change to the traditional coffee and walnut combination but goes beautifully together. Notes For this recipe I've used a mix of unsalted butter and baking margarine. I did some experimenting comparing all butter, all margarine and a mix… Continue reading Walnut cake with lemon buttercream
Orange and chocolate friands
These are based on the Orange-chocolate cake recipe in the 'La Mere De La Famille' recipe book by Julien Merceron. The original recipe is for two large-ish loaf tin cakes. I have tweaked the recipe a little so that it can be baked perfectly as smaller individual cakes. There are two absolutely essential changes: the… Continue reading Orange and chocolate friands