‘Are you sure you didn’t forget and just use normal flour?’ my sister asked with a mouthful of beetroot & orange loaf cake. And that my friends, is what every gluten-free baker wants to hear: I can’t believe it’s not gluten! Believe it. Beetroot & orange loaf cake gets better with age: this particular one lived…
Category: cake
Almond cakes topped with summer fruit
Lois Daish is my original food hero. For a year and a half I wrote a blog called Lois & Me as I cooked my way through Lois’ extensive recipe archive, à la Julie & Julia. Through writing Lois & Me I became friends with dear Lois and discovered some truly wonderful recipes, including her almond cake which I made…
Tangelo, mascarpone & coconut trifle
This trifle was supposed to be a tangelo sponge cake sandwiched with mascarpone cream and tangelo curd, until I had a cake fail. The cake emerged from the oven with a slightly soggy bottom and minimal rise; Mary Berry would not have been impressed. But what the tangelo sponge cake lacked in good looks it made up for in tasting…
Gingerbread mascarpone cream layer cake
This cake will quieten even the most rowdy of dinner party tables. It can cause the happiest of married couples to fiercely argue over the leftovers. After eating the last remaining slice of this cake for breakfast, a dear friend messaged me to say: ‘I think I’ll just go back to bed. My day can’t get any better…
Apple, walnut & custard cake
Dan Lepard on cake: “I truly believe that life is improved by cake. Cake soothes and charms all but the stoniest of attitudes, and brings a shine to the eyes of even the grumpiest children. And from the happiest to the saddest of life’s experiences, icing and a soft crumb give us something sweet to…
Chocolate & salted caramel cream cheese cake
This cake! Where to begin. Two darkly moist layers of chocolate cake sandwiched together with salted caramel cream cheese icing and topped with a mountain of flowers. It’s recently been made and transported along to two friends’ birthday dinners to enraptured responses from birthday girls, dinner guests, and restaurant chefs alike. I had a message from…
Lemon & apple pudding cake
This is a pudding pretending to be a cake, which is a very, very good thing indeed. Slices of apple and ground almonds in a softly-set custard flecked with vanilla seeds. A bit like a bread and butter pudding, but lighter and more elegant. Use organic lemons for this as they really do make a difference. This…
Sponge cake
My Dad is a sponge cake expert. An electrical engineer, he takes an analytical approach to the production of baked goods. Sunday morning pancakes, for example, involved the use of a second ‘finishing pan’ set to a lower heat, to allow pancake production to keep pace with my family’s enthusiastic pancake-eating. He took a similar approach to…
cake for breakfast 