A new year has just begun, and I imagine that for me 2013 will mean less freedom and less cake baking, but I have now doubt that the coming year holds all kinds of new possibilities and adventures for all of us. And that it will be great!
Monday, 31 December 2012
New Year's Eve cake
Imagine spending a whole year doing exactly what you want to do - every day. Imagine waking up every morning, thinking that this day is going to be close to perfection, because you get to be present in the moment of today without worrying one second about tomorrow. Rather a luxury? Or perhaps an improbability? Either way, I can honestly say, that that was what 2012 was like for me. Not a small thing, I guess. And the year ended in champagne and a delightful little homemade marzipan ring cake (kranskage).
A new year has just begun, and I imagine that for me 2013 will mean less freedom and less cake baking, but I have now doubt that the coming year holds all kinds of new possibilities and adventures for all of us. And that it will be great!
A new year has just begun, and I imagine that for me 2013 will mean less freedom and less cake baking, but I have now doubt that the coming year holds all kinds of new possibilities and adventures for all of us. And that it will be great!
Saturday, 22 December 2012
Christmas tree
Merry Christmas everyone.
The cake consists of "P's brown cake": which is 100g syrup, 100g sugar and 100g butter melted in a pot (remember to stir), when the sugar/syrup/butter has cooled down a bit, add 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 tablespoons clove and 1 tablespoons cardamon. Add 250g flour. Dissolve baking soda (natron) in buttermilk and add to the dough. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
The cake was cut out in 6 circles (9cm, 8cm, 7cm, 6cm, 5cm and 4cm diameter) and the circles were "glued" together with butter cream made with 100g unsalted sugar, 1 1/2 dl icing sugar, orange zest, and vanilla.
The cake consists of "P's brown cake": which is 100g syrup, 100g sugar and 100g butter melted in a pot (remember to stir), when the sugar/syrup/butter has cooled down a bit, add 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 tablespoons clove and 1 tablespoons cardamon. Add 250g flour. Dissolve baking soda (natron) in buttermilk and add to the dough. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
The cake was cut out in 6 circles (9cm, 8cm, 7cm, 6cm, 5cm and 4cm diameter) and the circles were "glued" together with butter cream made with 100g unsalted sugar, 1 1/2 dl icing sugar, orange zest, and vanilla.
Friday, 14 December 2012
Birthday cake
Our daughter, Caroline, turned 1 year yesterday, which obviously called for a cake.
Regrettably, the month of December is (as you are probably aware) a busy month with very little room for play in the calendar, so I didn't have much time to do Caroline's cake, so it had to be a very simple decoration.
It was a layered cake with strawberry syrup, strawberry mousse and chocolate ganache. Very nice!
Regrettably, the month of December is (as you are probably aware) a busy month with very little room for play in the calendar, so I didn't have much time to do Caroline's cake, so it had to be a very simple decoration.
It was a layered cake with strawberry syrup, strawberry mousse and chocolate ganache. Very nice!
Monday, 3 December 2012
Suitcase and book cake
A father, grand father, husband, author and lover of Rome turned 70, and as he is the father of a very dear friend of mine, I had promised to do the cake...
The cake was Victoria sponge, lemon syrup, butter cream flavoured with cocoa, chocolade ganache and marzipan. Apparently, it went down very nicely :-)
The cake was Victoria sponge, lemon syrup, butter cream flavoured with cocoa, chocolade ganache and marzipan. Apparently, it went down very nicely :-)
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Christmas Biscuits
It's finally, finally, finally December AND its snowing! It really is the best time of the year (at least to me) and I go completely overboard in decorations, baking and presents - every year :-)
A couple of years ago my mother brought back a book from England called "Cooking for Christmas" edited by Martha Day. It's a terrific cook book full of awfully British food (rich, overly decorated and ever so yummy). Yesterday we had our selves a little Christmas/advent get-together with 40 of our closest friend ;-) and I had baked (amongst other) some lovely Christmas Biscuits, which I had seen in the aforementioned book.
It was a super party and so were the biscuits!
Oh, by the way the recipe is:
75g softened butter is mixed with 50g icing sugar and lemon rind. Beat in an egg yolk and sift in 175g plain sugar and a pinch of salt. Kead together, wrap in film and let sit in the fridge for 30 min. Roll out the dough, stamp out as many biscuits you can. Transfer to baking, mark top of biscuits with a cutter of your choice, chill for 10 min. Mix food colour with an egg yolk and pain the biscuits. Bake for 10-12 min. in a preheated oven (190 degrees). Have fun :-)
A couple of years ago my mother brought back a book from England called "Cooking for Christmas" edited by Martha Day. It's a terrific cook book full of awfully British food (rich, overly decorated and ever so yummy). Yesterday we had our selves a little Christmas/advent get-together with 40 of our closest friend ;-) and I had baked (amongst other) some lovely Christmas Biscuits, which I had seen in the aforementioned book.
It was a super party and so were the biscuits!
Oh, by the way the recipe is:
75g softened butter is mixed with 50g icing sugar and lemon rind. Beat in an egg yolk and sift in 175g plain sugar and a pinch of salt. Kead together, wrap in film and let sit in the fridge for 30 min. Roll out the dough, stamp out as many biscuits you can. Transfer to baking, mark top of biscuits with a cutter of your choice, chill for 10 min. Mix food colour with an egg yolk and pain the biscuits. Bake for 10-12 min. in a preheated oven (190 degrees). Have fun :-)
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