so to put that all aside i have baked a cake. yes, i have been neglectful with this resolution. bake a cake a week. hah. i can only thank the lord i haven't had the time. i would find it mighty difficult to fit into my overalls had i been more serious with this.
but today a cake. for we have a trifecta of birthday celebrations tonight in nick's family. nick, his nephew, and his brother in law. all april babies. but things such as this are accelerated a bit to accomodate our departure.
so, 7 more days until vermont.
the cake is just a simple, made-from-scratch chocolate cake with magnolia bakery's buttercream frosting on top. and of course, some forsythia for pretty-ing it all up.
That looks delicious Kate. I miss (among other things) your baking.
ReplyDeleteWe already miss you guysssssss!! Seriously.
ReplyDeleteHey Kate,
ReplyDeleteIf you can find some of these ingredients, that are at least organic...a friend of mine made this cake once and it was amazing. An Australian fav...
Hummingbird Cake!
Ingredients (serves 6)
250g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground coriander
270g brown sugar
440g can crushed pineapple, drained
50g desiccated coconut
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 eggs, lightly beaten
250ml (1 cup) sunflower oil (I used olive oil)
Cream cheese icing
100g cream cheese
50g unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar mixture
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts, to garnish (optional)
Method
Preheat oven to 170°C.
Grease and line the base of a 23cm square cake pan. Sift flour and spices into a large bowl. Add sugar, pineapple, coconut, banana, walnuts, eggs and oil. Stir to combine.
Spread into lined pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Place on a rack and set aside to cool.
To make icing, place cheese, butter, vanilla and icing sugar in an electric mixer and beat until smooth. Spread on top of cooled cake. Garnish with walnuts, if desired.
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6470/hummingbird+cake
Hummingbird Cake Recipe
www.taste.com.au
Hummingbird cake recipe - Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and line the base of a 23cm square cake pan. Sift flour and spices into a large bowl. Add sugar, pineapple, coconut, banana, walnuts, eggs...
hey, ya'll are gonna love it up here.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels, perhaps we'll meet in person once you make to VT.
hey kate,
ReplyDeleteunrelated to cakes, but do you think you could recommend some other farm blogs that you enjoy? i love reading your blog and find myself craving more farm blog reads.
thanks!
-suzanne
This looks so good! Anything with buttercream frosting. ;-)
ReplyDeleteKacie
That is a damn pretty cake.
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