I hadn't even started my first day at my current school when my friend Colin told me that he had signed me up for something called Cake Club, it sounded right up my street.
Cake #1
Picture by BBC Good Food (I never remembered to take a picture of mine)
Was a raspberry and chocolate Brownie which a friend gave me the recipe for, it won me a very nice bottle of wine.
Cake #2
The picture sadly does not do this justice but they were so tasty that a second batch had to be made for the staff skiing trip to Aviemore
The pressure was on, I wanted to make something that I had never made before and I wanted something tasty. In October 2011 I had a very nice pecan slice from a Delicatessen near the Metropolitan Museum of Art and thought I'd like to try recreating it. I found this recipe for Salted Caramel Pecan Slices from a quaint blog. These slices also won me cake club and I was shocked and honoured.
Cake #3
I got this recipe from pinterest, loved it, wanted to make something nice and since I knew that winning wasn't a possibility so I thought I would have fun with it. I forgot to take a photo AGAIN so have used the one from the actual website (check it out it really good).
Cake #4
Never a bad thing when there are left overs!!!
My version of this cake was a complete fluke, my flat mate, Murray, had made Blackberry Brandy and we wanted to do something with the left over blackberries. I first thought handmade chocolate truffles or a cheesecake but it was a miserable Sunday morning and when I saw BBC Good Food's recipe for Blackberry and Apple Loaf I substituted the blackberries with the boozy ones. It was extremely tasty and very grown up, perrie paws were not allowed near it.
I recreated this cake for cake club this term by soaking the blackberries in mulled wine and the hitting them with a splash of Christmas Vodka. Everyone liked it which was lovely to here.
Now I get to sit back and enjoy everyoneelses cakes ... num num num
...What are you baking this weekend?
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