Lemon Crepe Cake

This was delicious but beware if you try and double the recipe to make it mile high! It slips everywhere. For assembly, get it done, get it done fast and then into the fridge for firming up.

Dessert for breakfast

Now that I am officially done at the market for the summer season I am finding reasons to continue to try new recipes. For Christian's christening next weekend I am going to try this Lemon Crepe Cake. You may recall it on the cover of MSL last year. You can find the recipe here. As it's a T-Party I am going to do a few mini sweets as well and going to make these little lemon meringue pies. I found the recipe on a blog called: desserts for breakfast. Now how's that for starting your day!

So I have wanted to make a big beautiful Meringue my friend Fiona is famous for. Her Pavlova is to die for! Being it was my birthday and well, to Taya from Taya was on my mind that's exactly what we did. My friends Cass and Shaun came over and we attempted the tricky little recipe. We used the one from Jamie Oliver (although this link takes you to a different recipe, the meringue recipe is the same). Free pouring sugar, the wrong sugar on top of it, well didn't work. (See flat meringue pictured!). Shaun stepped in and did everything Cas and I didn't do. Big difference - use real eggs! Not that egg whites in a carton aren't real.... ???? but these super eggs from Vitala are the bomb! See the difference! LOVED my homemade birthday cake with love. Oh and lemon zest was perfect in the meringue. Next time I'm going to try lemon and ginger.

Baking Break

It has been so piping hot! Making jam has made it even hotter in the kitchen. Spent some time in recovery with cool refreshments. I had a bunch of lemon cordial I had made so mixed it with some fresh mint to do a Laughing Lemon version of the mojito. My friend Jannetta had hers with some vodka where the rest of us enjoyed it without.

Gorgeous Gravity

How gorgeous is this Angel Food Cake? I know the confetti is a little over the top but I couldn’t resist my childhood indulgence. This used to be my birthday cake of choice when I was little and as it is my birthday month I had this cake on my mind. Nothing pretentious, imperfect, light and delicious (not that I was thinking that hard as a child). Everyone around the house thinks I should sell it at the Market tomorrow but selfishly I will keep it for afternoon tea. Besides there’s nothing lemony about it except for the lemon I will use in the whip cream to make it extra light and fluffy. Lemons are good for so many things!

natural lemons

Love these images of lemons. So natural. For more beautiful foodie images go here.

Bake it Pretty

I've been searching for exquisite baking supplies and found so many cute and pretty things. This baker's twine is even called Lemon Meringue! I am also really into the black doilie thing right now. Who would ever think I'd be searching the net for doilies? I think it would look great as a layer behind my labels. I also envision them at a cool tea party. I always wanted to throw a tea party with a black lace tablecloth amongst a big colourful garden. Unfortunately these purchases are going to throw my costs through the roof so for now I will wait to throw the appropriate party so I can splurge. One good site is bakeitpretty.com

Beautiful Bundts

I love these little bundt cakes. They are so precious without being too delicate, if that makes sense. I love how they look in the windowed craft boxes which come in quantities of four and two, perfect to bring as a dinner guest or to take along on a picnic. These I made with poppy seeds and decided not to shake icing sugar on them. Instead I gave them a good soaking of lemon glaze that was made with more lemon than sugar so it really made them moist and lemony. Yum.