Posts tagged 'almond extract'
19 March 2012
A Better Version Of Simnel Cake Than My Last Attempt
A year or so ago I made a simnel cake, but it came out rather squat and a tad heavy. The squatness was easily remedied with a smaller baking tin, while the texture was improved through using a lighter recipe with more eggs. I have, also, used an id...
Read more07 August 2010
Recipe For Almond Cake
This recipe began with a blog post from David Lebovitz, who wrote that his desert island food would be Almond Cake. So with great anticipation, I tried his recipe several weeks back, but while Sophie and I loved the marzipan-almond luxury and the ol...
Read more06 December 2009
Recipe For Sweets At Christmas Fairs
Inspired by marzipanning the Christmas cake yesterday and acutely aware of the looming Christmas Fair after the Carol Concert at our children's school, I decided to experiment with some sweet making this morning. Also, chidhood memories of Niederegg...
Read more07 July 2009
Recipes: Macaroons – part 3
This is the final recipe that I think is worth using for macaroons. It came from a Women’s Institute charity cookbook. It came with a tale that the word “macaroon” stems from the Greek makaria which means happy, and was introduce by the Greek to Na...
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