Cake recipes, large and small.
Italian Style Lemon Cake – Torta al Limone is so easy to make. It takes very little time either. Indeed it can be in the oven in less than 10 minutes. It is the type of cake which is much loved in Italy. I am sure that lemons in abundance, locally, helps with that. But […]
This recipe for an easy French Apple Cake – Gâteau aux Pommes is simple perfection. It takes very little time to prepare, and bakes in just about 45 minutes. French Apple Cake uses lots of apples and a simple custard-like batter infused with rum. Though rum is most common variants include other spirits such as […]
This Condensed Milk Cake with Strawberries and Cream is very easy to make. Not only that but it tastes so good too. Though we have two layers of cake, which are filled with strawberries and cream, the cake bakes a single deep one. We simply cut the cake in half, horizontally, to make two layers. […]
This delicious Strawberry Cake Tart is so easy to make. With a rich shortcake pastry base, that cooks perfectly, and lots of strawberries what can be better As we move into summer, and with strawberries coming into season, now it a good time for a dessert like this. It is easy to make too, which […]
French Yoghurt Cake is delicious. Not only that, but French Yoghurt Cake(Gâteau_au_yaourt) is so easy to make too. Particularly so for those who don’t have kitchen scales or measuring cups. Instead or those the recipe uses the yoghurt pot to measure out most of the other ingredients. My understanding is that it is a very […]
Hevva Cake – Heavy Cake is a Cornish bake. Traditionally it known as Hevva Cake , but sometimes it is known as Heavy Cake. The cake was baked for eating when fishermen returned from catching pilchards. It is a very traditional cake, for which I was able to find several slightly different recipes. Lard may […]
Nigella’s Guinness Cake is, as you can easily guess , from a recipe by Nigella Lawson. It is very simple to make, mixing all the ingredients for the cake in a large saucepan. I saw it several years ago and have been meaning to make it ever since. So, finally, I have got around to […]
Golden Syrup Cake – With Almonds is so easy to make. Not to many ingredients either. It can be out of the oven and cooling down within about an hour. The recipe is based on one I saw on King Arthur Baking, which is for a honey cake. But, as you will see, golden syrup […]
These lovely Ginger Friands With Lemon are so easy to make. Friands, as you may know, are very popular in Australia and New Zealand. It is usual to use ground almonds for friands. But other ground nuts, such as hazelnuts, work very well too. The usual shape for friands is a small oval cake. You […]
This recipe for Perfect & Easy Butter cake delivers on texture and flavour. A soft and buttery cake that works both for snacking or to serve as a dessert. It is actually very easy to make and doesn’t take too much time either. I made mine in an 8 inch/20 square cake tin. However a […]