Showing posts with label strawberries and cream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberries and cream. Show all posts

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Baking a cake is fun

0 comments Posted by Katina at 7:30 PM

I'm in the process of baking a cake as I write this so I thought I'd let you in on my newfound talent. Nothing fancy, but I make a good cake. At least in the eyes of my workmates...

Cake one was a simple creation, using almond meal, sugar and eggs as well as chucking pureed apple in which you couldn't really taste anyway. The winner was my own icing mix of mascarpone, icing sugar and cream. This is the cake I'm making again except without the special icing and seeing how a banana fares instead.





Next was at Christmas when I assisted my mum in making a cake for our feast. With strawberries and cream it was excellent.





There was a lemon cake next, but that presented difficulties when I produced an icing too runny that was oozing all over my benchtop and sticking. I was in a rather shitty mood so I didn't think it was worth a photo.

Sadly, I didn't even get to taste the cake because I took it to work only to fall ill and go home for the day before it was eaten. So good no-one thought to save me a piece apparently. I was asked for the recipe of that one too. I should make it again.

I also made a mean banana and coconut cake after a recipe steal from a workmate. I remembered the egg in my version though so I won that round.

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Back on form for Easter when I came up with this mutha. Chocolate cake with Nutella spread over the top. YUM.


That was meant to be my last cake for a while, but I needed to use up ingredients. After this I should stop or I'll make people fat.


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

No photos but tennis

0 comments Posted by Katina at 8:53 PM

I have three posts waiting to go. But I refuse to reveal them to you without photos and there's currently a glitch in the Blogger system, so I frustratingly have this post sans visuals as my only vice.

However, I'm watching the tennis and STOKED it's finally Australian Open time next week. Only this time watching the day sessions will never be possible because of work, which is a total shame. I miss the summers where I would veg out every day I could. It's becoming less and less of a reality.

That's why I'm taking time off for the 2013 event.

I've said I would go for years but I think I have to really get my act together and do it. First week action would be the name of my game, although a final would be nice too...

I have photos from my venture to Wimbledon for the mens' final in 2011, where I sat in Court 2(?) and watched it eating strawberries and cream under a strong English sun. But I can't show you those either, CAN I? How stupid.

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