Calling these cupcakes Sacher-cupcakes is probably an insult to Austrians everywhere and they will never let me go back to their country, let alone that hotel, but I do think it’s a fair description. Sachertorte is a light chocolate sponge…
Tag: cakes
Recipe: Lavender Butterfly Cakes with Blackberry Jam and Whipped Ganache
These are really quite basic cupcakes with a little bit of lavender in them. If you’ve ever made a plain butter cake, you probably used this recipe, but without the lavender. The only slightly complex part is the whipped ganache,…
Recipe and Review: Blood Orange Jaffa Cakes and Deceptive Desserts
When I got back to work after my long service leave earlier this year, I discovered a cookbook on my desk, courtesy of one of my Professors. This is an excellent way to come back from long service leave and…
Recipe: Turkish Delight Gateau
I know, I know. I said I was going to write about carrot cake and crackling chocolate crackles. But then I realised it was my choir friend’s birthday, and because I am on holiday, I actually had time to make…
Recipe: Herman the German Peach and Apricot Cake
I have a Herman the German sourdough cake starter! Does anyone want one? (No, seriously, I mean it – Herman is a delightful fellow, but I think he was a Tribble in a past life, and as a result, one…
Recipe: Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Birthday Cupcakes with Tofu Mousse and Scream de Menthe
I made these cakes for a Big Number Birthday yesterday. The brief was that they had to be gluten-free, low-FODMAP and vegan, which does, in combination, take a lot of the fun out of things – but fortunately, nuts were…
Recipe: Upside-Down Plum and Walnut Cake, with Cardamom
It’s January in Australia, and you would be within your rights to expect that the weather would be swelteringly, painfully hot and sticky. But you’d be wrong, because this is Melbourne we’re talking about, so it’s cool and drizzly, and…
Recipe: Yoghurt and Almond Cake with Lemon and Rhubarb
I’ve been haunted by this cake all week. It’s been calling to me from my fridge (where the beautiful new yoghurt sits), from my fruit-stand (where the tiny, perfumed lemons are placed), from my vegetable box, where half a bunch…
Recipe: Spiced Chocolate Honeycake
I may have mentioned once or twice that my workplace takes its cake very seriously. Indeed, for about a year, we even had a weekly cake roster, so that even in months without many birthday, we could be assured of…
Recipe: Bleeding Heart Cupcakes for Halloween
I don’t really do Halloween, to be honest. I sort of like the idea, but it isn’t big in these parts (not being a festival generally favoured by the Greek Orthodox or Muslim communities), and my mother always disapproved of…