Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts

7.14.2015

in praise of slowness, making the plan as you go and sparking creativity

{ lemon poppy seed pound cake with blueberries and basil }


For its exquisite yet crowd-pleasing flavour profile and its laid-back yet preppy looks, this cake suits any occasion or table just perfectly. It brings that extra something to a picnic-style brunch in the balcony with plenty other things to choose from, it is just as good for packing and taking to the park to share with friends on a sunday afternoon, or it can just as well be the star of a fancier dinner. Do not skip the glaze and the lemon zest on top, for they are not only a final decorative touch, they actually change the experience of biting into a slice.

4.14.2015

easter baking 101

{ kulich/paska }


Hi! I know, I know, I've been away for too long!!
Truth is, I have so many things to deal with right now, aside from the blog...
the recipes just keep accumulating and I already feel guilty about not posting!

1.12.2015

weil manchmal bin ich in lebkuchen verliebt.

{ lebkuchen }


so you thought Christmas was over!?
well... not with me!

you know me, I still have loads of recipes to share - and I am not keeping them until next Christmas -the end.

especially not with such one handsome model as my middle brother!

7.10.2014

blueberry bliss... in a cake.

{ blueberry orange pound cake with vanilla glaze }

Baking, baking, baking... you're all invited for tea!
I think I may have found my most recent favourite yellow cake recipe (heart)



Pound Cake de Mirtilhos e Laranja com Glacé de Baunilha
- 125g de manteiga
- 125g de açúcar
- 125g de farinha
- 125 ml de buttermilk
- 1 colher de chá de fermento
- 1/2 colher de chá de sal
- 2 colheres de sopa de orange marmalade
- 2 ovos
- 150g de mirtilhos

- 1/2 chávena de açúcar em pó
- 2 colheres de sopa de leite
- baunilha moída e gotas de aroma de baunilha

1) Bater bem a manteiga com o açúcar e o doce até obter uma mistura cremosa homogénea,
2) Acrescentar os ovos um a um, batendo entre adições,
3) Misturar a farinha, o fermento e o sal,
4) Com um fouet, incorporar à vez parte do buttermilk e parte da farinha,
5) Com uma espátula, envolver os mirtilhos cuidadosamente,
6) Verter numa forma de bolo inglês ou de bundt cake untada e levar ao forno a 170ºC cerca de 40 minutos,
7) Desenformar e deixar arrefecer; entretanto, misturar bem os ingredientes do glacé,
8) Verter o glacé sobre o bolo de forma irregular, deixando escorrer para os lados.

Blueberry Orange Pound Cake with Vanilla Glaze
- 125g butter
- 125g sugar
- 125g flour
- 125 ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp orange marmalade
- 2 eggs
- 150g blueberries

- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- ground vanilla and vanilla aroma drops

1) Cream butter, sugar and jam,
2) Add eggs one by one, beating between additions,
3) Mix flour, baking powder and salt together,
4) Alternately mix the flour and the buttermilk into the egg mixture,
5) Carefully fold in the blueberries,
6) Pour into a greased english or pound cake mould and bake at 170ºC for about 40 minutes,
7) Unmould, let cool; meanwhile prepare the glaze, mixing all ingredients,
8) Pour glaze over the cake; it should run down the sides of the cake here and there.