The year was 1954. A starry eyed teenager, Maria Marta Rocha, winner of the Miss Brazil contest, came to the US to take part in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe pageant had been started in 1952. But as airline tickets were expensive, the contestants were mainly from Europe and the Americas. 18 year …
Ingredients for the topping: • 1/4 cup (60g) unsalted butter, melted • 1/2 cup (100g) packed light brown sugar • Sliced pineapple (6-8 canned slices) • 15–20 maraschino cherries Ingredients for the batter: • My Easiest 2 Bowl cake* Directions: • Preheat oven to 180°C. • Place melted butter into a 9×2″ round cake pan. …
What’s sunny and juicy and tangy? What brings a smile to everyone’s faces?What was created in the 1920s with ingenuity, drama and a novel ingredient? Yes! It is the PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE! ‘Upside down cakes’ weren’t a new concept in the 1920s. According to most historians, the late 1800s were when the term “upside …
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You guys had asked for a recipe for the Tres Leches cake. Here it is! Bake a sponge cake. Check out the delicious one in my free ebook. And pour over the 3 milk mixture. Easy peasy! Tres Leches Mixture: 1/4 cup heavy cream or full fat milk One can sweetened condensed milk One can …
A cake as light as a feather……that’s delicate on the tongue. A cake topped with three kinds of milk….maybe even four! A cake whose origin is a convoluted mystery — was it Nicaragua, or Costa Rica? Mexico or Cuba? Spain perhaps? Or was it Nicaragua or Mexico’s answer to the Italian tiramisu? Like the mystery …
We talked about the Eurasian Sugee cake earlier this week, so I decide to share a recipe with you guys. I read through a great many recipes on the internet, and stumbled upon https://www.shiokmanrecipes.com/ Eddie is Singaporean and has an informative YouTube channel and blog. Take a look at his amazing creations. And here is …
Sugee, rawa, semolina, suji….a staple ingredient, found in most kitchens. An ingredient I reach for when want to make quick comfort foods. A soothing porridge, a spicy upma, a heartwarming halwa. It was thus eye opening to realise that for centuries, semolina had been linked with the cuisines of Europe and the Middle East. Even …
A favourite tea cake of Queen Victoria.
Schwarzwäld Kirsch Kuchen. That’s quite a tongue twister, isn’t it? For those of you that don’t speak German, I’ll give you a clue. Chocolate, cherries and cream. What’s not to love? “A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet”, said the Bard. This “rose” is also called Black Forest cake and is found …
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My last cake for 2017 was a last minute request. A refined sugar free cake. Since Christmas is around the corner, and fresh cranberries are on the shelves, I decided to adapt my recipe to make a fruit cake. A fruit cake heady with the aromas of spices, chockablock with dried fruit and nuts, festively …