Back on it! With all the moving and mini-life crisis nonsense going on this cooking and baking has really slipped. Let's change that.
Whilst away I did dabble in another toffee brownie from Good Food Bakes and Cakes which has never yet failed to be the most delicious brownie, even made with gluten free flour this time. I remade the banana bread from Crumb also, but adding in chocolate chips this time which made it something rather special.
Another bake I made for friends was the stout gingerbread from Crumb, again made with gluten free flour and with the stout replaced with milk and this too turned out very well.
But today is a special day because its the night before The Great British Bake Off returns! So this week is Cake Week, and having had a sneaky peak at what's coming up I decided to get back into routine with something simple from this week. The choices of themes included black forest gateau, walnut cake and madeira cake. I chose the latter for ease. And also to get to know my kitchen.
To start I had to melt the butter a bit because it was still cold and solid from the shop. This was beaten thoroughly into the sugar until it was all dissolved, light and fluffy. Next the eggs, lemon zest and sour cream was stirred in and beaten well.
In a separate bowl, the flour, baking powder and salt were mixed together before being mixed into the wet ingredients, but without beating them together too much in order to prevent the cake becoming chewy. Apparently. Who knew!
Finally this was all poured into the prepared loaf tin and baked for 45 minutes. It smelt very lemony whilst baking!
And after the allocated time it was a perfect colour and a perfect fluffy consistency inside. I've still got it!
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