Baking Bonanza
I've decided to host a bake-off-slash-confection-party! I noticed all my darlings over at team_sherlock have quite the sweet tooth. And who doesn't when cookies are involved?! So I thought I'd share a few things I like to bake and get everyone to do the same.
How it works: We all offer over our favourite confectionery recipes, share photos of said delights and comment and drool over everyone's offerings. Simple, yet yummy.
I'll go first...
CARROT CAKE WITH LIME TOPPING
FOR THE CAKE:
2 eggs
100 g (4 oz) light soft brown sugar
75ml (3 fl oz) oil (sunflower, vegetable or corn)
100g (4 oz) self-raising flour, sifted
175g (6 oz) grated carrot
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
50g (2oz) shredded coconut
FOR THE TOPPING:
75g (3 oz) cream cheese
75g (3 oz) butter
50g (2 oz) icing suger
Grated find of 1 lime
Toasted coconut and grated lime to decorate (optional)
Preheat oven to 190C, 375F, Gas Mark 5. Grease and line a 900g (2lb) loaf tin or 17.5cm (7in) round tin. (Or whatever the hell you can find that's small and meant for baking...)
Beat eggs and sugar till very creamy. Add oil and beat HARD. Fold in the remaining ingredients and pour into the greased tin/whatever. Smooth over top, then slightly hollow our the middle. (Or don't. I never remember to do that bit and icing goes everywhere. /bad advice) Bake for 30-40 mins until well risen and a skewer/toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and turn over onto a rack to cool.
((Er. I hope yours looks better? I asked my BFF why there was a big ass chunk out of our cake and suggested she'd maybe eaten some and she told me to fuck off . Apparently it came out of the tin like this.))
To make the topping, beat the the ingredients together until creamy. Grate the zest of one lime into the mix.
Spread over the top of the cake.
Or, you know, everywhere, so that it looks like a blob rather than a cake. (Also, bad light was bad.) Sprinkle some more shredded coconut over the top to finish.
So... not very pretty, but tastes AWESOME.
Okay everyone. LET'S HAVE IT. I NEED SOME SWEETS IN MY LIFE.
READY? STEADY... BAKE!
How it works: We all offer over our favourite confectionery recipes, share photos of said delights and comment and drool over everyone's offerings. Simple, yet yummy.
I'll go first...
CARROT CAKE WITH LIME TOPPING
FOR THE CAKE:
2 eggs
100 g (4 oz) light soft brown sugar
75ml (3 fl oz) oil (sunflower, vegetable or corn)
100g (4 oz) self-raising flour, sifted
175g (6 oz) grated carrot
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
50g (2oz) shredded coconut
FOR THE TOPPING:
75g (3 oz) cream cheese
75g (3 oz) butter
50g (2 oz) icing suger
Grated find of 1 lime
Toasted coconut and grated lime to decorate (optional)
Preheat oven to 190C, 375F, Gas Mark 5. Grease and line a 900g (2lb) loaf tin or 17.5cm (7in) round tin. (Or whatever the hell you can find that's small and meant for baking...)
Beat eggs and sugar till very creamy. Add oil and beat HARD. Fold in the remaining ingredients and pour into the greased tin/whatever. Smooth over top, then slightly hollow our the middle. (Or don't. I never remember to do that bit and icing goes everywhere. /bad advice) Bake for 30-40 mins until well risen and a skewer/toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and turn over onto a rack to cool.
((Er. I hope yours looks better? I asked my BFF why there was a big ass chunk out of our cake and suggested she'd maybe eaten some and she told me to fuck off . Apparently it came out of the tin like this.))
To make the topping, beat the the ingredients together until creamy. Grate the zest of one lime into the mix.
Spread over the top of the cake.
Or, you know, everywhere, so that it looks like a blob rather than a cake. (Also, bad light was bad.) Sprinkle some more shredded coconut over the top to finish.
So... not very pretty, but tastes AWESOME.
Okay everyone. LET'S HAVE IT. I NEED SOME SWEETS IN MY LIFE.
READY? STEADY... BAKE!