Cake!
This morning I made a square spice cake - something I haven't made in 20 years or more. I don't know why, but I just felt like making it, & fortunately I had all the ingredients. It uses buttermilk, so I blended Greek yoghurt with soy milk, which seems to have worked, as the batter was the right consistency, & as you can see, the cake cooked perfectly!
I need to practice huge self-control & put half the cake away - immediately - in the freezer, so I don't pig out on it over the next few days. I'm also going to give a chunk to a friend this afternoon.
The recipe suggests a broiled icing made with butter, cream, sugar & chopped nuts, but I can't be bothered with that. This cake will be ideal warmed slightly and topped with cream or full-fat yoghurt, or simply spread with butter*, like a teacake - which is what I'm going to do now!
*Although I'm on a low-carb regime, I am allowed some carbs, with the proviso that they're accompanied with fat, which slows the carb digestion &avoids the insulin reaction. Cream, lots of cream and butter!!
I need to practice huge self-control & put half the cake away - immediately - in the freezer, so I don't pig out on it over the next few days. I'm also going to give a chunk to a friend this afternoon.
The recipe suggests a broiled icing made with butter, cream, sugar & chopped nuts, but I can't be bothered with that. This cake will be ideal warmed slightly and topped with cream or full-fat yoghurt, or simply spread with butter*, like a teacake - which is what I'm going to do now!
*Although I'm on a low-carb regime, I am allowed some carbs, with the proviso that they're accompanied with fat, which slows the carb digestion &avoids the insulin reaction. Cream, lots of cream and butter!!