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cake at dance practice tonight
I just finished baking a cake to bring to dance practice tonight to celebrate ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madryn_1960's birthday. The special day was actually earlier in the month, but this is the first chance we've had to celebrate. She, like me, is careful about what she eats to avoid having too much junk, so I made up a recipe full of healthy stuff. The only refined sugar in the cake was whatever was used to make the raspberry jam, which I bought last month from a roadside stand--it was labelled "home-made raspberry jam, contains only natural fruit & sugar". The eggs are fresh laid by our hens, but the other ingredients came from the store. Since I probably won't be interested in food by the time we get to cake (that whole not eating at night thing), I baked a tiny bit in a separate small loaf pan, and boy it is yummy! Because someone will ask, here is the recipe.
madryn_1960’s birthday cake:
Grind 1/2 cup almonds, cream together with 1/4 cup butter. Add, one item at a time, 1/3 cup raspberry jam, three eggs, less than 1/4 cup honey, four finely chopped figs, a handful of currents, three heaping tablespoons of yoghurt, a handful of slivered almonds and beat well after each addition. Beat in 1/2 cup ground oats, 2 cups unbleached white flour, and 2.5 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake at 175 C till done (long enough to wash the mixing dishes and cook up a quick lunch).
All measurements approximate.
madryn_1960's birthday. The special day was actually earlier in the month, but this is the first chance we've had to celebrate. She, like me, is careful about what she eats to avoid having too much junk, so I made up a recipe full of healthy stuff. The only refined sugar in the cake was whatever was used to make the raspberry jam, which I bought last month from a roadside stand--it was labelled "home-made raspberry jam, contains only natural fruit & sugar". The eggs are fresh laid by our hens, but the other ingredients came from the store. Since I probably won't be interested in food by the time we get to cake (that whole not eating at night thing), I baked a tiny bit in a separate small loaf pan, and boy it is yummy! Because someone will ask, here is the recipe.madryn_1960’s birthday cake:Grind 1/2 cup almonds, cream together with 1/4 cup butter. Add, one item at a time, 1/3 cup raspberry jam, three eggs, less than 1/4 cup honey, four finely chopped figs, a handful of currents, three heaping tablespoons of yoghurt, a handful of slivered almonds and beat well after each addition. Beat in 1/2 cup ground oats, 2 cups unbleached white flour, and 2.5 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake at 175 C till done (long enough to wash the mixing dishes and cook up a quick lunch).
All measurements approximate.