Next Cake - My son's 9th Birthday!

Today is my DS 9th birthday!  Where has the time gone.

He requested a lemon cake with camo fondant.  Unfortunately, he has multiply food issues so I decided that the camo fondant would not be a good idea.  So I made him a Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Curd filling and Lemon Buttercream.  It tastes wonderful.

This is the recipe that I modified for the Vanilla Bean Buttermilk Cake.  So, I don't think I can count this as a new recipe.

Lemon Buttermilk Cake

2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups whole milk or buttermilk (I prefer buttermilk with the lemon)
4 large egg whites
1 ½ cups sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 stick (8 tablespoons or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ teaspoon pure lemon extract

Getting Ready
Centre a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9 x 2 inch round cake pans and line the bottom of each pan with a round of buttered parchment or wax paper. Put the pans on a baking sheet.

To Make the Cake
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Whisk together the milk and egg whites in a medium bowl.
Put the sugar and lemon zest in a mixer bowl or another large bowl and rub them together with your fingers until the sugar is moist and fragrant.
Add the butter and working with the paddle or whisk attachment, or with a hand mixer, beat at medium speed for a full 3 minutes, until the butter and sugar are very light.
Beat in the extract, then add one third of the flour mixture, still beating on medium speed.
Beat in half of the milk-egg mixture, then beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated.
Add the rest of the milk and eggs beating until the batter is homogeneous, then add the last of the dry ingredients.
Finally, give the batter a good 2- minute beating to ensure that it is thoroughly mixed and well aerated.
Divide the batter between the two pans and smooth the tops with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and springy to the touch – a thin knife inserted into the centers should come out clean
Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the cakes, unfold them and peel off the paper liners.
Invert and cool to room temperature, right side up (the cooled cake layers can be wrapped airtight and stored at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to two months).

 

On top of the cake I placed sprinkles.  The ones below.  That I had a sweet friend bring me back from the US

 ~Shay~

New Pie receipe

I am *suppose* to be trying a new cake recipe every month but I haven't really been motivated :(

About a week ago, I was flipping through the Taste Of Home American Classic mini magazine and found this recipe.  It looked great so I decided to try it.

1 pie pastry

4 eggs
1 c. sugar
3 TBSP flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 c. quick oats
3/4 c.  corn syrup
1/2  c. maple syrup
1/4 c. butter ~ melted
3 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 - 1 c. flaked coconut (the original recipe called for 1 cup.  I found it to be a little too much so next time I am cutting it down to 3/4 c.)

Line pie plate with pastry.
In large bowl combine eggs, flour, cinnamon and salt.  Add in oats, corn and maple syrup, butter and vanilla.  Pour into crust.  Spread coconut over top.

Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.

You can cover the edges of the pie crust with tin foil to stop it from burning.  Normally in the last 15-20 minutes (I hate burnt pie crust)

Enjoy!  It test really good with Vanilla Ice Cream.  Next time I want to try it with fresh whipped cream.

Being a new blogger, I forgot to take a picture.  I will work harder on remembering to do that.

The pie was a huge success with my family.  The kids said "You will make this again, right!"  So, I have added it to my collection.

I must admit though that I am not much of a pie baker.  I tend to over work the dough.  I have a very nice Mum, who is willing to come up and spend the day making pastry for me that will be stored in the freezer.  Maybe I should change my goal to one new cake and one new pie recipe a month.  I know that no one in my family will complain :)



I need to make my son's birthday cake tomorrow. He wants a lemon cake so that will be a new recipe.  And, I will definitely take pictures of that cake!

~Shay~