Saturday, March 27, 2021

Weekend Cooking: What I Baked in March

Welcome to this month's post about what I baked. If you could smell as well as read, you would smell a lovely banana bread baking away in the oven as I type this, but that will be ready to share (a picture of at least) next month. 




The first thing that I made was a new recipe to me - Lemon Poppyseed Cake. I found the recipe and took a snip screen capture of it when someone posted it in a Facebook group and said that it was a family favourite for 20 years. The only thing I can't remember which group! Ooops! It was very simple and tasty! Will make it again, and maybe put some cream cheese frosting on it as well.




I have been contemplating buying some new piping tips for a while now so I decided a couple of weeks ago to stop thinking and just do! Of course, then I had to make something to use them on! I therefore made some vanilla cupcakes and just played! What did I learn....that having better tools doesn't make me better at piping!




It is autumn here which means it is pear season. In the past, the main thing that I have done with pears is poaching them. When I was looking at the supermarket recipe magazine, the recipe that caught my eye was something called a Sugar Crusted Pear and Brown Butter cake. The recipe suggested to serve it with caramelised pears which I don't think was really necessary, but the pears themselves were delicious and I ended up having them on my cereal during the week which was a nice change. I will say that the sugar crusting was amazing - obviously not an everyday thing. I would make the cake again, and I would make the caramelised pears again, but I wouldn't make them together.


Weekly Meals


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Wednesday: 
Thursday: Out for dinner
Friday: Takeaway Friday




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20 comments:

  1. The pears in a cake batter would be great, I tried a chocolate pear cake & it was good. I like the piping tool to make icing look pretty!

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    1. Chocolate and pear would be lovely Tina!

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  2. Better tips doesn't make you a better piper! I had to laugh. That's me too. I love baking with pears.

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    1. Maybe the next piping tip set I buy will do the trick BFR?

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  3. I love lemon poppyseed cake; also lemon poppyseed muffins. I have a friend who makes a great version, and when I want it I invite her for dinner. She knows what to bring. Haven't done that in years (not for a long time before the pandemic even).

    be safe... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. For my friends that is white chocolate cheesecake Mae!

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  4. That pear cake sounds and looks wonderful. I'm also a lemon poppyseed cake fan; it looks like you had a great baking month.

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  5. I am in love with that pear cake too and the caramelized pears, although like you I think I would want to enjoy them separately. It looks like a great month in your kitchen. It's been a while since I've stopped by and I look forward to catching up with everyone. ;-)

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  6. Yum! I love pears. I also really like frosting :)

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  7. I have to catch up on last weekend's Weekend Cooking posts, as well as this week's! Your baked goods always looks scrumptious, but that pear cake and caramelized pears combo looks to die for!

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  8. The lemon poppyseed cake pleases and a cup of fresh brewed coffee :)

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  9. The blue icing may not look perfect, but it does look pretty.

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    1. I was happy with the colour of the icing Jeanne!

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  10. Lemon poppyseed cake sounds great! I have a tried and true banana bread recipe but this week tried one that uses sourdough starter. It was fine but has more similarity to carrot cake than I expected.

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    1. Sourdough starters is onething I haven't tried experimenting with yet CLM!

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