Saturday, July 31, 2021

Weekend Cooking: What I Baked in July

It's the last Saturday of the month and that means it is time to share what I have baked during the month of July.



I was going to say it has been a relatively quite month baking wise here but then I had a look and realised that I actually did make a few things over the last few weeks





Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake - I have made this cake a few times now and it is a favourite.  One thing I love is the colour of this mixture. I could quite happily watch this cake mix in the mixer for hours. Not sure how the cake would turn out if I did. Probably a bit rubbery. You can see a video of it here - very satisfying!





Honeycomb  - Honeycomb has been my list of things I need to try at  some point for years. The texture was perfect. Very crunchy and when I broke it into pieces it was very satisfying. However, in my quest to get the sugar to the right temperature it became a bit bitter so then I had to make the next thing to offset the bitterness. I will try this again because the process itself wasn't too hard. I might use the stainless steel pot instead of the black pot next time so I can see the colour of the caramel.





Milk Chocolate Tart - Because of the bitterness of the honeycomb, I was trying to find something to offset it, so rather than making a chocolate tart with dark chocolate I made one with milk chocolate. It waasn't a complete success either as the ganache wasn't as set as I would have liked, but it did taste very nice!





Coffee Cream Cake - We were watching one of the Bake Off shows and they had a recipe on there for a coffee flavoured biscuit (I think it was Junior Bake Off but I could be wrong).  My husband started reminiscing about how his Oma used to always have a coffee cream cake, so I set out to see if I could find a recipe that replicated it. He was very happy with the result, although he remembers the cake having almonds, instead walnuts. I expect we will be having this one again. Today I even went an bought a better tin for it, and also to try making something else.



In addition, my husband made himself a big batch of rusks which he does once a year or so. They are very nice dunked in a cup of tea.




Weekly Meals


Saturday - Pork chops, mushroom sauce, mash and beans

Sunday- Steak, broccolini and mushrooms


Monday- Roast chicken


Tuesday- Bangers and Mash Pie


Wednesday  - 


Thursday- Beef and pepper pie


Friday - Take away






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17 comments:

  1. I think I'd like to camp out at your place. Always such delectable treats going!

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    1. There's often something that's for sure Claudia!

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  2. All of those look wonderful! And I would vote for walnuts for the coffee cream cake - almonds change the flavor more, it seems. (Too bad I can't come over and help evaluate in person!)

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    1. Well, if you ever did I'll make two and we can do a comparison!

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  3. I love your cakes, showed the photo of the chocolate sour cream Bundt to my husband and he looked at me expectantly. Guess I’ll try to make a cake!

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    1. I hope you did get to make something Tina!

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  4. I first heard of making honeycomb on MC Australia. I remember having a really good coffee cake growing up but haven't been able to find another. I am pinning yours.

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    1. Ohhh you didn't include a recipe link.

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    2. I might share it over the next few weeks...maybe

      Oherwise, the link is https://recipeland.com/recipe/v/coffee-cream-cake-32912

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  5. Your baking looks amazing. I'm not much of a baker but I do enjoy eating a good piece of cake. That coffee cream cake would taste good right about now. Also, could you remove my#4 name in the Linky.. the attachment takes you to my draft page.. thanks

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  6. Everything looks amazing--especially that Coffee Cream Cake!

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    1. Everyone is love the Coffee Cream Cake it seems!

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  7. When I see delicious desserts like these, I really miss chocolate...

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    1. I don't have a big enough gap between it to miss it! lol

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  8. The coffee flavored cake and the bundt cake both look awesome.

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