Why time for a cake

I think we all deserve a short getaway from our routine everyday, a few minutes away from work or/and domestic chores...

My blog is the answer: a good combination between love for cakes and the music of the Beatles.

Showing posts with label Cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cookies. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Cake forty - two

Crispy Little Crowns

Does it ever happen to you you kind of forget o cake for long? There’s no actual reason why I make a cake or another one, it’s something irrational that makes you opt for one, you can call it inspiration if you like! In fact you cannot bake any cake any day: you must be in tune with the ingredients, shape and time you need to spend in the kitchen. One more thing I like is to try new recipes or simply add or change some ingredients like chocolate chips or fruit - I never alter the basic ones though. I find that shape is important too, it does make a difference, in fact, if you bake the cake in small baking cups. It all depends on the occasion of course, for breakfast I love smaller cakes, for example; I think you feel more inclined to eat a small one rather than a slice of a traditional round cake... I also like loaf cakes for breakfast, which is my favourite meal, I must say. It was a few days ago that I saw a packet of corn flakes in a supermarket and I had a flash: I hadn’t baked the corn flake cookies for too long, it was high time to make them again!  A good start of a day for a summer breakfast in my terrace.

Song: Good Day Sunshine
For good sunny days in Summer

Monday, December 30, 2013

Cake seventeen - 2013

Xmas Fruit Cake 

I’m definitely a Xmas lover, I love the days before Xmas when you make all the preparations - Xmas tree, Nativity, house decorations and last but not least cakes and cookies. I also like cooking for Xmas Eve and day but cakes are my favourite! I start mid-November baking the Xmas Fruitcake as it tastes better if yoy store it for some weeks. I like the smell of candied fruit and raisins which fills the house and makes me dream of small and cosy Tea Rooms in Devon or Cornwall. Yes! One of my dreams is to have a small Tea Room and bake a few cakes a day. 
I’m able to leave all the rest behind when it’s Xmas time. My kids say I get obsessed by Xmas baking which could be true, I must admit.. but they all love it in the end... and have their favourite recipes to be prepared. When you love something, you simply do it, without considering how tired you get and how long it takes!

song: Because 
There's no real reason for love




Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Cake one

Rocky Flowers

This week’s cake is not a cake but cookies
Cookies which look like big flowers, with a yellow heart and red petals.. Baking and flowers are a perfect match for this time of the year. It’s springtime and you can feel it in the air.
Song: Mother Nature’s Son  
Forget everything and get lost in endless fields of flowers 

for the recipe follow me on: 
http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2012/11/cake-one-rocky-flowers.html