Tag: cake

Red Velvet Cupcakes

My only previous experience, or incident, if you will, with a red velvet cupcake was when I spat one into the garbage bin outside Magnolia Bakery, Greenwich Village. Despite its coming highly recommended, I found the cake to taste like a combination of old cupboard and cold fat. I have […]

Cinnamon and Apple Cheesecake

  I got this recipe from The Australian Women’s Weekly BAKE book. 687 pages of time-honoured recipes. I made this cake last weekend and took it to share with people at church. Note: the longer this cake is out of the fridge, the harder it is to cut. I’d recommend […]

Lamingtons

The lamington is an Australian culinary icon. It consists of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and then rolled in desiccated coconut. It was accidentally created by a maid-servant of the thoroughly British Govenor of Queensland, Lord Lamington, in 1901. The maid-servant was working at Government House, Brisbane, when she accidentally […]