Seasonal Baking: Celebrating the Baking Year with Classic Cakes, Cupcakes, Biscuits and Delicious Treats by Fiona Cairns

  • Rhubarb and vanilla custard cupcakes (page 12)

    from Seasonal Baking: Celebrating the Baking Year with Classic Cakes, Cupcakes, Biscuits and Delicious Treats Seasonal Baking by Fiona Cairns

    • Categories: Cakes, small; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: eggs; self-raising flour; milk; butter; golden caster sugar; double cream; rhubarb; oranges; vanilla pods
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  • Coffee, cardamom and walnut cake

    • Beth891 on December 31, 2024

      Coffee and walnut cake is my mums favourite so I had to make it when she was through for new year! I forgot to add the cardamom to the icing but added to the sponge. Also I didn't make the caramelised walnuts, just toasted them to save a bit of time. Sponge was delicious, very moist and light and the roasted walnuts added a lot of texture. Split between 2x20cm tins, baking at 160 fan and swapping them around at 18 mins, one needed 20 mins and the other 22min. Icing was a little sweet though, maybe needed a bit more coffee or might have been better with the camp extract so I think it would have been really sweet with the caramelised walnuts. All in all a very tasty cake and I'd probably make again.

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  • ISBN 10 0297867792
  • ISBN 13 9780297867791
  • Published Sep 12 2013
  • Format eBook
  • Page Count 224
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Group
  • Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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Royal cake maker, Fiona Cairns, knows how important the seasons are when creating delicious cakes. Not only are ingredients at their very best and cheapest, but it also makes sense to be in tune with the changing colours, moods and celebrations of the seasons. In the spring, why not try baking early rhubarb and vanilla custard cupcakes? On a hot summer's day enjoy a mango pavlova, and on a cold winter's afternoon curl up by the fireside and share a slice of chocolate and cardamom tart. From edible gifts to party and celebration cakes, plus decorating ideas and drink suggestions, SEASONAL BAKING is full of inspiration whatever the time of year or occasion. Fiona Cairns supplies cakes for Waitrose, Selfridges, Harrods, Sainsbury's and Bon Marche Paris and was the official cake designer for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding. Many of the cakes in this book are accompanied by decorating ideas, as well as seasonal drink suggestions. Whether you find yourself in the kitchen wondering what to bake for the simple pleasure of it, to share or give to a friend or maybe bake for a party large or small - whatever the time of year or occasion, you will find plenty of ideas.

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