Lemon raspberry cake

I used this recipe with raspberries instead of blueberries.

I also used two 9 inch pans instead of the suggested 3 - this made the cake a bit dense and caused the edges to crisp up due to the long bake time.

The lemons and mint are from the garden.

I added 1/4 cup lemon juice to the frosting instead of 1 tbsp heavy cream. This made the icing slightly runnier but it worked out fine.

miso White Chocolate cookies

I made these Miso White Chocolate Cookies from a recipe in “A Good Day to Bake” by Benjamina Ebuehi.

The recipe calls for these mega portions of cookie dough (12), and I didn’t give them a flattening before putting them in the oven. This made the middles really thick and they took a while to bake. It would make smaller, flatter cookies next time.

Passionfruit tart

I used this curd recipe and this crust recipe. I hadn’t made a tart crust before so it looked a little funky but tasted fine. I didn’t have pie weights, beans, or rice, so had to use pasta which got a little crispy by the end of it’s tenure on top of the crust after the first baking.

The passion fruits were from a cousin’s backyard vine - very tropical and refreshing tasting and makes a great summer dessert.

Basic Chocolate Cake

Basic chocolate cake from “A Good Day to Bake” by Benjamina Ebuehi.

I halved the recipe and it was perfect for a 6” pan.

lemon blueberry cake

I used this recipe - the cake was dense and I attributed the long bake time and slightly mushy center to both the recipe but also my cheapo stainless steel pans. It was delicious though - I also added a bit of lemon juice to the cream cheese frosting.

The lemons are from the garden.

Chocolate raspberry cake pt. 4

Take 4! Chocolate Raspberry Cake with this ganache recipe.

I frosted over the cake before pouring the ganache, but yet again the ganache was too cold and was too thick to run well over the cake.

Tasted great, looked ok!

Chocolate raspberry cake pt. 3

Take 4! Chocolate Raspberry Cake with this ganache recipe.

The ganache didn’t lay over the frosting as expected.

Not very pretty, but pretty tasty.