Mother's Day Baking

In honour of my mum, this Sunday's baking session was focused on making her a delicious cake.

My mum is not a big fan of iced cakes and I was in the mood for making something honest, humble and homely - the sort of cake that you would find at a country fete. My mum loves custard and I have been mulling over ideas for a custardy take on a Victoria sponge, so today felt like the day for a bit of kitchen pottering. 

I had originally decided to use rhubarb jam to sandwich the cake halves together, but couldn't find any when I went to the supermarket. So - let's be honest here - the better option was to buy some lovely

pink forced rhubarb and stew it to create my own intense rhubarb compote.

Here's the finished cake in its custardy, sweet-sour glory. It is a tall, greedy looking cake and I'm pleased that it looks a little like a Lily Vanilli cake in style. This was unintentional, but certainly a happy occurrence!

If you're not familiar with Lily Vanilli's cakes, here's a link to her site.

http://www.lilyvanilli.com

Spring Creativity

It's amazing what a bit of sunshine can start! After waking up early with a cup of tea,
the morning got off to a happy start with a spot of Sunday morning baking. I had ordered
a brownie pan from ebay earlier in the week and wanted to try it out. The result?

These chocotastic beauties!

The spring sunshine also made me yearn for a more sprightly Sunday lunch than the
usual roasties and trimmings, so after a spot of cookbook browsing, I settled on Caramelised Onion and Cheese Tarte Tatin. Rather than the roast potatoes, I decided to go for crushed new potatoes with lemon, mint and feta - perfect for a lighter lunch.

Here's the Tarte Tatin in its glory.

There must have been a creative buzz in the air today as Dan decided to test out some
photography ideas and produced a short Spring film snippet for his project Ma Memoire Photography.

See the link below!

Ma Memoire Spring Beer

Happy Sunday,

Becky BakesWell.