Thought I would make this little “surprise inside” flower cake to urge on the flowers to bloom here soon in greater Boston. It’s a bit of work as you essentially have to bake two cakes in sequence, but it’s fun and a nice surprise.
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Happy Easter Weekend! I’ve got company this weekend (my mum is visiting!) which makes finding time for posting a little more complicated, but here are some delicious Apricot Chocolate Hot Cross Buns. Every year, I try to do something a little different with them, so this year, they were apricot and mini-chocolate chips, but add in your mix-ins of choice (cranberries, nuts, raisins, etc). I made them yesterday for Good Friday.
It’s Pie Day here in the US. March 14. 3.14 Of course, the rest of the world dates differently (i.e. dd/mm/yyyy or YYYY/dd/mm) but playing into the game, I decided to make this Pie for Pi day. Delicious and pretty, though be careful with overdoing it on the orange zest.
Pie comes with a hidden message. Doesn’t everyone need an emotional support pie plate?
Yep, it’s blowing a gale outside but inside, it’s warm, cozy and smells like the most decadent chocolate and tropical coconut ever. I’m happy that the small lingers because I actually made these Toasted Coconut Double Chocolate Brownies before work this morning because frankly, I thought we’d lose power and internet this afternoon, but so far, we’re doing ok. There is a LOT (a lot, a lot) of snow falling, but that is ok. Digging out my car tomorrow won’t be much fun, but that’s what living in New England is all about.
Today is a milestone, one that I likely didn’t think would ever happen. Today is the 15th anniversary to this here little website. Who knew that I had it in me to keep a hobby (and some days, a salvation) going for this long. I sure didn’t, and I don’t think that a lot of people did, and that is ok. But here I am, nearly 3800 recipes later — some abject failures on the first go. Maybe there is another 15 years to go. There are some plans for this year (like I am finally going to write that cookbook; stay tuned!) but no, no one is going to convince me to audition for the Great British Baking Show.
So I made a cake to celebrate. It’s a Browned Butter Walnut Laurel Wreath Bundt Cake and it is quite yummy.