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Tag Archives: tea cakes
Coffee and walnut cake
I have an unhealthy obsession that I’ve been trying to quit. I’ve been amassing far too many cookbooks that my bookshelves can take. While I’m an e-book covert and I’ve been reading fiction digitally, I still prefer my cookbooks in … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cakes
Tagged afternoon tea, cake, coffee, coffee cake, loaf cakes, Nigel Slater, swiss meringue buttercream, tea cakes, walnut
7 Comments
Dark chocolate and lavender madeleines
I’ve always loved lavender in food. I think it doesn’t get used quite enough. If you have been following my blog, you would probably realise that lavender makes its appearance from time to time. One of my all time favourite … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cakes
Tagged afternoon tea, chocolate, French cakes, lavender, madeleines, tea cakes
6 Comments
Matcha (green tea) madeleines
There’s just something particularly French about tea and those shell-shaped madeleines. Made famous by the French (in the Lorraine region) and Marcel Proust’s novel “In search of lost time” where he wrote about the “madeleine episode”, these shell-shaped cakes are … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged afternoon tea, French cakes, French madeleines, green tea ganache madeleines, Marcel Proust, tea cakes
12 Comments
Matcha and raspberry friands
There’s just something about matcha (Japanese green tea powder) that sings out to me. I love its flavour in my desserts and pastries. This time, it has found its way in one of my all time favourite afternoon tea snack … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cakes
Tagged afternoon tea, almond meal, Egg whites, financiers, friands, matcha, tea cakes
11 Comments
Lavender and blueberry friands (financiers)
I have never tasted friands/financiers until my stay in Sydney. These tea cakes are so ubiquitous that they are virtually at every cafe in the city; they come in different shapes and sizes, sometimes they have an addition of chocolate … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Cakes, Recipe
Tagged afternoon tea, almond meal, blueberries, Egg whites, financiers, friands, lavender, tea cakes
14 Comments
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