Rekindle the art of home baking.
This week, the traditional chocolate cupcake is being taken to *ahem* greener pastures (sorry). Not that there is anything wrong with a good, old fashioned chocolate cupcake, however, there’s something to be said for combining chocolate and matcha green tea. If you caught my baking with Matcha tutorial earlier this week, you’re hopefully feeling inspired to give it a try…this recipe is a good place to start….
Have you ever tried baking with Matcha tea? If not, you’re in for a colourful treat. You’ve likely heard of this beautiful jade super-food as it’s become quite popular in recent years, however, matcha tea dates back to 13th century Japan! Not only is matcha tea perfect for sipping, it has many great uses in the kitchen….
This blackberry cake may seem laborious, but it couldn’t be easier to make. And, if you caught our baking with Bundt pans tutorial earlier this week, you’ll be ready to create this stunning cake and relish in the flavours of ripe blackberries and zingy lemon.
Blackberries are at their peak of ripeness in August; when my family and I pick them, they practically melt in our hands as we pluck them from the brambles. They’re juicy beyond belief and have the most delicate floral-like flavour. Blackberries are, without a doubt, my favourite summer berry.
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Did you know that ‘Bundt’ is a trademark? Aluminum ‘Bundt’ pans were originally created and trademarked in 1950 by the American cookware manufacturer, Nordic Ware. Trademark aside, Bundt cakes, or ‘Bundkuchens’ as they’re were traditionally called, have been around for centuries and likely originated in Germany or Austria.
Despite legal ownership, the term ‘Bundt’ is used in a generic way and is often used when referring to traditional ‘Kugelhopf’ molds. Commercially, you may also see these cake molds labelled as ‘fluted tube pans’ to avoid trademark infringement! Whatever you want to call them, they all imply to the same thing- a molded pan with a center tube which creates a patterned ring of cake.
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