Coconut Milk Cake...

...have had my eye on this one for a while now...I got Marion Keyes new recipe book "Saved by Cake" out of the local library a few weeks ago, and have only just found some time to bake one of the cakes from it...

The Apple Cake, Revisited...

After the cake that didn't quite make the grade last week...over here...I decided yesterday to bite the bullet and have another go at an Apple Cake...I was still after the type of cake that could be served either warm as a pud or cold with a coffee...and it had to be apple!!

Easter Eats...and Treats...

So what did you and yours enjoy this past Easter Week?

We had a great selection of meals, treats and puds...check these out...

The spicy, rice'y' Gumbo...

...'Sunny' Spanish Paella...

...a lovely 'Fishy Dishy'

...my first 'Proper' Quiche...

Spicy Pork with Jewelled Couscous...

...'Tear n' Share' Hot Cross Buns...

Yummy Carroty Cake Muffins...

...Delicious Chocolate Whirls...

 ...The Classic, Easter Nests...

 ...My Marbled Easter Bundt...

...Rhubarb Creams with Orange Shortbreads...

I feel I should end with "...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree..."!! But maybe "...and an Easter Egg after my Tea!!" would be more apt!!

I hope you all had a great holiday, I know we did, busy as it was with cooking, guests, DIY'ing'...and the smallish people to entertain...

Easter Treats #4....

...An Easter Bundt...after all, isn't there a Bundt for pretty much all seasons, celebrations or days of the week!?!?

All things BRIGHT and Bundt-iful...

I decided to brighten up the rather grey days we've been having lately, by experimenting with the new Wilton food colouring gels I got a little while ago...I was going to make these wonderful rainbow cookies, but time was of the essence, so I decided on a creation of my own...well, a 'tweak' at least!!! (the cookies will have to wait a couple of weeks)...Seeing as my two smallish people love bundt cakes now, I decided to 'tweak' Nigella's Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake once more..(I do believe it is becoming a new family favourite...)

 After making the original cake batter recipe, I split the mix into 6 bowls...

...then the fun started!! Into the 6 bowls went some of the fantastic gel colourings... 

Marbled Bundt...Afternoon Tea...part 2...

And now for the bundt...I used Nigella's wonderful Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake recipe as before...but then the urge to 'tweak' got the better of me!!! So I got on to Twitter, messaged Nigella asking if she thought the 'tweak' would work with melted chocolate, she said cocoa might be better, so cocoa it was...

...so I reduced the vanilla to 3 teaspoons instead of 4, then halved the mixture and to one half added 3-4 tablespoons of cocoa powder...

All Things Bundt and Beautiful

I've always fancied having a bundt pan...so, I treated myself to a one a couple of weeks ago...

but it wasn't until this weekend that I got a chance to try it out!

It took me quite a while to find a recipe to try...an internet search pulled up hundreds of Bundt and ring cake recipes, many of them involving lemon or chocolate. But all I wanted was a plain vanilla cake that would suit all tastes (including children) as we were going to friends for Afternoon Tea on Sunday.

I remembered seeing a Nigella Christmas episode where she made a Christmas Tree ring cake, covered in powdered sugar snow...and I knew that was the cake I wanted to make.

Another internet search, and I found it...Nigella's Spruced Up Vanilla Cake...It sounded divine, and suited to the occasion perfectly...So on Saturday morning I baked one