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My first exposure to home baking was not until my family migrated to Australia. Mum made friends with our friendly aussie neighbour who taught her how to make orange and poppy seed cupcakes. So it was at age seven, I realised you can actually make cakes at home! The citrus smell that filled the house was amazing. It was then that I discovered orange rind was edible and poppy seeds although tasteless gave the cupcakes that something extra.
Amount raised today was $47.90
Not an exciting amount, again... more cake eaten than the coins in the box but I'm going to keep going, hoping for continuous support :)
There's going to be a birthday cake on thursday. An order came in late this afternoon...
I guess, this is what started it all.
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| Was a breeze to slice! |
And I can't believe it took me this long to bake my own orange poppy seed cake! (finally crossed off from the ridiculously long to-bake list!) The aroma that filled the house last night brought back childhood memories...
Unfortunately the icing went all fugly again after the rough ride to work, but I am happy with the texture of the cake. Judging from the feedback from the ladies at work, it was a successful attempt at a "classic" cake... and I discovered today, poppy seeds do have a subtle flavour - a refreshing minty after taste?!!!
Not an exciting amount, again... more cake eaten than the coins in the box but I'm going to keep going, hoping for continuous support :)
There's going to be a birthday cake on thursday. An order came in late this afternoon...
yumm!!! what else is on your list? carrot cake? i LOVE carrot cake.
ReplyDeleteand what about a creme brulee cake? does such a thing exist?... or a cookies cake??? chocolate with sour cream??? drool, i wish i could bake!!!!
Annie
i've already made a carrot cake for "day 7 - 3birthdays=3cakes" entry, also got a side order for a carrot cake next week (if you want one too i could make them all at once!).... i'm thinking i need to get a food processor after grating 1kg of carrots last time... and i'll be making my "signature" low fat carrot cupcakes one of these days....... i've never heard of a creme brulee cake, but that could be a good flavour combo... a cookies cake is technically a BROWNIE lol...and chocolate with sour cream is pretty standard as well, I've been adding sour cream in my rich chocolate cakes.... YOU COULD LEARN TO BAKE, it's not rocket science, but i'm happy to take orders ;P
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