Did She Really Say "Let Them Eat Cake"?

If you read my last post about the special drink, I urge you to try it. It really does taste refreshing and nothing like what you would imagine those ingredients to taste like. Yesterday, somehow or another, for 45 minutes I actually managed to feel a bit better. I mustered up the stamina to make my girls an after school snack - a cream cake in my new Bundt cake pan I received from my mother for Christmas (thanks Mami). As head chef in this household, I must try everything first. When it was out of the oven and "somewhat" cooled, I sat down with a slice of it and a cup of tea.

 

It amazes me how something so simple can taste so satisfying. Being that it used the special Nordic Ware Bundt cake pan , and everything went in all at once and came out looking ready to be eaten, no frosting involved, the whole thing was a snap to make - good thing because I didn't have much energy to begin with.

 

Although I am sharing with you my "cake making event", what I really want you to know about involves the link below. I have never (OK maybe not "never", but at least in the last ten years) have been sick for this long. Frankly, it is really boring being sick. I am used to doing so much in a day that to just sit there and do nothing was driving me crazy. Regular TV seemed pointless and annoying. I somehow, in my ipad hopping found out about this british food show that, in a very funny way, combines food and history. This show,The Supersizers, goes through, and the hosts eat their way through, different periods of history with the main emphasis being on the unique foods, mannerisms, and traditions related to food, that the people of the era ate. I started with the Shakespearean (Elizabethan) era and have been working my way to more current times. I must tell you that I am fascinated by this program series. If you are sick, in bed, with the flu, it is a must see if you are in a foodie mood. Below is the link for the one about Maria Antoinette.

 

After being home-schooled for most of their lives, my girls finally experienced the sensation of having to go back to school after Christmas break. Neither one of them was that thrilled to go back, even though they love their school. Their vacation simply wasn't long enough. I remember that feeling. I hated going back too. I tried to make it better for them by having this cake ready to great them when they came through the door. It felt good to just do a "Mommy" kind of thing.

Here is the recipe for the cream cake. I hope you can click on it and see it big enough on your screen if you are going to try and make the cake. If you have difficulty seeing it well enough, let me know.

In the midst of writing this post I felt a rush to "paint" the recipe and add it to my watercolor recipe box.

Ok. Now I am exhausted and I am going back to bed.

Carolina

 

Comments

[Elizabeth]

I love this post! First, thanks for that link on the food show, that is going to be watched by me soon! I love that kind of stuff. We once ate an wonderful dinner at a restaurant in the Louvre that was several courses, and was a menu from the 1700's. It was so good, and there was a little story on the menu about each course. I loved it and is still one of the most memorable dinners in Paris, that I can remember.

Second, it is funny that you made a bundt cake, because I'm making one today, but it is a Mexican chocolate cake with a chocolate glaze and crushed almonds.
And, finally, I love the water color recipe cards!! They could be made into a cool book :)

I hope you are on the mend and getting better by the day!!!

[Melissa P]

How do you manage it? I don't know anyone even half as interesting when they're sick as you are with this post and video link. Too much! But I'm glad things are slowly, slowly getting better. Making cake is a sure indication that better days are ahead.

[Alicia Armstrong]

I am amazed that you baked a cake and illustrated a recipe card while sick; there is no slowing you down! Have you seen the site "They draw and cook"? You should submit a recipe.

hope you are feeling better.

[Eva]

Wow! You are a trooper! The cake looks amazing and the watercolour recipe card is so pretty! The series sounds interesting, I'll have to have a look! I hope you'll feel better soon!!! xxx Eva

[Gabriela]

Happy New Year to you Carolina. Hope you are feeling better. I love my bundt pan! This is the cake I make in it, you should try it: 125 grs. butter, softened, 3/4 cup caster sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 eggs, 1 1/3 cups sour cream, 400 grs can apricot halves, drained, chopped, 2 1/4 cups self raising flour, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 cup white Choc Bits.
Preheat oven to 180 deg C or 160 deg C fan forced. If your pan is non stick don't grease it. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a small bowl until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined after each addition. Fold in 1 cup of sour cream, and all of the apricots, then the sifted flour and soda. The batter will be quite thick. Spoon mixture into pan, smooth the top. Bake for about 40 min or until golden and springy to touch. Turn onto wire rack to cool completely before icing.
Combine the remaining sour cream and chocolate and microwave on high for 1 min. Allow to cool a little and thicken. Drizzle warm icing over the cooled cake. Instead of the chocolate icing you can just dust it with icing sugar. With a cup of fresh coffee it's yummy, yummy. Love Gabriela

[The Muse of The Day]

I am going to have to give that one a try Tia Gabriela. All this baking, though, means my jeans are a little lonely in my closet. Besitos. Carolina