I was a little late with this cake. I saw everyone’s posts for last weekend’s Heavenly Cakes project and just couldn’t resist making it myself. It looked so good, and I love Amaretto, and I knew I already had some blanched almonds in the freezer, so what could go wrong, right? All I would need to pick up was the seedless raspberry jam.
Archive for October, 2009
Almond Shamah Chiffon
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Thursday, October 29th, 2009I noticed this recipe on the blog of one of the other heavenly cake bakers, and couldn’t resist. The recipe is apparently called “Pumpkin Cookie Cakes”, but I know better. These may not be chocolate with a shortening/icing sugar frosting filling, but they’re definitely Whoopie Pies. I grew up in New Brunswick, which is similar to Maine in terms of our fondness for Whoopie Pies, so they’re one of my favourite treats. Just down the block from the building that housed most of my classes during undergrad at UNB was The Goody Shop, which was a little bakery famous for their Whoopie Pies. I really miss Fredericton sometimes.
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Suggestions?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009I’ve been asked to come up with something special for the birthday of someone who doesn’t particularly like sweet things. I suggested something dark chocolate, and was told that maybe if it were chocolate, something mousse-y could work.
I pointed to the plum round ingots on Marie’s Heavenly Cakes blog, and was told “add liquor and now you’re cooking!”
Her favourite drink is Campari, and favourite fruit would be citrus. Anyone have any great ideas?
Apple Upside-Down Cake
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Apple Upside-Down Cake with Bourbon Whipped Cream
This week’s cake in the Heavenly Bakers group is Apple Upside-Down Cake. I didn’t take a whole lot of pictures this time, as we were in the process of attempting to deal with a squirrel that had decided that our no-longer-used chimney would make a good entrance to the basement. He (or she, I didn’t look closely) has been trapped and taken to the other side of a river and across a busy highway, so hopefully won’t be making his or her way back any time soon.
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Heavenly Cake List
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009To keep track of what’s going on with this project, I copied a list of the cakes from one of the reviews on amazon.com. I’m linking the recipe names to Marie’s version at The Heavenly Cake Place. As dates are set for each cake, I will edit this post to add the dates. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m going to link the dates to my posts, to whoever Marie decides to feature, whoever “hosts” that week, or the version I happen to like best. For now, I’ve linked the Barcelona Brownie bars to my version, and The Jansci Torta to Faithy’s version, because I like chocolate. 
I linked the wedding cakes to Hector’s previews on Rose’s website.
If I (or rather the person who wrote the amazon review I used) missed any cakes, please let me know. Thanks!
Edit: I’ve moved the list to the link on the right under Pages titled Heavenly Cake List, so that it’s easy to access.