Last week was my mum's (Gramma as she'll be known from here on out) birthday, but she went to her parents' to celebrate (yes, you sense a little jealousy) so Adrian suggested we make her dinner this week (what a great, caring husband I have!). Naturally, I kept at the idea, partially because I know she'd appreciate it and she's done so much for us and there's no way I could pay her back, and I love her so very very much, and partially because I really wanted to try out a cake from The Sweet Kitchen that I knew she'd love!
I was right. This cake was amazing. Very sweet, very good.
I have to admit, i've been spoiled with our Kitchenaid mixer. I made this cake at Gramma's house, so that when she came home from work, her place would smell amazing! However, this meant that I had to mix by hand (oh no! the horror!). But seriously, it was harder, a little less enjoyable. Still fun though!
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| Whew… by this time, I was sweating... |
It's a nutmeg-y sour cream toffee pound cake with a toasted pecan, toffee, cinnamon and brown sugar filling in two layers! Yum!!
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Ready to start putting it together! The bundt pan is oiled AND floured. I've never seen that before, but it worked really well!
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Incredibly easy to make, as are all of her recipes so far, a little tricky to put together. I'm not too familiar with cakes yet, and as you can see, I don't think I cooked it long enough at first - 50 minutes at 350. The other option, after some problem solving, is that I didn't let it cool enough on a rack in the pan, before attempting to remove it from said pan. Luckily, Adrian helped me get it back in the bundt pan so I could bake it for another 10 minutes. It came out much nicer after that, but I have to admit, I was very disappointed it didn't look nice... I'm still really working on presentation... I've got taste down pat…
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| Looks done, right? |
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| Boo…. It fell apart taking it out of the pan... |
Another disappointment with this recipe was having to buy instant coffee powder... I died a little bit, being the coffee nut I am. I don't know if there is any good stuff, but I'm not jazzed with the cheap brand I bought... Worth a bit more research…
There were no complaints from mum or Adrian, and she even brought the left over to a staff meeting the next day and apparently they all liked it too! Haha so I guess it's just me being picky.
So important to keep the family recipes going. This sounds delicious Ericka
ReplyDeleteThis looks really good. I must try it.
ReplyDeleteKim, good luck! Haha I hope you have better luck getting it out of the pan than I did… :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to baking I think whipped cream can cover a multitude of sins.
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