Saturday 10 August 2013

Lime, Yoghurt and Rosewater Cake

This post is an important post for me. It marks my first blog post with my shiny new camera! Well, technically, my Borough Market post did, but hey – this is my first recipe post with it. I have been meaning to buy a proper SLR camera since around my first blogoversary. Four years ago. Despite thinking how much I needed one every. single. time. that I struggled to get a half decent photo with my old camera I just always was too scared to make the investment. What if I stopped blogging? What if I dropped it? What if I lost it? Until this week, on my 5th blogoverary, I finally took the plunge! My old camera that I used, a little hot pink point-and-shoot that is over 7 years old has finally been relegated in favour of a proper Nikon SLR and, as much as I have fond memories of my old camera, I am beyond excited!DSC_0071This cake was also important in another way: it saved the baking day. My Mum looked through my whole list of bookmarked bakes – that’s a selection of 340 cakes, pies, ice creams, muffins, cookies, doughnuts, tarts and more – and found not one that she liked. (Update: she would like to add there were many that she liked, just none that she fancied that day.) Eventually, we found this cake that suited us both. Not too rich for her, summery enough for me. I can always rely on a Rachel Allen recipe to unite us! DSC_0081Luckily it lived up to expectations – the recipe delivered a really moist, flavoursome cake with plenty of lime zing but a touch of sweetness from the rosewater. My notes on this cake would be to take care with the drizzle. When I made it, I added the minimum 1tbsp of rosewater which seemed like a lot and certainly smelt and tasted strong when I tested it, but once it’s competing with the lime in the cake I felt it got a bit lost. Rosewater is always a flavour to be careful with to prevent bakes tasting soapy, but in this cake I think you can definitely add more than you think. The generous dose of drizzle also means the cake keeps really well for a few days – if you can get it to last that long! You can find the recipe here – enjoy!DSC_0083

7 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Congrats on the new camera! May you have lots of fun with it...

This cake looks and sound heavenly!

Cheers,

Rosa

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Happy Blogiversary and to many more! Wow, 340 baked goodie. That's many recipes!

Cheers,

Rosa

Dewi said...

Ah, nothing more get exciting then getting a new camera. Your delicious treats will be even more tempting Lucy!

Jo said...

Congrats on the blog anniversary and new camera. I'm a nikon camera girl too :)

I still haven't ventured into floral flavours (terrified my bakes will taste soapy!) but I am a massive fan of zesty drizzle cakes.

Gloria Baker said...

This cake look delicious Lucy! and congrats by your new camera!..
and happy blogoversary.
xo

The Caked Crusader said...

Lovely cake and lovely photos - hope you have many happy times with your new toy!

Kezia said...

Lovely interesting looking cake and great photos:) Hope you enjoy playing with your new camera!