#35 from side to main

Easy recipe!! And super tasty :-)

It's meant to be a side, but as a vegetarian I have it as a main !

Fan 180, about 30min

Served with spinach and kale (kale's seasoning: half lemon, salt, black pepper, chilly powder)

#34 Taste the real version

I am usually careful in expressing opinions on my own baked cakes....but now I must say..... These are super yummy!!!!!!!! and so easy :-)

Basically I have tried Madelaines the first time in France, at a Mont Saint Michel trip with Rav. They were processed cakes and not the original home-made ones. So once back to UK I had only processed Madelaines too..... until today, when I decided to make my own Madelaines!!!

Recipee from BBC

I have followed this recipe, but I would suggest to preheat the oven AFTER you have prepared the mixture. In fact you need to wait 20 minutes anyway, and there is no point to consume more energy for nothing.

I have no madelaines tray, so I have used these mini muffins/mini buns trays:

In the silicon one, I have used only sunflower oil, and it works pretty well not making the cakes stick into the tray.

Soooo let's start!

Switch on the oven...Wait 20 minutes.... and in the meantime play a related french song by Jacques Brel   or a song from a singer with the name Madelaine 

(now you are in the right mood!)

...then fill the trays:

Cook for 10 minutes/until golden

Enjoy!!!

Super super yummy and juicy

The lesson in the kitchen this time is pretty easy. I have the feeling that human life is  getting more and more virtual, and love too, is based on virtual contacts, in projections, life in mobile screens, dating apps and so on. These madelaines cake proove that real life is always better, more tasty, than a processed, factory made, standardised one.

And of course, also processed madelaines are still nice. But ever you have tried the satisfication to make them on your own, to have the nice lemon smell in the kitchen, and eat them warm, and find them so juicy and good?

Taste the real version in everything, and you will see the difference. You will remember it. Chef's word :-)

33# Sharing beauty

I must admit, I am very proud of the result of this recipe. 

I have shared these tarts with many friends, and we were all happy. The rose shape make these little cakes non only delicious for the taste but also attractive for their look.

● INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE FROLLA:

2 eggs

100g of sugar

80g of sunflower

380 g of flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder (I have used self-raising flour, so no need for adding it)

FOR THE CREAM:

1 egg

  2 tablespoons of sugar

2 tablespoons of flour

  250 ml of milk

some lemon peel

2 apples

I know this recipe is in Italian but once you know the ingredients, it is very easy to follow the video instructions!

  

If, like me, you have some froll left unused....you can make biscuits!
Watch this video.

The kitchen lesson today is.... share the beauty! try to create something beautiful, that makes people surprised... you will see the difference in their face! beautiful images, especially natural shapes like roses, work on unconscious giving a warm feeling of harmony. Sharing beauty is like saving the world.

#32 Way to say thanks

I made this cake to say thank you to a friend which did a favour to me. Funny: anyway this friend was unable to taste it as couldn't collect it and was always busy at work! 

Shame... but my intention was still good and there, and I ended up to eat this cake for a few days :-D

It's a classic lemon drizzle cake plus some blueberries...

There are many recipes on line like this one

The result is nice, but also the original version (only lemon) is good on my opinion. I like the presence of berries only for making some colour.

The kitchen lesson this time is...

...do a favour...

...do a thanks present...

and do not expect anything in return...

Feeling thankful for something is already a great way of approaching life and it is a healthy feeling. If the other person is not there for receiving it, that's fine too... you are anyway creating something nice...that sweet gift will stay with you.

#31 Painkiller

What do you eat when you are sick? Boring things? Me not. 

I make a cake.

I don't like much to take medicaments, but sometimes you have no choices, you have to.

But why not make it a piece of cake? Litterally...

As Mary poppins sings:

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

The medicine go down-wown

The medicine go down

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

In a most delightful way

I must say my coconut cake is working well for my flu along with paracetamol.

I have used:

150gr butter

150gr self-raising flour

150gr coconut flour

150gr sugar

3 eggs

vanilla

lemon skin

love

This is another cake I've made as a "pain killer" for healing muscle pains, while I was using also tiger balm.

Take care of yourself, not just in the body but overall lift your spirit. A nice food treat can help :-)