Monday 21 May 2012

Ciambella alle carote

When my sister and I agreed to do a baking stall for my local fair I thought I'd delve into the Silver Spoon for a recipe to attempt! Carrot cake it was and it went down a treat - it sold out!

You can read more about our baking havoc here on my other blog!

But for now, here's my attempt at carrot cake - the green rabbit was just a silly addition to the pics, but then he came with us to the stall and quite a few people wanted to buy him!

Clockwise from top left: Recipe found; ingredients and bunny; bunny eyeing off the mixture; the stall - carrot cake on right; and stirring in the mountains of carrot

Sunday 20 May 2012

Biscotti alla cannella

We've had a busy few months and my poor Silver Spoon blog has taken a little bit of a back seat to our flat renovations (see them here). But in the midst of the reno's I did manage a very quick afternoon of baking... an attempt to entice my builder away from rich tea's to biscotti alla campella or cinnamon biscuits.

These are made with oil, not butter

Really difficult to mix together - I added more oil than the recipe said

Sprinkle sprinkle

And they're done
After putting the biscuits out, next to the tea, they remained untouched - ahh well, rich tea's won over in the end! But L and I managed to devour them though - they were awesome!

But success a few weeks later, I made banana bread, which won over the rich tea's!