pink tinks cupcakes

the idea of banana cake drenched with some coconut milk icing is known however i wanted to turn that on its head with a coconut based cake with banana jam instead as there is no doubt the flavours agree with one another. Eaten alone- it is sweet, puddingy and decadent enough- is charming.

I got my oh so tasty jam recipe from the below link
http://abstractgourmet.com/2007/06/banana-jam/

The favourite cafe cake. I used an ordinary coffee sponge recipe for this-using Mary Berrys latest book. I had about 25g of almonds left and so added that to the mix, leaving out a bit of flour.

I thought up this one (im sure it has been done before!) in a moment of panic and am rather pleased with it.

Made this for my boyfriends birthday at the end of this week after he recently enquired as to whether i had ever seen a chocolate fruit cake, well here it is!

Time for an old classic. Just eaten a peice now and if i say so myself was delicious

dessert wine is a nice treat every now and then, provided you are eating dessert also :o) i followed a recipe to add it to dessert.

I decided to attempt some bread and bread that does not require much rising being as last time i made bread it resembled a pancake.

A fan of a bit of sweetness to a savory dish i had to garnish it with some caramelised onions and gruyere. Surprisingly it did rise! yay!

We all know rasperry and white chocolate harmonise one another the sharp and the smooth milkiness. I wanted to shake that up a bit and add in some dark chocolate chunks in the sponge.

Topped with a bit of my raspberry jam.

A step on from the previous lovely apple and blackberry crumble is a cake of this type.
Lovely served warm with cream or ice cream.

I hand picked the berries and apple with my father on a lovely Sunday afternoon and what better to bake than a crumble with the two.

Still waiting for it to cool down a bit but here it is.......

only made a small amount to add to a cake.

My Irish ancestory must have screamed out to me to bake this one, an Irish bramley apple cake with a touch of cinnamon. I loved the sourness the bramley added, a nice dense, doughy consistency for the cake- the idea is it is more of a pudding. Topped with some vanilla sugar and cinnamon again and some cream is lovely with this.

Again a twist on the original brownies using white chocolate instead, adding two bananas and some toffee. Any banoffee fans will love it. The white chocolate gave the cake a lightness it would not have had otherwise, contrasting to the heavy counterparts- the dominant banana taste with the moistness it adds and the sweetness of the toffee.
This is one upturned- just look at those bananas



and look at this toffee