So, as you may have realised, I am partial to a bit of baking and actually, I'm not half bad at it. But lately, what with me being on reduced rations and GluttonBoy being off-carbs, the old mixing bowls have started to gather dust. Plus, I am also used to being the queen bee baker and have had my nose rather put out of joint lately by the arrival in the office of a quite spectacular baker. Grr.
Anyway. An office birthday always needs a cake, so out came the new Hummingbird Cake Days and off I went. It's not everyday you make a cake with sodastream syrups in - but cola cakes and lemonade cakes demanded it.
And they were delicious! The sponge was light with just a hint of soda, the icing was sweet and light and there wasn't too much of it. I wanted to sprinkle with popping candy just before serving but there seems to be a popping candy drought in south London so that plan was thwarted.
The best thing of all was the chorus of 'mmmmms' all round the office. Baking is nice, but baking for other people is the nicest of all.
The recipe (slightly altered, sorry):
take 240g flour, 80g softened butter, 1/4 tsp salt and mix in a mixer until breadcrumb-like
Mix 2 eggs with 40mls whole milk and 1tbsp sodastream cola mix. With the mixer going like blazes, drizzle the liquid in and beat until light and fluffy.
This makes 16 cupcakes for me - fill cases 3/4 full and bake at 190 for about 20 mins.
Ice when cool:
500g icing sugar
140g butter
2 tbsp syrup
20mls whole milk
Beat like fury again until light. Top with a cola bottle for full effect.
Here's a pic -
With love - GG.
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