This week's Sunday Slow Bakers selection by Ida was a perfect birthday cake for someone who likes light lemony things. And that would be me.
I had some help this week from my neighbor's visiting niece, Kimber. She and I baked brownies the last time she visited, so I was happy to have her join me on my Sunday baking. I actually wish we had a bigger challenge for her this week. This cake was really very simple and easy. It doesn't have very many ingredients and goes together quickly.
We followed the recipe almost exactly. I only had to make one tiny substitution—I used 2 lemons and an orange instead of a lemon, a lime and an orange. But I don't think the cake suffered. I almost ran out of powdered sugar, but my neighbor saved me there. So everything went quite smoothly.
My tasters agreed that it was quite tasty, with a distinctive lemony flavor and a great texture. You could easily serve this as a nice, light finish to big meal. Or you could enhance it a little with some fresh fruit or even some homemade ice cream (raspberry sorbet would be delicious). It also makes a nice afternoon cake with tea. But I wouldn't want to go and put 43 birthday candles on it, or anything like that. No, not that.
Comments (4)
Oh my, I'd give a lot for a slice of that. :)
Posted by Leslie | July 21, 2008 2:04 AM
Posted on July 21, 2008 02:04
The cake I made is gone and now looking at yours I feel like making another one. One of the best recipes from Dolce Italiano!
I forgot to wish you a happy birthday on the SSB thread. So here it is, a day late but Buon compleanno!
Posted by María I. | July 21, 2008 6:34 PM
Posted on July 21, 2008 18:34
Happy Birthday!
Posted by Annie | July 22, 2008 8:50 AM
Posted on July 22, 2008 08:50
A very Happy Birthday to you!
43? Not so bad.
Hmmm. 57 candles come this fall. Oh big deal....just a number.
I've been watching along with this baking group, not wanting to be trapped in the house with an entire cake.
This one seems a beauty.
Pat
Posted by Pat | July 22, 2008 4:39 PM
Posted on July 22, 2008 16:39