dinsdag 24 april 2012

Apricot-Pistachio-Lemon coffee cake - THB



The past three weeks went very fast, so its time for our second baking job with The Home Bakers. The Home bakers are a new baking group that will bake from just one book only untill it's finished. Whe started out three weeks ago with the first recipe from Coffee cakes by Lou Seibert Pappas. Feel free to join in....



So this time Chris fom Yummy bakes got to pick a recipe; Apricot-pistachio-Lemon coffee cake.

I didn't feel like baking a hole cake for just the two of us so i made only a quart of the original recipe, that you can find here. I didn't have a small bund pan so i chose to pour the batter in to six smal souflle dishes/ ramekins that are about 2 inch wide and baked them for 20 minutes at 175C. 

My small individual cakes came out perfectly and tasted very nice. I think i really like apricot and pistachio together! Because it already are small round cakes i didn't need to cut the cake and that is where i got lucky with my choice of small cake pans.  The others baking this cake along with me had some difficulty with cutting the cake, because it gets crumbly because of all the apricot and pistachios in it.

There is a variation on this cake in the book: Cherry - hazelnut cake;
Follow the original recipe, substituting 1¼ cups dried cherries for the dried apricots and ¾ cup toasted and skinned hazelnuts, whole or chopped, for the pistachios.

I really liked to made the variation to but i could't find any dried cherries:-(


Come back here on the 18th of may then where baking a Blueberry streusel coffee cake.

12 opmerkingen:

  1. I like minis also. I think your presentation is great.

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  2. hi yvette, what an excellent idea of baking them in small pans, not only you dont hv to cut the cake, it looks pretty cute too!It's not easy to get dried cherries here too.

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  3. Your mini size looks petite. Beautifully baked .. great cake too.

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  4. Your mini cakes looks wonderful and a great idea too! The ingredients really complement well with each other in this cake! Dried cherries are extremely expensive, I would usually substitute with dried cranberries. Looking forward to our next bake! Hope you have a lovely week!

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  5. Great idea! You eliminate the problem of cutting the cake by baking in small cups:)

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  6. eileen@hundred eighty degrees25 april 2012 om 05:10

    It's nice to know you through THB. So you have one less problem by baking into mini sizes. Love the idea. Your cake looks perfect.

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  7. love the mini cakes. Those turned out perfect. Nice clicks.

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  8. I love the mini's .... Very impressive presentation ;)

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  9. very nice presentation! simple and elegant :)

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  10. Marvellous idea of mini servings! Looks FAB!

    I am so tempted by you to bake it again with dried cranberries and in mini form!

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  11. The photos are very pretty! I will definitely bake them again in minis! ;)

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  12. It is indeed a delicious cake & love your small version too with lovely presentation! I've just baked mine a couple of days ago & really delighted by the lovely flavor of this cake! Nice to know you as my sister is also living in Holland at Almere actually! I get the chance to visit your lovely country every year when I visit her! Glad to share the THB baking experience with you too! Have a lovely day! :)

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