02 March 2007
Lamingtons! Lamingtons! Lamingtons for Tea!
Ever since I came across the recipe for Lamingtons on the Joy of Baking website I have been dying to try the recipe but never had the right occasion. It’s not often that I am invited to or host afternoon tea so when my professor announced that we would be having a Victorian Tea Party in class, I jumped at the chance to whip some up. Lamingtons is a type of Australian tea cake and they are good! Have a look at these photos and see if they don’t make you want to run out and buy some desiccated coconut!! The recipe is pretty straightforward. You make a white cake, dip it in chocolate icing and roll it in desiccated (it means dried…I had to look it up!) coconut. They don't take long to make but it's good to have some time to let the cake cool before you cut it into squares so that they're firmer when you dip them in the icing. Here’s the link to the recipe:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/EnglishTeaParty.html
(Lamingtons are on the right, fourth row down…for some reason I can’t link directly to it).
The tea party in class was a blast! Local author, Alan Cumyn, came by to discuss the life of a novelist and to read from his books. He was a really engaging speaker and he reserved half of his time for answering questions. When he worked for the public service, he said he’d get up at 6am, write for an hour and then on his walk to work he would think about his characters and the story would stay fresh in his mind. He also advocates not outlining a work of fiction to death and allowing it to grow organically from its original seed of inspiration. (Tho he does recommend some outlining for younger writers as they start out). So now I’m all fired up again and I have some tricks to keep in mind for when I go back to work in May.
In knitting news, I finished my first sock! Its partner is coming along too. Thanks for the BC yarn, mom!!
When these are done I’m going to get back to the Somewhat Cowl. Hopefully I can finish it and wear it a couple of times this spring. Oh! I can’t believe I forgot about my bobble hat!! I’ve been seeing these all over the internet and I wanted one of my own so I made up the pattern. This is the first time I’ve ever done any inventing and I’m so happy with how it turned out. Here’s a picture of a friendly bear modeling it:
Have a great snowy weekend!!
Erika.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/EnglishTeaParty.html
(Lamingtons are on the right, fourth row down…for some reason I can’t link directly to it).
The tea party in class was a blast! Local author, Alan Cumyn, came by to discuss the life of a novelist and to read from his books. He was a really engaging speaker and he reserved half of his time for answering questions. When he worked for the public service, he said he’d get up at 6am, write for an hour and then on his walk to work he would think about his characters and the story would stay fresh in his mind. He also advocates not outlining a work of fiction to death and allowing it to grow organically from its original seed of inspiration. (Tho he does recommend some outlining for younger writers as they start out). So now I’m all fired up again and I have some tricks to keep in mind for when I go back to work in May.
In knitting news, I finished my first sock! Its partner is coming along too. Thanks for the BC yarn, mom!!
When these are done I’m going to get back to the Somewhat Cowl. Hopefully I can finish it and wear it a couple of times this spring. Oh! I can’t believe I forgot about my bobble hat!! I’ve been seeing these all over the internet and I wanted one of my own so I made up the pattern. This is the first time I’ve ever done any inventing and I’m so happy with how it turned out. Here’s a picture of a friendly bear modeling it:
Have a great snowy weekend!!
Erika.
Labels: kniticisms, The Undercover Kitchen, witticisms
