Sugar plums are dancing in my head. They are kind of like the dancing hippos in Fantasia. Round with little tutus. The plums don't have faces (makes it easier to eat) and they just twirl and twirl. There might be something wrong with me.
Moving on...
So the cake for this TWD installment was supposed to be a Nectarine Upside-Down Chiffon Cake with a streusel layer made up of almonds, oats and brown sugar. I strayed a bit. I did what I promised and followed the recipe exactly for the last TWD, so now I have given myself carte blanche. I had been baking with peaches/nectarines a lot lately and were a bit tired of them. And then I started having the sugar plum dreams and what could I do? Sugar plum cake! I just traded out the brown sugar and nectarines for white sugar and some large black plums. I left out the struesel layer because it didn't sound like it fit. Others posted that they weren't very enamored with it either.
I've also been making mascarpone and added a little dollop of mascarpone icing to each slice. It's good. I ate it for breakfast. Not the whole thing, just a slice. But if I were actually in my dream...I'd eat the whole thing and follow it up with some bacon. Why not, I'm getting exercise chasing the sugar plums so I can make another cake. It all works out. Oh ya, in my dreams my skinny jeans fit too. Stupid person for inventing skinny jeans.
I think I just saw a plum roll by on a bicycle outside my window.
I think my jeans are too tight...and they aren't even skinny.
I hope this week's host's jeans are tight too. I don't think they properly enjoyed the cake if they aren't.
The Little French Bakery http://littlefrenchbakery.com/nectarine-upside-down-chiffon-cake/
The Double Trouble Kitchen http://thedoubletroublekitchen.com/2012/09/04/twd-nectarine-upside-down-chiffon-cake/
Here's a picture of a cake I did the other day. Since my last post didn't have any pictures, I thought I would up the picture quota.
Moving on...
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| Sugar plums are dancing in your head now. |
So the cake for this TWD installment was supposed to be a Nectarine Upside-Down Chiffon Cake with a streusel layer made up of almonds, oats and brown sugar. I strayed a bit. I did what I promised and followed the recipe exactly for the last TWD, so now I have given myself carte blanche. I had been baking with peaches/nectarines a lot lately and were a bit tired of them. And then I started having the sugar plum dreams and what could I do? Sugar plum cake! I just traded out the brown sugar and nectarines for white sugar and some large black plums. I left out the struesel layer because it didn't sound like it fit. Others posted that they weren't very enamored with it either.
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| Dollops of happiness. |
I've also been making mascarpone and added a little dollop of mascarpone icing to each slice. It's good. I ate it for breakfast. Not the whole thing, just a slice. But if I were actually in my dream...I'd eat the whole thing and follow it up with some bacon. Why not, I'm getting exercise chasing the sugar plums so I can make another cake. It all works out. Oh ya, in my dreams my skinny jeans fit too. Stupid person for inventing skinny jeans.
I think I just saw a plum roll by on a bicycle outside my window.
I think my jeans are too tight...and they aren't even skinny.
I hope this week's host's jeans are tight too. I don't think they properly enjoyed the cake if they aren't.
The Little French Bakery http://littlefrenchbakery.com/nectarine-upside-down-chiffon-cake/
The Double Trouble Kitchen http://thedoubletroublekitchen.com/2012/09/04/twd-nectarine-upside-down-chiffon-cake/
Here's a picture of a cake I did the other day. Since my last post didn't have any pictures, I thought I would up the picture quota.
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| Vanilla buttermilk cake with caramelized peaches and mascarpone icing. |
I do love plums--I think you made a great choice. Next time I make the cake (with plums) I won't bother with the struesel--It just doesn't need it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cake.
My jeans are tight, I dreamed about apples ... and nectarines .. and I really enjoyed your post!!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Catherine
http://praycookblog.com/2012/09/twd-bwj-nectarine-upside-down-chiffon-cake/
Love your whimsical post. The marscapone icing looks lovely with the cake, too.
ReplyDeleteYour cakes are perfection!
ReplyDeleteI don't even want to talk about jeans....
Beautiful!
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