Curse You Bundt Pan!

Curse You Bundt Pan!


It is my mother in laws birthday, and we are doing brunch at my house.  My husband and I just finished binge watching the first season with Noel Fielding as one of the co hosts of The Great British Bakeoff and we were feeling lofty about our baking abilities. (Depending on where you are from, I have no idea which season that really is.)  We had the brilliant idea of doing a lovely lemon and blueberry pound cake served with a Quiche Lorraine. All of it to be served with a white wine sangria.  It sounds super classy, delicious and relatively easy.

Jon and I decided to do the cake a day ahead so that we didn't have to rush this morning.  The recipe is one I found on Pinterest, and sounded easy enough.  Make the cake, put it in the pan, bake, cook and take it out of the pan, cool and icing.  I was good all the way to take the cake out of the pan.
In fact I think the cake decided that it would rather live in the bundt cake pan then ever see the light of day in one piece.  The sole bright side, is that despite it being an utter shape disaster, it was a magnificent  flavor masterpiece.  It tasted like blueberries and lemons.  Total flavor win, when something tastes the way it is expected.

Once we finally retrieved all of the cake bits from the nefarious bundt pan that is the bane of baking existence (or it is in my house).  Oh the swear words that came up, and then it evolved into our best impressions of common judge comments.  We had to come up with a Plan B to go with the quiche.  To the mighty internet we searched, and discovered that cake ruined by unruly bundt is a thing and that breakfast trifle is going to be a thing. Or at least a thing that we are serving for brunch. 

This set back could easily have ruined my day and weekend. I don't often utterly fail so hard at baking. I think the lesson learned is that baking is hard.  When life gives you lemons and your cake doesn't turn out, you just have to make the best out of what you have.  Trifles are amazing. The quiche is delightful and so is Sangria.  Happy Birthday Joanne!


For those interested, this is where I got the Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake Recipe:  Grandbaby Cakes

Lemon Cookies

Today I tried to get a jump start on the holiday baking. Baking is always more enjoyable with friends.  My friends, Laura and Barbie were also keen to turn the oven on and taste test some new recipes. 

The new recipe that I decided to try was something that I found randomly on Pinterest. I was looking for quilt patterns and for some reason this lemon cookie popped up, and it looked delicious. The lemon cookie is from Baked by an Introvert .  The recipe reads like a love letter to Meyer Lemons, however it is easy to follow and better yet, it turns out well. 

This is certainly a keeper of a recipe. The cookie has a refreshing lemon taste, and when you had the lemon flavored icing, it makes you think of lemonade on a hot summer day.  It is the right amount of tang and sweetness all in one, that make you want to have another.  If you are a tea drinker, this would be perfect to dip in the tea. 

The only thing that I would say about the recipe is that you want to watch the length that you bake the cookie. It calls for 12-14 minute bake time, when the best cookies were done with a 10 minute bake time. I think that it all depends on if your oven runs hot. This is one of those recipes that do not make a huge amount of cookies. This recipe made exactly 36 cookies.

If you are looking for something different for a cookie platter, check out Iced Meyer Lemon Cookies by Baked by an Introvert. It will certainly not disappoint.