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Cardamom and rye chocolate cake

Posted on June 14, 2015

As I type this, I’m sitting in at the dining table, sipping a warm chamomile (my new favourite drink, it appears. What can I say… I lead a rock’n’roll life) and eating my usual breakfast, plain yogurt with homemade muesli. Today, though, Scottish strawberries and raspberries have also found their way in the bowl. I’ve worn sandals for the past 3 days in a row. My usual make up makes me look pale, because my face is lightly tanned. In other words, the unpredictable British summer is here, and, to my shame, today’s recipe is conspicuously un-summery. Oh well. It’s a chocolate cake, substantial, moist and flavoursome. Our oven broke in April and for weeks I couldn’t bake anything. At the time, I was…

Lemon ricotta cake

Posted on June 4, 2014

As I mentioned in my last post, a couple of weeks ago it was my birthday. I turned 27 (cue horror movie soundtrack)! For the second year in a row, I’ve made my own cake and this is it. It’s no tiered nor frosted affair, as you can see. I much prefer simple-looking food and it always shows in my choice of cake. I might be frugal and avoid the esthetical wow-factor, but I certainly am not frugal with flavour. In fact, this fresh and moist cake packs quite a punch, with its lemon zest and juice, from not one, but two lemons. The abundance of citrus, however, is only half of the story. The other half is ricotta. Close your eyes. Think of the food…