Cherry Cream Cheese Strudel

I saw this strudel being made on tv the other night and thought that it looked yummy. I had to give it a go. It turned out great. However I did modify the ingredients to low fat ones. The mixture was therefore a little more runnier to work with than the one that was made on tv. Also instead of the breadcrumbs and flaked almonds I used almond meal. This did not effect the end product though. Recipe taken from here http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/133/Nan

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

This cake was moist, light and delicious. Topped off with the perfect cream cheese icing. The bonus is it has 3 grated carrots in it for the kids. Would definately make this recipe again. I used this one. http://www.taste.com.au/recipe/view-recipe.php?id=15406&page=&mc=1#c

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

I found this recipe on this blog http://simplyannes.blogspot.com/search/label/Cake and thought that it sounded yummy. She has some beautiful cakes. I have always loved condensed milk but had not used it in a cake before. I made it for afternoon tea and the kids couldn't resist it. They were asking for more. Needless to say there was only a quarter of the cake left after the frenzy.

It was moist, buttery and delicious. It also cut well into clean slices, not too crumbly. The outside of the cake formed a nice golden crust which was crisp and crunchy. This was the best part, the kids were all calling for 'crunchy cake'. I would make this cake again.

Zebra Cake - Take 2

I thought I would try the zebra cake out again in the attempt to get the layers thicker. I still did not get it the way I would like. I tried out a new recipe http://ovenhaven.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/all-grown-up/, I should have stuck with the one I tried first. I found that the batter for the chocolate layer was too heavy and therefore when baking wants to sink to the bottom and not form nice stripes. I tried to add more flour to the plain batter to compensate but did not add enough. So the product was more of a marble cake effect. This time round I added in pink to the colours.

I will get this zebra cake right! Try try again...

Zebra Cake

I have been looking at these cakes for awhile on other sites and thought it was time to give it a go. It was really easy and effective but I think my layers were too thin. I think it would be more dramatic with thicker layers. Mental note to self for next time. Also I only used plain mineral water in it for the fizzy drink, I think the lemonade flavour would be better next time as it would add a little more sweetness. We did eat it unfrosted though, so it would have been sweeter with frosting on. I love the look and will definately make it again. I think it would look especially good as a birthday cake.

There are many recipes out there, this is the one I ended up using.http://www.realepicurean.com/zebra-cake/

Chocolate Coffee Steamed Layer Cake

Red Bean Cake

This is so yummy. This cake is baked in the oven and made with glutinous rice flour and red bean paste in the middle and sesame seeds on top. I used this recipe. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=225875.0