Even though it is the Queens birthday this weekend, my cake (or cakes) have an Italian theme, which is great as we will be in that general vacinity next week!
Daughter Emma came home from work on Friday with two recipes given to her from a colleague so I thought I would make them both. The first one is titled 'Ciambella'. " A traditional cake baked in a ring tin, made by housewives throughout Italy for centuries, adding different ingredients depending on the desired flavour. In this version the combination of chocolate and orange is delicious." (so the article says)
The next recipe was called simply 'Mama Mia'. "Regular diners at Il Felice restaurant in ChCh will be mouthwateringly familiar with this trifle-style cake. Its been a hot favourite on the dessert menu for about 10 years."
What a wicked dessert! Very rich ingredients and I think it will go very well along side the Ciambella Cake.
We were invited to our very hospitable friends' place for the ChCh SBS marathon after match function yesterday, so I came armed with my two creations and later proceeded to dish out huge quantities on to plates for those who ran in the marathon. I felt they deserved the calories!
The Mama Mia didnt set too well and looked like a large dollop of whipped cream but the taste was something else. It had a rum, chocolate, cream cheese flavour with a hint of coffee.
Well done to those who ran in the Marathon and many thanks to Greg and Julie for such a lovely afternoon.
We take off for Europe on Sunday for three weeks, time for one more cake before we go. Have a great week.
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