Show Weekend 2010

Show Day on Friday and the day after, has been the best weather that I can remember for a Show weekend in a long time. The pool got a wonderful work out, looking lovely and clean and at a temperature of 27 degrees!!! The BBQ was thrashed on both evenings as we entertained our nearest and dearest friends. Ping pong competition and sitting around the outside gas fire till the early hours. It is lovely to have an overcast Sunday to relax and bake a cake.

Sunday is our friend David's birthday. He is on his way home from the Sounds as his birthday cake cooks. Dave normal requests banana cake but I have no ripe bananas so I am making him something very different.

In the Foodtown magazine, they have a section called 'you asked for it'. Readers write in and ask for the recipes of their favourite food they have at cafe's around the country. The Old Vicarage shared their Citrus Slice, Cafe Metro in Kilmore St shared their Chocolate Cookies. I chose to make the Grindz Cafe's Coffee, Apple and Walnut Cake. Grindz Cafe is in Tauranga, owners Steve and Lindsay Graham. (there is a bit of useless information for you!)

This really does sound like a very delicious cake. Sour cream and the grated apple adds plenty of moisture and the coffee and walnuts will add lovely flavour and texture.

(Warning David, this cake contains nuts, so don't share it with Nick!)

Recipe reckons it serves 10, so it is a good size.

Happy Birthday Dave, now you have a cake to share at work tomorrow.

Dawn French in todays Sunday Star times said this about cake.....

'Its not really just the cake. Its all about the warmth of it, the smell of it and the fact that everyone comes together to eat it. Its a very useful tool, cake.'

I have to agree with her.