The forgotten cakes of 2012

It's not often that bakes slip through the net as I like my blog to run relatively on time. I know it's not life threatening if I post something late and it slides into another month, but for some reason it irks me.

My first forgotten bake is a chocolate cake I made as a test run for my sister-in-law's birthday cake.

As it was a tester I halved the recipe and baked the mixture in two 18cm round tins. I think I also used two medium eggs instead of 1.5 large eggs. If you like the Primrose Bakery recipe but don't fancy such a massive cake then this worked really well.

Also almost forgotten is a lemon and blueberry drizzle cake which I took to my brother's. Shoddy picture quality courtesy of my mobile phone.

 

I can't remember which recipe I used, but I remember feeling disappointed that all the blueberries sank to the bottom.

Lastly, not a cake, but a pie! If I don't post this lemon meringue pie from New Year's Eve dinner then it may get forgotten.


I love the contrast of sharp lemon and sweet meringue. It's a wonder I haven't made a lemon meringue pie before (probably because I have an inexplicable fear of making meringues!) The only complaint I had with this Delia recipe was that there was a lot of juice sitting in the bottom of the dish which turned the pastry a bit soggy after a while.

So how's 2013 treating everybody so far? To be honest I'm glad to see the back of 2012. I'm not a resolution maker but have decided to set a few projects in motion to make 2013 more interesting. What are your resolutions for this year, if any?