A big thanks goes to a couple blogging gals who were a big inspiration to me: Deeba of Passionate About Baking and Vera of Baking Obsession. I love their creativity and passion.
Last but not last, I would like to thank Lorelei of Mermaid Sweets for setting up the Sweet Melissa Baking Club, and all the SMS bakers. I'm so glad I joined this group. It has encouraged me to blog much more often. I also very much enjoy baking in a group setting and sharing baking experiences.
Over the weekend, I baked a banana cake and filled it with the peach jam I recently made. To keep things simple, I dusted it with powdered sugar. This banana cake is another great recipe from The Cake Bible; moist, soft, tender, and banana-ey. I highly recommend it. You can find the recipe HERE. My changes: omitted zest, added 1 tsp cinnamon.
Happy 1st blogaversary :o)
Congratulations on such a special milestone Hanaa, and thank you for the sweet words. Lovely of you to mention me, and you can well imagine how I love this cake. Everyhting about it is just right, and the fcat that it has no frosting, even better. Just my kind of cake! It's been a wonderful journey, & am glad to have met you. Happy 1st Blogaversary my dear friend!♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteGefeliciteerd Hanaa, Happy blogoversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogaversary! I have had that Cake Bible book for a couple of years and have not baked anything out of it yet. I will have to check out the cake that you made.
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ReplyDeleteYour cake looks wonderful- nice and golden. Congrats on your first year of blogging!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your blog and what a way to celebrate with that divine banana cake! Im so glad we met and can share our food related stories! I can't wait to see what the fair brings us next year!
ReplyDeleteHi Hanaa== Congrats, best wishes, and many happy returns as you celebrate your blog's 1st birthday! I'll bet the time has really flown by. About your banana cake, I love that you filled it with your homemade jam and just dusted it with confectioners' sugar. That kind of simplicity is elegant and really lets you appreciate the wonderful flavors.
ReplyDeleteI love the messages you leave on my blog and I really appreciate your kindness and support. Clearly, you're generous spirited gal! You know that famous quotation, "Sisterhood is powerful"? Well, I have to say I believe that the sisterhood of bakers is remarkably powerful too, in the best way possible.
With warmest wishes,
Jane
Congratulations & Happy Blogaversary!
ReplyDeleteThe first year just flies, doesn't it?? Congratulations on a great year and here's to many more. Keep up the good work! :o)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Hanaa!!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogaversary, that cake looks like a great way to celebrate it! I'm glad you've enjoyed your year of baking and blogging. I always enjoy the way you share your baking tips at the end of your posts, I've been trying to think of a better way to do that.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Hanaa, on your first blogaversary. I am aware of no other baker who, like Ludwig van Beethoven composing his sublime Ninth Symphony without ever hearing it, can create state-fair-blue-ribbon-award-winning peanut butter cookies without ever tasting them (due to your peanut allergy). You are indeed the Beethoven of Baking.
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