Maybe it's the addiction to cupcakes and sugar. Maybe it's that I like feeding people. Maybe it's that I find baking the easiest food to experiment with. Whatever it is, when Mindy & her husband were putting together a small bbq over the weekend, I was told that I was responsible for dessert.
So the first thing I did was hit up the bookmarks on my computer (as I'm still trying to work my way through them as I add more and more) and found that I had bookmarked two separate buttermilk cakes. In the end, I went with the Smitten Kitchen recipe for Raspberry Buttermilk Cake.
The changes I made to the recipe were minor. I omitted the lemon zest & replaced the sugar dusting on top with a raw cane sugar.
In the end, I came home with an empty plate and no cake left. It got great reviews after dinner, people were especially fond of the crunch that the sugar gave the top of the cake.
But at least I had leftover buttermilk, so I was able to make some delicious Oatmeal Buttermilk Muffins to which I also added a dash of cinnamon & vanilla and filled with Trader Joe's Golden Berry Blend (raisins, dried cranberries, blueberries, & I don't know what else - deliciousness, though).
1 comments:
Kara, I'd completely forgotten how much I love that muffin recipe - I need to put it back in rotation! And the raspberry cake looks tasty - I'll have to keep it in mind for next raspberry season.
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