This simple little cake is only a few ingredients but still packs a great flavor. It has a nutty taste from toasting the almonds and the honey makes it sweet but not a sugar overload.
When trying to figure out the decoration for the cake, because I knew I wouldn't like the look plain, I thought of powdered sugar. And then I thought, Bah every cake that doesn't have a frosting, I dust with sugar. So then after much debating, I somehow thought of, Let's stab the whole thing with pieces of brittle. The brittle it a nice little candy treat in your piece of cake and you also get the joy of having a cake that looks like a little monster!
So I've seem to have gotten a new job! Well, I'll go through my one week temporary to see if we all get along together as a team and that I'm not a complete baking disaster. But after all that.... new job! I've taken myself out the grocery store game and into a proper 'from scratch' bakery. Its going to be a bit of a commute, but totally worth it. I'll let you know all about the lovely new shop I'll be working at in San Francisco after the trial period. And after I get the ok to blog about the sweet shop. I don't want them thinking, Who is this girl, whose on a coffee buzz all the time, with a dry monotone voice and a habit of constantly calling everything lovely, writing all about us on the internet?
Brittle recipe from the Queen
Cake recipe from here
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9 comments:
I love it! It gives the cake a little "edge." Love your blog and whenever you branch out and do something creative and different like this, it's so inspiring. :)
Congrats on the new job!
Looks so GOOD! I like how you post your recipes on those cute cards! makes it easy to print!
We just started following you cannot wait for more recipes to come!
Love,
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Haha...This made me laugh out loud! "Who is this girl, whose on a coffee buzz all the time, with a dry monotone voice and a habit of constantly calling everything lovely, writing all about us on the internet?"
Also this, "Eating a cake that looks like a little monster!"
xoxo
lovely cake! and the brittle: OMG!
good luck on your new job!
Congrats on the new job! So exciting.
Also I love these little brittle monsters, great touch!
Love the brittle!!
Mmmm cake
Oh my gosh, that cake is simply stunning. That brittle just makes it look like a masterpiece. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog till Monday night and I'd love it if you'd come by and link your cake up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/06/sweets-for-saturday-23.html
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