The clocks
have changed and the leaves have been blown off the trees. You can
really feel autumn marching onto winter now. It's the perfect time of
year to settle down for cup of a slice of cake...but I could say that
for any month! Let's see what everyone has been baking in October.
It's a time
for autumn fruits and pear and walnut is a classic combination. With
an abundance of locally grown goodies from the Garden of England,
Kent based Gluten
Free Alchemist Kate has found seasonal ingredients to create
Gluten Free Autumn Windfall Pear and Walnut Brownies. The soft
pear works well with the natural squishiness and then have a bit of
crunch from the walnuts.
Also making
best use of seasonal fruit has been Choclette at Tin
and Thyme. With a glut of apples to use up she has made
Upside-Down Apple Cake. For extra apple flavour a dash of
cider has been added along with cardamom pods and a combination of
flours.
I went for a
fruit based cake as well but the autumn flavour came from the spice.
For Banana
and Chocolate Cake along with the main flavours cinnamon has been
mixed in.
For
our final cake of this month it's a bake for the final day of the
month. The shops are now filled with Halloween merchandise but
there's always room for a homemade cake! This Vampire
Bat Cake is simply a chocolate layer cake with a couple of
circles cut out of it and then rearranged. Perfect for kids to make!
Thank
you to everyone who joined in this month. I'll be in a couple of days
with November's Love Cake.
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