My neighbours gave me lemons. It warmed my heart no end as I HATE paying for lemons! Why should I? Lemon trees are everywhere and I don't understand why we all don't have mountains of lemons at our disposal at a moments notice. If I have to buy lemons I am at my most crabby and disagreeable. I disgruntledly mumble like an old bag lady with 23 cats who can't find her shopping trolley full of crap. I moan and sulk, I pick up lemons and then put them down and frown and then snort out my nose, fast. Then I put the stupid thing in my basket and move on.
But, my neighbours gave me some. Sarah's grandmother has a tree, which is only right and proper, all grandparents should have a lemon tree, that should be legislated on. And all lemons on the tree should always, always be pressed fervently onto family members. Because even if they don't need the lemons, then their neighbours will. It is exactly as things should be. A lime tree is also highly prized but optional.
I got excited about making this recipe for two reasons, lovely pictures of snowcapped cakes and also because I could use the dinosaur novelty shapes that I have! Well I call that a toofer, if I ever did. Gosh darnit. Sigh. proper swear words are so much better than those.
The dinosaur novelty shape silicone moulds are one of the things that I got on one of my trips to K-Mart - a place I can never visit without buying at least one useless item. I call myself lucky if it is one. So the moulds were Gabe's big idea - of course - and they have sat idling their time in the cupboard ever since. Turns out there isn't much call for dinosaur shaped cakes on a regular basis, surprisingly.
Full Disclosure: Don't make these cakes in dinosaur novelty tins. Make them in loaf tins or mini muffin tins. Enough said.
Lemon Sour Cream Cakes (from the awesome site Taste.com.au)
70g butter, softened
1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup (125g) sour cream
1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour
1 tbs finely grated lemon rind (get lemons from neighbour)
2 tbs lemon juice
2 cups (300g) pure icing sugar
2 tbs lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 160 cel or wherever you think that is since that incident. You know the one. Over zealous cleaning has a lot to answer for.
Heft your gorgeous mixer to the main cooking bench - the bench that all other benches aspire to be and then beat your butter and sugar together until they are pale and creamy. I just googled pale and creamy and here's the wildcard image for the post:
Google is so random.
Add the egg and give it a good beat - maybe 116 BPM, like "Ice Ice Baby"- old school. Then add the sour cream and the flours and stir. Then the lemon rind and lemon juice. I never quite know why we switch to stirring here and not beating. I think that it has something to do with not over beating the mix and making it "tough". I, myself, would rather not deal with a tough little batter
Bridgette: Into the moulds
Tough Little Batter: Make me!
So I stir.
Pop the mix into the moulds or the cupcake tin (I really mean it, don't use dinosaur moulds) and smooth the top a bit. My mix was lovely looking and very yummy.
Bake these for 15 or 20 mins. If you've used an adorably tiny cupcake mould then maybe try 12 mins and check 'em.
I made the lemon icing - it's not rocket science - just pour the icing sugar in and add the lemon juice till you get a good thick consistency.
So they look like this. The cupcake style was a winner I think. The cake is very moist and light and would benefit greatly form being in small, bite size amounts. The dinosaurs were a bit too big and also look weird when iced. I think that they would look better with coloured icing, but I don't have time for that type of decoration dedication. I gave two of the cupcakes to the neighbours who seemed pleased. They are nice cakes and I'll make them again. But no dinosaurs. Quid Pro Quo. Wait no, QED.
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| Did I spend time photoshopping a lemon in between those hands? Yes I did, that's how much I like lemons. |
I got excited about making this recipe for two reasons, lovely pictures of snowcapped cakes and also because I could use the dinosaur novelty shapes that I have! Well I call that a toofer, if I ever did. Gosh darnit. Sigh. proper swear words are so much better than those.
The dinosaur novelty shape silicone moulds are one of the things that I got on one of my trips to K-Mart - a place I can never visit without buying at least one useless item. I call myself lucky if it is one. So the moulds were Gabe's big idea - of course - and they have sat idling their time in the cupboard ever since. Turns out there isn't much call for dinosaur shaped cakes on a regular basis, surprisingly.
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| Stegosaurus, diplodocus and, what looks like, Dorothy the Dinosaur. |
Lemon Sour Cream Cakes (from the awesome site Taste.com.au)
70g butter, softened
1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup (125g) sour cream
1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour
1 tbs finely grated lemon rind (get lemons from neighbour)
2 tbs lemon juice
2 cups (300g) pure icing sugar
2 tbs lemon juice
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| Still life with lemon. |
Preheat the oven to 160 cel or wherever you think that is since that incident. You know the one. Over zealous cleaning has a lot to answer for.
Heft your gorgeous mixer to the main cooking bench - the bench that all other benches aspire to be and then beat your butter and sugar together until they are pale and creamy. I just googled pale and creamy and here's the wildcard image for the post:
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| Pale and Creamy. |
Add the egg and give it a good beat - maybe 116 BPM, like "Ice Ice Baby"- old school. Then add the sour cream and the flours and stir. Then the lemon rind and lemon juice. I never quite know why we switch to stirring here and not beating. I think that it has something to do with not over beating the mix and making it "tough". I, myself, would rather not deal with a tough little batter
Bridgette: Into the moulds
Tough Little Batter: Make me!
So I stir.
Pop the mix into the moulds or the cupcake tin (I really mean it, don't use dinosaur moulds) and smooth the top a bit. My mix was lovely looking and very yummy.
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| I EAT you! |
I made the lemon icing - it's not rocket science - just pour the icing sugar in and add the lemon juice till you get a good thick consistency.
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| Aww.. |
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| Exhibit A |
So they look like this. The cupcake style was a winner I think. The cake is very moist and light and would benefit greatly form being in small, bite size amounts. The dinosaurs were a bit too big and also look weird when iced. I think that they would look better with coloured icing, but I don't have time for that type of decoration dedication. I gave two of the cupcakes to the neighbours who seemed pleased. They are nice cakes and I'll make them again. But no dinosaurs. Quid Pro Quo. Wait no, QED.
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