Finding Nemo... eating cake!

Guys I just realised I haven't posted this cake from when I was in Como at the end of this summer. So here it is now! Luckily enough I found the recipe again; the net can be tricky with this stuff.

Ingredients:

180 gr. flour

180 gr. sugar

65 gr. butter

100 gr. grated coconut

150 ml. milk

1 egg

1 tablespoon baking powder

Grated peel of 1 lemon

Juice of 1 lemon

Confectioner's sugar

Procedure:

Beat the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy, then add the egg. Separately mix the flour and baking powder with the milk trying to eliminate lumps. Now blend the two mixtures gently and add the coconut, lemon peel, and juice. Spoon the batter in a cake mould and bake at 180•C for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. When cool sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and, if you wish, decorate wit some fondant. I decided to go for a fishy which reminded me of Nemo, one of my favourite Disney/Pixar characters and movies.

Enjoy

Martina

My frog princes

Believe me one is not enough! Just in case I kiss him and it does not turn into a prince! Or in case a kiss turns into a bite which turns into me eating all of them ;) So I made a few frog-prince-cupcakes just in case and they have actually been my first attempt with fondant. What do you think? I am not a fan of extremely decorated muffins/cupcakes, since they are already so small and the topping ends up covering the taste of the muffin itself, but I decided to try just to use some creativity. I used the OGM free rollan fondant from Decora in the colour "leaf green" and as a matter of fact it was the packaging which gave me the idea.

Actually, did you know that in the original version of the story by the Grimm brothers, the frog´s spell on the prince is broken when the princess throws it against a wall in disgust?! I wonder who decided that the frog needed a kiss!? Animal-right-activists, male chauvinists or dreaming teenagers? Hahaha!

Well. . . I hope you enjoy my attempts ♥

Martina