Sunday 21 September 2014

Vegan MoFo 2014 - Sunday baking: Golden Syrup Cake


Today's Sunday baking is a recipe from the Ms Cupcake cookbook.  I actually got this book before it was available in stores - I got a signed copy at Brighton VegFest last year (? - whatever year it came out).  But I've been really crap about making stuff from it.  In fact, I'm pretty sure I've only made 4 recipes ... after today.

I kept looking at the Golden Syrup Cupcakes and thinking I really wanted to make them.  But given my penchant for laziness and the fact that I have fewer than 12 cupcake papers, I decided instead to make these into a cake.  I made it in an 8" square pan and sliced it in half to layer it with the vanilla buttercream from the book, then drizzled with syrup as suggested.


Behold!  As you can see, I like my cake to frosting ratio at approximately 1:1.  I usually frost the sides as well, but for some reason I decided I liked the look of it more like this.  And frankly, it didn't need any more frosting.

This was good, but not really much different from a regular vanilla cake.  I would've preferred a more syrupy flavour, maybe less sugar and more syrup.  But it's lovely and moist.  And Zebby liked it!

Also, I had half a recipe of frosting left over, so, oh darn, I'm gonna have to make something else.

And just because, here's a picture of Zebby looking at something.


8 comments:

  1. Beautiful! I totally agree it looks great with the sides free from icing; you get a sense of the layers it's made up of. Such a great idea :)

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  2. This looks great, I love golden syrup! My fave's from the book are the chocolate chip cookies and the jaffa cakes!

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  3. Lovely cake & cute kitty! :)

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  4. Oh Wow, this is really good. The 1:1 ratio is exactly how i like it too. Do make some more and post it here to share it with us all. Looking forward!

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