blog: Searching for Spice
Michael has come up trumps with my favourite kind of tart… a tart tart… thank you Michael!
lovely Susan has made the prettiest little cakes for the blogarversary table… filled with jam and love… next time she’s going to fill them with Nutella… heavenly!
… so Karen, bless her, got it all a little bit wrong and piled up her ‘party’ books and so came up with these little numbers… I guess with all the sweetness we may appreciate something a little savoury!
now how incredible does this cake look…? a wonderful chocolate cake for the table… which contains prunes and rum… what’s not to like… ?
so it’s a warm welcome to the lovely Jack as its his first Random Recipe… which of course makes him an RRV… and aren’t these a wonderful way to start a great journey… the tables really on cake overload now!
a genius pick of a recipe from Victoria after shuffling through her own hand made recipe book… and my favourite loaf… a yummy banana bread
never heard of this kind of cake before but Ruth insists it tastes wonderful and who am I to argue with this months sponsor?… looks bloody good anyway!
bending the rules out of all proportion here is Phil… but what do I care with such a wonderfully light and fluffy cake… nice one Phil!
how wonderful are these unusual bars from GG…? I just love them, they look so sophisticated but you know they’re really very naughty!
a bit of a twist is this Vik Sponge… and C has it all going on with this lovely gooey apple cake… I think she made them for me… she said they were made for the Queen…
Suelle is celebrating her 300th post along with my 2nd blogaversary so a little double party going on here, which is just as well as with the addition of these wonderful treats the party table is beginning to groan!
so impressed that Gary persuaded his OH to bake this for me… and she said yes!… of course Gary got to pick the book and the recipe, so the drama was there but then he duly passed on the sweat and tears!
hot on the heels of his OH we have, what is probably the best pudding in the world… I thank you Gary… Gary?… still in that sugar and banana induced coma?… Gary?
returning to an old favourite cookbook has inspired Jo and these pretty little cookies are just so adorable aren’t they… would you like bite? Come on… I know you would!
poor Clare originally picked a Christmas Cake for this months challenge but she decided against it and picked again… for which I do forgive her but only because these beauties are such a delightful sticky treat!
oh look, a Random Recipe Virgin along for the celebrations… and Emma has gone out guns blazing with this triple layer cake, using some of her mums wonderful lime curd… delightful!
Debbie celebrates the incredible and torrential rain (go to her blog and check out the video) we’ve been having with this wonderful olive oil cake and some excellent photography too.
Edmonds Classic Cookbook
i’d never heard of Ginger Kisses until reading Lucy’s post but they look damn fine to me and a most welcome addition to the now seriously bowing in the middle celebration table!
The Baking Addict is relieved not to have picked macaroons again for this challenge and she really lucked out with this yummy treat which also happens to be one of my favourite cakes… although I think i’ve said that about a lot of the cakes made this month… and i wonder why i’m so fat!
Mel has adapted a little recipe for these divine pinwheels from a book that took her a while to find on native NZ baking… not that they’re particularly native in any way but that’s the point… oh just read the post and you’ll see what I mean…
well I feel truly honoured that Lou has entered into RR this month… she’s been a busy bee and will hopefully be blogging again more frequently… I do hope so if she comes up with stunning stuff like this fabulous loaf cake.
The Vikings favourite pudding this time and Choclette has created a thing of beauty with this very naughty little puddings… can you just imagine the heavenly smell in her kitchen when these were baking… my mouth is quite literally dribbling!
Wow, what a fantastic round-up !! Brilliant !!
Wow, what a round-up! I'm almost in a food coma, just from all the photos!! Happy blog-birthday once again! 🙂
Awesome round-up & great birthday gifts too! I guess this is your dream come true having so many cakes for your birthday! Happy birthday & many happy returns of the day! 🙂
Ah Dom, what a spread. I'm already feeling distraught at not knowing which one of these amazing bakes to try first. Great tribute to your 2nd blogiversary, although, quite frankly there is enough cake here to keep you going until your 3rd.
As a dedicated baker, there are a lot of recipes, and books, here, which I need to explore further.
What a great tea-party it would make, in reality!
My goodness some lovely cakes there – it's amazing how you can have a cookery book on the shelf for years and not know that they contain some of these great cakes! I guess that's the beauty of your Random Recipes Challenge (or the point) to make something you've overlooked for some reason or another.
Anyway, I could kick myself, I made some lovely cakes earlier this month to enter into this month's Random Recipes and here we are it's all over and I haven't entered them!
It would definitely be hard to choose just one glorious cake!
Very good indeed, remind me of a Clandestine Cake Club 'do'…fittign round up for your second blog birthday. xxx
Happy blog birthday dom! Sorry i couldn't do something to join in the party, but glad to see you've got loads of lovely cakes to celebrate with(:
Beautiful round up and happy birthday! I keep missing your deadline. Sorry!
sprog and I made your chocolate krispie cakes this afternoon in your honour. Well, okay, it might have been in honour of our own greed… but they were delish none-the-less! (I've eaten six since 2pm, oops)
OMG! What a Klutz I was….LOL! OH well, thanks for including my little SAVOURY treats! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY again….and pass me a slice of cake please!
Karen
Wow, not sure where to start. We would certainly put on an amazing spread were we ever to be in the same location long enough!
Happy Birthday dear Belleau Kitchen. Xxx
Wow – what an amazing collection of cakery. Happy Bloggiversary! x
Another beautiful spread for this month's RR Challenge. I look forward to next month's challenge though I cannot promise that I'll be able to participate as I am away at the moment. Will try my best though!
Woot Woot! What a party! I really believe that this is the most decadent dessert table ever was set! There are just so many beautiful and wonderfully prepared and presented desserts … we would all certainly make many a trip back for more … I'm sending you a big kiss and a hug on the occasion of your second blogversary, Dom!
Yummah! may you have many more!
You are very welcome Dom. Half of it has gone to work with my husband. I'm hoping the rest will keep in the fridge, tightly wrapped in foil until I have some visitors next weekend! I can only imagine it will get even better. Fantastic round up, randomly brilliant as usual.
Wow awesome round up Dom! I'm so glad I got invited to the party as this is my favourite RR so far as it's all about baking! PS I'm sooo sorry I didnt email you *slaps wrist* and THANK YOU so much for including my entry! Promise to be better behaved next time!
great round up – I keep meaning to send in a random recipe – got as far as choosing a recipe randomly this month and then ran out of time to bake – oh well – another time – happy blogiversary
Another awesome roundup with so much featured talent – my favorites would have to be the Nanimo bars and Orange Polenta cake. What a celebration and so many delicious choices…
Great round up – fantastic variety of baked goodies. Sorry for my minor (well, minorish) rule violation – I'd promise to be good in the future, but would I stick to my promise?