Years ago I had just one chance to try a cake that was made by the German lady next door. Almost every day I used to smell that cake in the early afternoon, then all of a sudden their would be a whistle and then “Essen Kommen” and my two mates would sprint home for their lunch and some of whatever that smell was. I am not sure how I one day jagged a taste, but I remember it well, a large cake, about an inch and 1/2 thick, dotted with halved fresh peaches and sprinkled with sugar. It smelled and tasted sweet and yeasty, with a sweet & sour peach flavour to boot.
Finally today, Alice of “Uprising” walked through the door with the same cake, a sample for tomorrow night. She said, “I don’t want to serve it with chocolate mousse, I think it will ruin it.”
I agree, I think it would too. A big dob of whipped cream instead! Perfect. I can honestly tell you, I have been searching for this cake since I was maybe 10 years old and have never found it. Alice has said it is Brioche, however, I have never tasted brioche like it.
It’s funny, I never imagined that my search would end today. Thank you Alice.
October 5th, 2010 at 9:42 am
OK – maybe you can help me with the very moist pink and white coconut cake my grandmother made. I have her hand-written recipe books but it’s not there. Called Peach Blossom Cake.
October 5th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I’ll get on the job Ken, I have contacts in the Dalwallinu, Gunnedah & Nansen chapters of the CWA, hopefully one of these ladies will have known of the legendary “Peach Blossom Cake”. It sounds very nice!
Oops, her it is!
Peach Blossom Cake
Ingredients
1/4 lb butter
1/4 lb sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 lb flour
1 teaspoon cornflour
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
essence
cochineal
pink icing
coconut
Method
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add milk, add sifted dry ingredients. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, pour half mixture into prepared tin, leaving a space in the middle. Colour remaining half of mixture with cochineal and pour into centre, bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes. Allow to cool, spread with pink icing then sprinkle over with the coconut.
http://www.oldaussierecipes.com/homemadecakes.htm
October 6th, 2010 at 6:12 am
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