Comments on Gastronomy Domine: Pepper-hot apple cake

HELLO! i just stumbled upon your site/blog while ...

2006-10-24T19:04:00.000+01:00

HELLO! i just stumbled upon your site/blog while looking for a Battenburg(berg) cake recipe and have had trouble leaving it! thank you, thank you for such wonderful recipes. my mouth has been watering for two days. and your writing style makes it even more difficult to surf away from. simply charming!
Ellen in Canada

I followed this recipe yesterday, and it was great...

2006-09-16T13:45:00.000+01:00

I followed this recipe yesterday, and it was great - highly applesome indeed!

However, I found that the batter was waaay too dry just before adding the apples. It was like cookie dough. It just formed a ball, and you certainly wouldn't be able to pour it.
In the end I added some milk to thin it out a bit, and it worked a treat!

So... were there some liquid ingredients missing from the recipe?

I sent this to my mum, as it looks rather reminisc...

2006-09-08T09:06:00.000+01:00

I sent this to my mum, as it looks rather reminiscent of the spicy German cakes we used to have when we lived out there. It looks delicious, and (shh) possibly better than the German ones! Mutti's drowning in cooking apples at home, so hopefully she can put some of them to a good use. One quick question: have you any idea what the keeping potential of this cake would be?

Surely you mean: tea muthafucka?

2006-09-07T21:42:00.000+01:00

Surely you mean: tea muthafucka?