{"id":1641,"date":"2011-06-11T23:15:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T04:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2011-06-11T23:15:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T04:15:25","slug":"lemon-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=1641","title":{"rendered":"lemon cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

dear readers, i have much to share with you, but i’ve been spending time doing <\/em>the happy stuff instead of documenting<\/em> the happy stuff, but i still like to have a record of the highlights and, of course, i love getting comments from all of you, so some serious catching-up is in order.\u00c2\u00a0 i finally downloaded a bunch of photos off of my cameras tonight, so that’s one big step done.\u00c2\u00a0 but enough whining, let’s talk about lemon cake!<\/p>\n

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awhile back, i tried to read through molly wizenberg’s memoir\/cookbook<\/a> and quickly realized i didn’t have time to read and enjoy it properly.\u00c2\u00a0 until i hit upon the brilliant idea of listening to a recording of it.\u00c2\u00a0 i mean, i love foodie writing, i love hearing stories of people’s lives–it was excellent driving entertainment.\u00c2\u00a0 and at the end of each chapter i was convinced that i needed to try the recipe she’d just talked about (a dangerous side-effect of a good food blogger!), but the recipes weren’t included on the “unabridged” recording!\u00c2\u00a0 not that i have any interest in trying to follow a recipe aurally anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 so i checked out a paper copy of the book and flipped through it, marking the recipes that had particularly caught my attention.\u00c2\u00a0 this recipe for a “french style yogurt cake with lemon<\/a>” was pretty much at the top of the stack, so when i found myself with an occasion that called for cake last sunday, i jumped on the chance to try this recipe.\u00c2\u00a0 one of the things i love about it is that there are no weird ingredients (other than, perhaps whole milk plain yogurt, but with a baby in the house, we almost have that on hand these days) that i don’t just stock in the fridge.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s really a pretty simple cake.\u00c2\u00a0 the most onerous part is zesting and juicing the lemons (not really that big of a deal).\u00c2\u00a0 i doubled the recipe and made two since i was feeding a crowd and i used white whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour because that’s what’s in my cupboard right now.\u00c2\u00a0 every piece disappeared.\u00c2\u00a0 i heard lots of positive comments floating around the crowd and the pieces that i’d managed to eat before i put it out were quite tasty.<\/p>\n

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the recipe in the book varies slightly in that it calls for a second glazing and i think that’s really key.\u00c2\u00a0 the cake itself is a bit of a blank slate, but the addition of a lemon\/sugar syrup and a lemon\/sugar glaze on top of that makes for the perfect lemony zing that’s not too sweet, but makes your mouth taste like sunshine.\u00c2\u00a0 i don’t think i’ve ever been disappointed with one of her recipes.\u00c2\u00a0 maybe i’ll have to try another one from the book soon….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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