Weekend Cooking: What I Baked in July

It's the last Saturday of the month and that means it is time to share what I have baked during the month of July.

I was going to say it has been a relatively quite month baking wise here but then I had a look and realised that I actually did make a few things over the last few weeks

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake - I have made this cake a few times now and it is a favourite.  One thing I love is the colour of this mixture. I could quite happily watch this cake mix in the mixer for hours. Not sure how the cake would turn out if I did. Probably a bit rubbery. You can see a video of it here - very satisfying!

Honeycomb  - Honeycomb has been my list of things I need to try at  some point for years. The texture was perfect. Very crunchy and when I broke it into pieces it was very satisfying. However, in my quest to get the sugar to the right temperature it became a bit bitter so then I had to make the next thing to offset the bitterness. I will try this again because the process itself wasn't too hard. I might use the stainless steel pot instead of the black pot next time so I can see the colour of the caramel.

Milk Chocolate Tart - Because of the bitterness of the honeycomb, I was trying to find something to offset it, so rather than making a chocolate tart with dark chocolate I made one with milk chocolate. It waasn't a complete success either as the ganache wasn't as set as I would have liked, but it did taste very nice!

Coffee Cream Cake - We were watching one of the Bake Off shows and they had a recipe on there for a coffee flavoured biscuit (I think it was Junior Bake Off but I could be wrong).  My husband started reminiscing about how his Oma used to always have a coffee cream cake, so I set out to see if I could find a recipe that replicated it. He was very happy with the result, although he remembers the cake having almonds, instead walnuts. I expect we will be having this one again. Today I even went an bought a better tin for it, and also to try making something else.

In addition, my husband made himself a big batch of rusks which he does once a year or so. They are very nice dunked in a cup of tea.

Weekly Meals

Saturday - Pork chops, mushroom sauce, mash and beans

Sunday- Steak, broccolini and mushrooms

Monday- Roast chicken

Tuesday- Bangers and Mash Pie

Wednesday  - 

Thursday- Beef and pepper pie

Friday - Take away

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