To all our lovely readers, if you're in the Toronto area this weekend, please join us and attend the Toronto Bakes for Japan event! Its a great cause, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross relief efforts in Japan. What better way of supporting the effort than donating while enjoying yummy treats? Its also a great excuse to check out the new Evergreen Brickworks and farmer's market. May and I will be there Saturday, as well as the Rivoli on Sunday for more baked goodies. No we aren't baking anything ourselves, we leave that to the professionals. Such as our good friend Catherine from Sugar Baking, who is generously donating her awesome cupcakes at the Rivoli. We'll be there to help out with some of the photography and to of course enjoy all the food! Come out, support and do say hello!
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And now, since we're on a baking topic, I will attempt to sneak in a little half post on my "kinda-not-bad-for-a-first-time" adventure all on my own. Yes, if you know us, you know that I don't bake because May is the baking wizard in our home. But recently for a potluck at Jeremy + Olga's house, I volunteered us to make the dessert in addition to a small appetizer. And since May was working during the day, I decided to handle the baking completely on my own (yes, daring i know). You see, Olga is currently preggo and I knew she'd probably have some kind of cravings. I secretly confirmed it with Jeremy and then decided on a chocolate pear cake. It seemed pretty simple, but I knew if it turned into a complete disaster, i'd still glady scrape any reminents of chocolate and pear. I'm happy to say it wasn't all that bad!
The recipe is from a Donna Hay book called "flavours" that I found at BMV long ago for cheap. Its the only cookbook I have that has some kinda baked goods in it. You basically take 4 pears (peeled, halved and cored) and sauté it with 80g butter, 2tbsp water, 2/3cup sugar for about 2 minutes. Then you place the pears, cut-side down in the pan with all the juices. In a separate bowl mix 185g butter, 1.5cup sugar and 3 eggs, one at a time as you mix it. I couldn't find the electric mixer so I did this by hand (ouchy). And then you incorporate 2cups all-purpose flour, 1/3cup cocoa powder, 2tsp baking powder in a separate bowl, before pouring it all on top of the pears in the pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes and voila! its done. Using a springform pan was a novice mistake; all the carmel-ly goodness slipped out underneath while baking.
Cant' complain, Olga liked it, all was eaten, and nobody died! and of course we had ice cream with it!
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