It’s been a while since I last did a post. It’s not that I haven’t baked anything, it’s more the fact that Tom came home – despite the fact he seems to be working constantly I suddenly have less free time! Anyway, I made this cake last weekend, with my sister. It was for our great Aunt’s 90th birthday – happy birthday Auntie Joan! We didn’t want to do just a plain sponge so the cake was lemon & poppy seed with a raspberry curd filling and a lemon buttercream – it was very light and delicious.
Auntie Joan met her husband to be, George (a G.I.) during WW2 and moved to America with him in 1946 – we used this as our inspiration for the cake decoration. I still can’t believe how amazing she is – even at the age of 90 she still made the trip over to England and is coming back again at Christmas!
We had a great weekend of celebrations – a BBQ on the Saturday night and a family lunch on Sunday at a restaurant nearby followed by tea and cake back at Grandma Mary’s house.
Becky made the army girl and I decorated the cake like a flag. It took way longer than we thought – probably because we did so much talking!
The cake was really good. I used a recipe from Annie’s Eats, which I’ve made before. I didn’t alter it at all – it doesn’t need it, it’s good enough as it is, so rather than typing it up, here’s the link if you want to make it too: http://www.annies-eats.com/2009/06/05/lemon-poppy-seed-cakes-with-raspberry-curd-filling/
We baked the cake in 2 tins which were 6″x10″ and then sliced each in half to create 4 layers to maximise the amount of raspberry curd. We still didn’t manage to use up all the raspberry curd so I came up with a muffin recipe to use it up (recipe to follow soon).
Gloverly Cupcakes 
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