Never Too Hot To Bake: Apricot, Almond and Buckwheat Cake

Saturday 6 July 2013


























The sun is shining and my pasty white legs are out and ready.  Will this be the year I finally get a tan?  Unlikely but I remain stubbornly hopeful.  Summer has finally landed here in the UK.  Now give us a few hours and we’ll start complaining it’s too hot.  It seems wrong to put the oven on in this heat but that’s exactly what I did this afternoon.  Having scored a large haul of apricots at the market this morning I knew exactly the cake I wanted to make. 




This is the second time I have made one of Kathryn of London Bakes cakes.  They never disappoint.  The recipe can be found on the Vanilla Bean Blog, another beautiful space, where Kathryn was guest posting.  I followed the recipe exactly and thoroughly enjoyed the results.  This light summer cake allows the apricots to take centre stage.  The mix of buckwheat and almonds gives it a hearty texture.  I love it with natural yoghurt.  My apricots were quite small and not as ripe as they perhaps should have been.  Nevertheless cooked in the cake they became wonderfully soft and sweet.  The perfect summer treat and totally worth putting the oven on.

Find the recipe here.






















4 comments:

  1. Haha my pasty white legs have turned a nice light shade of brown hurrah! I love that the sun is finally here, but argh I actually can't stand the heat already! (I know! who would have though! coming from singapore!) My oven's been dormant, though this cake's convincing me I should! Love that the flour used is almond, one of my favourite flour substitutes because it makes the cake so moist and nutty!

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    1. I'm also finding the heat a little much, but I don't want to say that too loud. We Brits love to be dissatisfied with our weather. ;) Yes I always love a cake with ground almonds!

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  2. I saw this over at Vanilla Bean Blog, as well! You were quick to jump on it—glad to hear the good reviews :) Sounds fantastic. Hahaha I've heard about the "heat wave" over in London, but I was in Thailand at the time and sincerely hope it wasn't anywhere near Bangkok-"hot." Soak up as much London sun for me as you can! I already miss it.

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    1. Yes, I saw the recipe just as I happened to have a tonne of apricots. Had to be done. :) I guess we are being pretty wimpy thinking it's hot in London compared to Bangkok!

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