Guest Post by The Heritage Cook: Coconut Layer Cake

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Since I am in India and have had almost no time to blog, and as I was aware that this would be the case, I had asked a few blogger friends to help me out with keeping this blog going while I am away.

The first in the series was the guest post by Ameena. Today, Jane from the blog The Heritage Cook is guest posting. Those of you who have been following my blog, should remember Jane from the Red Wine Poached Pears’ post and the Apple Crisp’s post.

I found out about Jane’s site when she was assigned my blog for the Secret Recipe Club, and was re-introduced to it when I was assigned hers. And I am so glad that such was the case, because there are oodles and oodles of delicious recipes on her site. She also does a weekly ritual of Chocolate Mondays and Festive Fridays! Do check them out, if you haven’t already (although in all likelihood you have already heard of her before and this introduction is just a repetition).

I have bookmarked quite a few of her recipes and hopefully would be trying them all out soon.

I am so glad she agreed to do this guest post and even more glad that she chose a Coconut Layer cake to share. I am in love with coconut these days!

Thank you so much Jane for a lovely post. I would have expected nothing less than perfection coming from you and this looks just that-perfect!

GUEST POST BY THE HERITAGE COOK

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Frosting for the Cause: Carrot Cake cupcakes

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I have been MIA from the blog scene for about two weeks now as I am vacationing in India, and even though it’s late at night here and I am tired as hell, what I write today had to be blogged about.

October is Breast Awareness month and today I am doing my bit to spread the awareness.

Now as you all know (well, by “all” I mean those few of you who follow my blog), I am a big time procrastinator. I had volunteered for Frosting for the Cause a while back and knew much in advance that my post would go live on the 24th October. And even though I did not want to procrastinate this post, I did. It’s not entirely my “procrastinating self’s” fault. I have been real busy the last couple of weeks, with my parents visiting me and then me coming to India.

I won’t bore you with the details, but bottom line, I left this post- this very important post-for the last minute.

Why is this post important?

Because I am guest posting for Frosting for the Cause, a unique on-line project bringing together 365 volunteer bakers and bloggers across Canada, the United States and beyond. ‘Frosting for the Cause’ aims at raising funds and awareness for research into cancers affecting women.

Head over to their site for my guest post and the recipe for Whole Wheat Carrot Cake cupcakes.

Blueberry Mini Cakes

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When I was staying in a hostel (during my college years), I really used to look forward to my visits home.

Home was comfortable, no studies to worry about, no cleaning to do, no hostel food to crib about. Instead there was mom fixing one great meal after another, dad there to take care of every small work of yours, no money problem- perfect time and place to rejuvenate yourself before getting back to the usual grind.

Since hostel food was a regular rant during my conversations with mommy dearest, when it was time for me to come home during college breaks, my mom would religiously ask me, ‘what do you want to eat on your first day back?’

I had a peculiar request besides the rajma chawal and butter chicken on the menu.

I would request my mom to bake a vanilla cake, and here is where the peculiarity and specifity of the request shone- the cake had to be baked the day I come. The reason- that ways the whole house smells of freshly baked goodness when I enter the house.

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