I love quiet get-togethers (this quote really summed it up well for me). I have control how loud the music is, I can hear what everybody is saying, there is no distractions and the food is nice.
Last weekend we had friends over and even though I always dream of taking lovely Kinfolk like photos of those gatherings, but when friends come I don’t want to play with my camera. I want to be fully present. But I’m sure you can easily imagine casual chat over a glass of wine. There were cookbooks, dog breeds involved and many other important and non-important topics as well.
I think finally we got a recipe for a perfect menu. A slow roasted lamb has been a hit and it wasn’t labor intensive. We made a salad that was a little bit more fancy than usual (Ottolenghi’s Kind Of Waldorf Slaw Salad from Plenty More, you must try it). And a cake.
I always try different cake anyway. This cake caught my eye in “Modern Vegetarian” by Maria Elia. I wasn’t too convinced to amount of lavender in a recipe. I was afraid the cake will turn out soapy. But my, oh my orange and lavender is amazing. Even if you don’t feel like making a cake, just make the syrup itself. Soooo good.
Orange lavender and almond syrup cake
Recipe from Modern Vegetarian by Maria Elia
For a 20×20-cm square pan
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- 250g butter
- 200g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 50g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- juice and grated zest of 2 oranges
- 250g semolina
- 200g ground almond
- 120 Greek yoghurt
- juice and grated zest of 2 oranges
- 4 tsp dried lavender
- 375ml water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 275g sugar
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