So if you follow me on the ‘gram or are a friend of mine on Facebook you might have noticed that I haven’t been posting a lot of cake recently and instead I’ve been documenting my one woman battle to save the planet. I’ve kind of come to a compromise with this recipe entry; I have 12 ideas for reducing your waste and then I have a recipe for a delicious cake with a rather high carbon footprint. Both are worth reading.
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Orange Blossom Almond Cakes, Salted Honey Buttercream, and Orange Curd
I was skeptical that the effort wouldn't be worth it. Hindsight is a glorious mistress and I am legit so glad I spent an hour and a half of my life in peak traffic trying to acquire orange blossom water.
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Orange Almond Syrup Cake
So I made this cake originally for Shine's Orange Friday appeal where we raffled it off and made $167.50 to help support the victims of domestic abuse in New Zealand. See, sharing is caring! I found myself making it again for when the boyfriend's parents came over to meet my parents for the first time. Its a good one for sure when you don't feel like making a complicated cake or faffing around with icing one.
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