Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

The Valentine’s Day Cream Cake is a very special one. I got the recipe years ago from a friend whose Mum made it often. I had never heard of making a cake with cream and it was a novel idea to me. I loved it when she gave me a slice and hesitantly asked for the recipe which she was kind enough to share.  I rushed home and wrote it down immediately in my Mum’s recipe book. It soon became a weekly staple in our house because we always had a lot of cream

We used to buy fresh milk from a local seller and it was boiled immediately to be used the next day. When it had completely cooled, the milk would be put into the refrigerator.  Next morning the cream would be skimmed off and collected in a large bowl which was kept in the freezer. As soon as there was enough to make ghee or butter or cakes, it would be brought out and converted into something delicious.  Somehow I missed out on posting this recipe although we have made it numerous times.

Nowadays, I have to buy cream from the supermarket to make this unique cake which gets over within a day or two.

I would like to share my special Valentine’s Day Cream Cake Recipe with you.

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Cream Cake

Cream Cake

Cream Cake

Cream Cake

Cream Cake

Cream Cake

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

Ingredients For Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

½ cup cream ( straight from the fridge)

¾ cup brown sugar

2 large eggs at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

1 ½ cups whole meal wheat flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

Method:

Whisk whole meal flour and baking powder together.  Keep aside till required.

Whisk cream and sugar together till sugar has completely dissolved. Add eggs, whole one by one with vanilla and stir to combine.  Add the whole meal flour in 3 batches and gently mix. Pour into oiled and lined moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 175 Celcius/350F for 40 minutes. Use a skewer to check if fully baked. Cool in oven, unmould and serve with or without icing or jam.

NB:  I used silicone rose moulds and a mini heart shaped baking tin.

This cake when baked has a crusty top and can be eaten plain or dressed up with nuts and whatever you like.  We like it plain with a cup of coffee or tea.

What is your language of love?  Will you say it with flowers or food?  Do we really need an occasion to celebrate someone?

Food, The Language Of Love

“Food incorporates all the other five languages and all five senses.  It’s a very powerful way of creating a connection and expressing love,” relationship and human behavior expert

Patrick Wanis, Ph. D

Today food is the universal language of love.  According to Dr. Gary Chapman the five languages of love are words of affirmation, receiving gifts, acts of service, quality time, and physical touch.  However, for me food has always been my language of love.

For most human beings, memorable moments have always been associated with food.  So it is with me.  There are special dishes I associate with different events. Seeing them or smelling them evokes powerful memories and nostalgic moments. Birthdays, christenings, weddings, scholastic achievements, engagements, festivals, celebrations, catching up with friends or just that special Sunday lunch with the family.

I love making friends with people over food.  It’s what sitting down and communing with others represents – the somewhat lost art of what it means to get together with others.  I enjoy taking relationships to the next level through the sharing of a meal. Friendship always involves food.  It’s a way to bring people together, to shower love on them, to listen, to nourish and make bonds that could last a lifetime.

The love language of food has a way of bringing down walls, because you’re less guarded and more trusting when sharing a meal. Whether we like it or not, cooking and food is woven into every relationship we have. It’s a way of celebrating special people, moments and building memories.

Valentine’s Day is no different.   Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.  It’s a day to communicate love and let others know we love them, and it also triggers feelings of being loved by others.  It doesn’t really matter what you eat, says James Ramsden, the simple act of breaking bread together is the most ancient and most powerful form of bonding.  It is the key to a couple’s harmony.

Valentine’s Day comes every year whether we like it or not. It’s the day when our love lives are put on display. There’s always a chance for romance or disaster. It can be confusing, complicated, but at the end of the day, it’s all about love and giving. Traditionally, flowers and chocolates are the symbols of love because flowers and chocolate seem to naturally raise levels of oxytocin, also referred to as the “love hormone,” in the body.

I made it a point, every year to do something special for the family on Valentine’s Day. It was usually some simple treat like heart shaped cookies or cake or chocolate. As the years passed, the tradition became something to look forward to and we graduated to treats that were appealing to the palate and the eyes.

Let’s start baking to celebrate the special people in our lives.

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