Lyn’s Lemon Berry Cake with Bonus Bikini Action
Posted by Bake & Destroy on August 20th, 2009. Filed under: cake recipes, free stuff, giveaways.
So this is a weird way to start a Bake and Destroy post, right? Well don’t get too distracted, it’ll all make sense in a minute. See, a few weeks ago I discovered KanDi Swim – bakery-inspired swimwear. I know, right? With names like Cupcake and Ice Cream Sundae how was I to resist?
The twisted people behind the company (I mean how cruel… you name something “Milkshake” and then you taunt me with images of bikini models!) were awesome enough to offer me bikini of my very own. Knowing that I would rather poop in public than ever wear a bikini (by now you guys have seen me, right? I am many things. A beach bunny is not one of them.) I asked if instead, I could give one away to one of my readers. They agreed – I picked out the Lemon Meringue over here and all was well.
Only… how the eff do I give away a bikini on Bake and Destroy? It makes no sense except that I think everything this company makes is super cute and I want someone I like, namely a reader of mine, to own it!
So… I sat on it for a while. Then, like some kind of a snacky angel from cake heaven, my friend Sammy’s mom emails me to tell me about a fabulous lemon cake she just made! I met Lyn (Sammy’s mom) a few weeks ago when she asked me to bake for Sam’s graduation… and I met Sammy in our Zombies in Popular Media class. (Yeah… we went to art school.) We instantly fell in love and had imaginary babies together and when I met Lyn it didn’t take me long to figure out how Sammy got so cute. So long story short, Lyn gave me her Lemon Berry Cake recipe to share with you guys and, in doing so, made the fact that I am offering you a lemon bikini slightly less weird! OK, recipe first – in Lyn’s very own words.
To make the cake you’ll need:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2-3 lemons) (add a squeeze for good measure!)
- 1/2 cup whole milk or sub/almond milk
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 pint fresh raspberries
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- A few tablespoons of flour on reserve
Then you:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add lemon juice. Stir in lemon peel.
Roll 1/2 cup of raspberries in reserved flour gently, and repeat with blueberries. This will help the berries not to sink to the bottom of the pan during baking. This is very important.
Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle berries into cake by either mixing at random or spreading one half of cake with raspberries and one half with blueberries.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; invert onto a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes longer. Place rack on waxed paper.
Top it with a glaze of lemon juice, confectioner’s sugar and water.
And now, for the bikini! What is your favorite food and what article of clothing would you like to see inspired by it? A cupcake bra? Pizza pants? Leave me a comment – the sillier the better. I’ll pick a random winner & put you in touch with Kandi Swim so you can choose your size.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
My favorite food is peaches. I’d like to see ruffly peach bloomers! hahaha
August 20th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I too would rather chew off my own foot than wear a bikini in public, but do own a few cupcake bras and undies…
I would like doc martens with cupcakes. I would sleep in them.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
super cute cupcake shoes lol (w/ cherries on top of course!) or maybe sundae shoes lol
August 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Hmmm… I love vanilla cupcakes with lemon buttercream sooo maybe a cupcake bra and panty set? a cupcake on each cup and a mini one on the back?
I also love salmon salad but I’m not sure I would want that incorporated into any clothing.. haha.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
My favorite food is cupcakes of course so I’d say heels with cute cupcakes all over them. I don’t wear heels but maybe I would if they had delicious cupcakes all over them.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I like food too much to choose just one true favorite but baklava is definitely one of the most delicious things you can eat. I say, a baklava-inspired hoodie (think layers) because I’m dreaming of cool weather.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
wow! those are too cute!
I would love one with the pattern of a Lattice Top cherry Pie!!
or maybe a skirt made out of a giant cupcake liners…
August 20th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
It’s a testament to my weirdness that I have no problem thinking of various things:
-Baklava beanie (I’m tempted to make one – in my head I can see how the layers would work, with a pistachio-colored tuft on the top)
-Birthday cake overalls? The fabric shoulder straps could be candles, and the torso the top tier of a cake.
-Fig shirt! I love the color combination in figs.
I just noticed that you said “favorite food”. My favorite food is probably stir fried rice noodles. Hahaha um.. probably a skirt, whiteish with tan ish streaky patterns and random vegetables scattered all over it.
I’m not sure how much I want a bikini, but I just had way too much fun making these things up.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
My mind immediately went to the naughty place.
A red licorice whip corset.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I would have to say a tangerine and/or lemon apron because both of them smell clean.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
so i’m actually in the process of making a dress (or skirt) out of tofu boxes (taking a LOOOONG time to get enough boxes) to wear in my derby pictures (since i’m tits n’ tofu)
i’d also like a knitted cap that represented seven layer dip– refried beans, tortilla chips, lettuce, salsa, tvp, vegan cheese, and a dollop of (vegan) sour cream on top in the form of a pouffy ball.
… because i never think about food and clothes or anything… and while i would never wear a bikini or go to the beach for that matter i’d love to gift it to my sister for her upcoming honeymoon
August 20th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
i would love to see cotton, soccer type knee highs. with designs layers of cut lasagna.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:12 am
I would like to see some clothes that are inspired by the English dish ‘Fish and Chips’. Possibly a pair of trousers with one half being the fish and the other, chips. A bikini might work well too or a top and trousers.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:40 am
Damn, they sure make cute bikinis! Like you, a beach bunny I am NOT!
August 21st, 2009 at 2:48 am
tomato soup drawers! and grilled cheese knee socks
August 21st, 2009 at 3:24 am
I would love to have a cupcake bath robe. What could be more comforting that a big fluffy bathrobe with cupcakes on it?!
August 21st, 2009 at 4:06 am
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August 21st, 2009 at 4:41 am
I’d love a trenchcoat with various pies all over it.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:03 am
I’d love a purse that looks like either a hamburger/hot dog/ sub type sandwich. Heck, even a skirt rockin some sub sammich type action would be cool. Ruffly layer for lettuce, tomato, turkey…eh??
August 21st, 2009 at 6:08 am
I would like ice cream spats, because that’s basically what I have every time a cone melts on my shoe.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hmmm. I think I would like a cute winter hat inspired by scalloped potatoes – ruffly layers in a pretty buttery yellow. I wish I was more crafty so I could make that, now that I think of it…
August 21st, 2009 at 6:55 am
Sushi Hat.. not so much like this: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/10/homemade_sushi_costumes_h.html
But more cocktail hat/fascinator-y
August 21st, 2009 at 7:06 am
hmm, I think most any clothing item made with cupcakes in mind would be adorable, or something with cinnamon rolls, maybe a cinnamon-bun undies set?
August 21st, 2009 at 7:27 am
Well, this isn’t very original, but my favorite food is cupcakes, and I would love to have a big old 50′s style cupcake hat/veil piece with lots of beads and sparkles. Yes, I am 80 years old on the inside.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:35 am
I would LOVE some cupcake underwear. I love cupcakes, and I love underwear, so how could it go wrong? Maybe even scratch and sniff, that would be hot.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:12 am
i love tomatoes… maybe a tomato bra… with green straps for the vines
August 21st, 2009 at 9:50 am
I love too many foods to pick just one. Maybe a chips and salsa hat in the shape of a sombrero. Talk about tacky. Or maybe donut glasses.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
peanut butter bra encrusted with chocolate chips!
August 21st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
i love blackberries with vanilla ice cream. i am thinking of white satin bra and panties with heavy dark purple beading mixed with sequins and rhinestones. the more sparkles the better.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
My FAVOURITE thing to eat is french fries! A hula skirt of layers upon layers of dangling salty fries would be the death of me… probably literally.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 am
Definitely sushi.
I’m thinking a nori seaweed mini skirt with a sushi roll belt.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
o0o0ooooh well i would have to say my favorite food today is thin crust authentic italian pizza with red sauce, prosciutto, mozz, parm reggiano, pine nuts and arugula…umm just craving bc i cant ACTUALLY have that if i want to wear that sexy lil bikini..suck >:0 so lets see i want some italian pizza aviators ; ) the “arms” of the sunglasses would be the ‘thin crust’ aspect of the pizza..tan of course with a few burnt (brown) spots, the outer ring of the lenses would be the pizza crust as well, the lens itself would be layered…like those old school dorky glasses that u could flip up the lenses…there would be a redpizza sauce layer, an off white mozz layer, a white speckeled parm reggiano layer, a tannish-red with white prosciutto layer, a cool pine nut layer and finally a green arugula layer…all layers u could see through but theyd be colored with shapes of the differnt pizza toppings…u could flip up whatevr topping u wernt in the mood for and roll with a perfect personalized pizza all day everyday! I’d love to see life through a thin crust authentic italian pizza lense..what about you?
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
I love apples or any type of fruit. How cute would it be to have a bikini where the bikini top was like red with a little green leaf on each side or each part of the bikini top was a strawberry.
The bikini looks so cute! Very creative!
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I love ice cream sundaes. I love to eat, paint, and photograph them. So of course, I think it would be utterly awesome to have an ice cream sundae bikini. Why a bikini, you ask? Well, the bikini top could be ruffled and have a cherry around the nipple area and the bottoms could be patterned like a waffle cone, with a dark chocolate color around the top/waist area, then beaded with multi colored beads so that the bottoms would look like a waffle cone dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
had to share this if you have not seen it. it just goes to show ANYTHING is wearable, or carnivore couture:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6216878
August 24th, 2009 at 7:00 am
my favorite food is Mac and cheese… I have no idea why but fun panties inspired by it just popped into my head!
August 24th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I adore the color green, I adore artichokes and I adore cute flats… So, I’m going with Cute Artichoke Flats! All cute and green with that tiny little tinge of purple towards the bottom! Yummy and fashionable!!!