BBC Good Food

01 August 2011

Tested

"Ok folks. Made this for the first time yesterday and it turned out fine. Made to the recipe, never squeezed courgettes, used 100g Doves Farm Buckwheat flour as never had wholemeal plain, mixed all first ingredients together then folded in flour, didn't curdle but I did use another 50g flour as seemed a bit too wet. Sponges did take an extra 15mins to cook properly and did not rise quite as high as the mag picture. Frosting made as recipe BUT I got a huge amount of juice from the 2 lemons I used so mixed everything else together first then loosened mixture with 2 tablespoons of the juice. Result was a lovely creamy consistency which firmed up nicely after finished cake was put in fridge overnight. Cake looked just like the picture when finished and lasted 10mins at work next day. TASTED FANTASTIC, will def make again, no one could taste the courgettes either so great one for the kids!"

04 June 2009

Tested

"I thought this was fab. I used a filling of marscapone cheese, whipped double cream and small pot of readymade custard and the castor sugar, lemon juice and vanilla essence. Made a much thicker filling. Top comments and empty plates all round."

09 April 2009

Tested

"These are great. Filled the house with fantastic spicy aromas. Made them last night for the office team, don't think they will last long. I actually left out the marzipan as not everyone is a fan and just added 50g of ground almonds instead."

24 March 2009

Tested

"This flavour is one of my all time favorites. I always use Camp coffee/chicory liquid. It gives a great coffee flavour which can often be bland if using instant as suggested here. Most supermarkets sell it in bottles where the tea & coffee products are. Hope this helps."

26 February 2009

Tested

"I don't like using lard either and would like to make these so will try solid vegetable fat as an alternative. Anyone used this already in this recipe?"