Cake Expectations
The Age
Saturday September 25, 2004
Cake is one of life's luxuries. Buy the best and display them on an elegant stand to make teatime special. By Janet de Silva.
The flourless chocolate cake was one of British food writer Elizabeth David's most popular recipes and has now achieved near-legendary status. This light, moist version from Browns is an ideal dessert served with thick cream. $19.50.Tel: 9510 9520. Portuguese leaf-patterned cake stand, $69, from Montreux Homewares, East Malvern. Tel: 9885 8099.Avoid the temptation of a second helping with this small, glazed lemon teacake that comfortably serves four. $9, from Laurent Bakery.Tel: 9543 2900.Glass cake stand, $22, from Montreux Homewares."Let them eat kugelhopf!" Apparently kugelhopf was Marie Antoinette's favourite cake. This chocolate version is a signature cake at Acland Street's famous Monarch Cake Shop. A delicious yeast-bake kugelhopf that keeps for days and also works brilliantly as a pudding when warmed in a microwave until the chocolate starts to melt. From $14. Tel: 9534 2972. Embossed cake stand from Roost Homewares, Malvern. Tel: 9509 7166.Famous for its breads, blintzes and exquisite lemon tart, Babka is a decade-old Brunswick Street institution that also bakes wonderful prune and apricot crumble cake. $30. Tel: 9416 0091.Italian marble cake stand, $125, from Market Import, Armadale. Tel: 9500 0764.A stylish new entrant to Melbourne's cake scene, Let Them Eat Cake - just down the road from the South Melbourne Market - has a huge selection of cakes and pastries, from novelty extravaganzas to old favourites such as this lamington sponge filled with fresh cream. $20.15. Tel: 9686 0077.Pillivuyt cake stand, $58.15, from Essential Ingredient, Prahran. Tel: 9827 9047.Three generations of the one family are behind the Paterson's Cake Shops, whose tiny iced fancies have long been bestsellers. Available with nine fillings and for an extra dollar, they can be personalised with piped initials or names. $2.05 each. Tel: 9510 8541.Lawyer by day, cake decorator by night, Amanda Way made Vogue Entertaining's 25th birthday cake last year and hasn't looked back. She makes cakes to any size, price on inquiry. Tel: 9821 5227. Vintage pressed-glass cake stand, $65, from Empire 111, Albert Park.Tel: 9682 6677.
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