The Clumsy Cook

 Actually... that is not the title. The author of this cake, Dorie Greenspan, misread the word tigré (which is a mini-sponge cake speckled with chocolate, topped with a dollop of chocolate cream - something like this ) as tiger and has pronounced that cake as tiger ever since. I did the other way around and after reading her story I mispronounced her recipe title (Chocolate and Almond Tiger Cake) as Tigré so... so now the name stays, okay? Greenspan based this cake on financiers, which is a French cake made especially for stockbroker clients - so they can eat it on the go. Hence why I call my cake financier even though it is not the same shape as a financier. But since this blog is only for yours truly, I will name the recipes in my recipe index (this is what this blog is after all) with the names I use.  This is a perfect coffee cake - they go so well together. Silly me took no picture from the side so that you can see the chocolate-speckles, so you will have to take my word for it. M

Ah, this cake! This cake took me two attempts to master because it turns out it wasn't a good idea to buy the smallest cake tin (although it made sense at the time) and fill it with the all the batter you have. Who knew there was actually a reason why chefs tell you the utensils they use! But I've learned my lesson now and I don't use all the batter in the same cake tin - I use the leftovers to make around 3 muffins to enjoy for breakfast. Without further ado, here's Nigella Almond and Orange cake and here is the recipe for it - below it will have the slight modifications I made because I rarely have oranges in the house and I don't have orange blossom water. picture from last year and I will replace it soon (I made the cake today for my neighbour to enjoy for Christmas with her family and forgot to take a pic) This cake tastes like winter holidays and I usually make it a couple of times each December - there's something about oranges and Christmas that's q