i know i'm on a slimming forum but....

zoso

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Any bakers out there???
i'm a hobby baker, and have baked a coffee and walnut layer cake (nigella), however it has a bitter taste to it, wondering if anyone can explain why my cake would have a bitterness???

thanks, x
 
Well both coffee an walnuts can be bitter so maybe too much of one or the walnuts were a bit stale? The skins get very bitter as they dry out?

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i love baking. i get more joy out of it when i can't eat it.
 
I love cherry cake and have a lovely recipe in A World of Cake (by Krystina Castella) which always works for me :)

I love baking too, and cake decorating but find it so much more satisfying to watch other people eat my cakes :)
 
Hi there

What coffee did you use? only I always use good ole CAMP liquid and find it isn't bitter -I think I use that as my mum and gran always did...

oooh and as for the cherries, probably a silly question but do you wash, dry and dust your cherries in flour before adding?

 
ooh good advice about the cherries! xxx
 
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