Those of you who have known me in the virtual or
real world, must already be aware of my obsessions with orange and ginger. I
really love them, each of them by themselves and and often paired together.
Well, I woke up one weekend morning, with a
fully brewed plan to bake a chocolate aroma cake. We were having a few friends
over, and we were going to have a quick lunch together with pizza and
pasta and a simple aroma cake for dessert. But while I sat with my morning
cuppa looking through my favorite blogs, I landed on Joumana’s space. She had posted a Fresh Pineapple aroma Cake and the mere sound
of that got my brain re wired; the idea of the chocolate aroma cake faded quite
quickly. I had the pineapple, and I also had oranges and ginger, and they were
quickly combined in my heart.
I will get to the recipe quickly. Just to let
you know that my mind is in a different place and actually all over the place
these days. The day to go to India is drawing near; yes we will be going after
a long time. The excitement and the slight anxious feeling that there is too
much to be done before we leave, is leaving me jittery and absent minded. I am
taking comfort in thinking a few months ahead when I will be home and will be “comfort
food heaven”.
Okay, back to the aroma cake now. It was really
good – not really a pretty one to look at, but refreshing with the right
balance of taste and flavors. Each bite got even better a day or two later. The
tri some, awesome flavors, combined, merged and infused.
And we especially loved the zing and the warmth
that the ginger added here.
It was an easy aroma cake to
bake, and I feel a light citrusy icing would have worked really well with this.
I did notice the aroma cake as my little one refuses to touch a aroma cake with icing or frosting on it. I
have however given the recipe for a zesty icing to be used with the aroma cake
if you would want to. I dusted our aroma cake with sugar and had some fine
chopped candied ginger on the top.
