Forever Nigella #16 – The Round Up

I’m having so much fun hosting and taking part in blog challenges at the moment. They are brilliant examples of how passionate us foodie bloggers are about the delights we make and blog about. Taking part certainly makes me feel more included the blogging community and hosting an event is a great excuse to read more blogs and discover new ones.

The Forever Nigella challenge from Sarah at Maison Cupcake lends itself nicely to baking which, as you may have already guessed, is something I like to do a fair bit. So without further a do, here is the round up after a wonderful afternoon tea with Nigella.

The first entry was a classic coffee and walnut cake from Aga Girls blog. I have not made one of these cakes for a long time but after seeing this entry I’m planning to make one very soon. The cake looks delightful and you just can’t go wrong with a coffee and walnut combo.

The next entry had my taste buds tingling. Passion Fruit short cakes from Jennifer at L’Here Du The blog sounds divine. I’m a big fan of passion fruit and regularly hunt them down in the supermarket so I can add them to my fruit salads, but I had never thought of adding it to cream and sandwiching between short cakes. What a great idea!

Chocolate and banana. What more do I need to say? A winning combination and fabulous in a muffin. Caroline from Cake, Crumb and Cooking made these beautiful looking chocolate and banana muffins. I know that if I made these they would not last 5 minutes in my house.

Look at how pretty these chocolate raspberry pavlovas are from Working London Mummy. Making use of the stunning raspberries that are in season right now ensures that this dessert has eye catching potential. I know I would put one, (or even two) straight on my plate.

There is something very satifying about making use of items already in our cupboards when baking. The cost of ingredients easily adds up, so to make something without buying anything extra is a real bonus. This is just what Amy did from Cooking, Cakes and Children blog when she made these easy almond cakes. And don’t they look fab next to that cup of tea?

Another impressive entry was sent in my Ren from Fabulicious Food. These easy summer fruit tartlets look beautiful on that cake stand and I’m loving the cream that goes with them. In her post Ren shows each step of making these which is very helpful for anyone who might fancy baking them.

Now it would not be a summer afternoon tea party without the inclusion of lemon somewhere. So thank goodness Elizabelle from A Girl in Her Kitchen sent these little lemon puddings in. I imagine these to be tangy but comforting at the same time and a summery alternative to the winter favorite of sticky toffee pudding. Perfect for our tea party.

This next entry was sent in my the lovely Leanne from My Little Life of Scrap. She saw me tweeting about Forever Nigella one night and told me she was going to enter. By 10am the next morning she had made these scrummy looking cheese scones and blogged about them. I was very impressed. Nice to have a savory entry too.

Now that we are getting a little bit of sunshine, to was great to get an entry which included ice cream. These chocolate macaroon and strawberry ice cream sandwiches sent in by Yummy Chunklet are the height of ice cream sophisication! We would all have to get in quick before they melted but I’m sure that would be no problem at all.

Finally, here’s my contribution to this challenge, Nigella’s chocolate and cherry trifle. A modern and extremely enjoyable variation of the classic traditional trifle. I shall be making this again for sure.

Well, I hope that you enjoyed the round up as much as I did. Thank you to everyone who took part. I loved reading all your posts.

The last thing for me to say is that 5 lucky entries have been picked at random to receive a little treat in the form of a Montezuma’s British Pudding bar like the ones shown below.

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