‘Afoodiehousewife’ turns 1! – Celebratory Raspberry & Lemon Cake

OMG….I AM EXCITED! It’s my first blogiversary and I just can’t believe it!!

I started this blog because I was bored. That’s right! I had too much time on my hands and that’s why hubby and my sister suggested that I compile my recipes to share it with friends and family. I signed up on WordPress and when it asked for a name, I just typed the first thing that popped in my mind- A Foodiehousewife. I thought- “I’ll just think of something better and change it later!” That never happened. The name stuck and that was the first step of the incredible journey that I am on.

One year of me investing my time and emotions into this little window inside my laptop and it has already given me so much more than I could ever imagine.

Let me tell you a not-so-little secret- I am the laziest person alive on this planet. If I am being completely honest, I have to confess that I could have worked four times more harder on this blog in this past year and get even more stupendous results but…meh. I just didn’t.

Hubby (bless his heart) keeps trying to light a fire under me, trying to make me into this person who will work six hours a day non-stop on my blog as this it was a real job and be this crazy passionate person but surprise surprise…that hasn’t happened. I just work for one hour and then spend the next one watching funny videos on Youtube. That is the reason why I am perpetually shocked at the wonderful blogging community and the people in general being so kind to my little blog inspite of such little work I put in it. THANKYOU! Thank you to all of you for the appreciative and encouraging comments that you guys have bestowed on my recipes, thanx for the features and just a big heart-felt Thank you for the constant love that ‘afoodiehousewif’ has been showered with since the very beginning…on the main blog, on Instagram and the all the other social media.

I now feel the hunger gnawing at me to do more and feel that it’s time to up my game to reach for something a little higher now. Thus, I am going for a sabbatical from blogging for atleast a couple of month, to try and work on something new and exciting. I hope it shapes up rapidly so that I can share it with all of you soon.

Today I am sharing the recipe of the fragment Lemon and Raspberry cake that I baked for my first blogiversary and it is also the first time I tried my hand at decorating a cake myself. It’s a bit messy but not too bad, right?

You will hear from me soon folks! Keep cooking and keep rocking! xoxo

Ingredients:

– 1 cup granulated sugar

– 1 cup all purpose flour

– ¾ cup butter at room temperature

– 1 tsp vanilla extract

– 1 tbsp lemon zest

– 4 eggs

– 1 heaped tsp baking powder

– 1 cup fresh raspberries

– 1 pack of ready to use Vanilla Frosting

Method:

– Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and line 2  cake pans with greased parchment paper.

– In a plate, sprinkle your raspberries with some plain flour and shuffle till they are all coated in a thin layer of flour all over. This will prevent the fruit from sinking to the bottom of the pan while baking. Set aside!

– Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

– In a separate bowl, beat the eggs very well. Set aside.

– Now mix some flour in the butter & sugar mixture- beat well! Then add some egg in the butter & sugar mixture -beat well! Continue this alternate cycle till u run out of flour and eggs.

– Next, put 3-4 drops of vanilla essence and the lemon extract each. Also add in your lemon zest. Blend gently together.

– Finally, throw in your raspberries and give the batter a final mix very gently so that the berries do not break.

– Divide batter evenly between the two pans and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

– Once your cakes have completely cooled down, frost them and decorate with more fresh raspberries, almond shavings or any decorations of your choice. Enjoy!