Betty Crocker's Chocolate Fudge Cake (experiment)

usually i don't bake with pre-mix, much less blog about it !

but i have friends who have been asking me why do their betty crocker's cake crack when baked.

i decided to use the pre-mix & experiment with the baking temperature + time to see how it goes, & since cakes i bake from scratch usually crack too (only that i use icing/cream/ganache to hide the cake flaws, ha), this recipe test would be good for me as well.

when a cake crack, there could be many reasons why..but top 2 reasons based on my past bakes:

1) overmixing

2) baking at a temperature that is too high

so here is my betty crocker's recipe test for Robin + his girlfriend & Alica Monroe:

Zesty Poppy Poms Tart

This is a citrus tart baked with poppy seeds in the crust 

with lots of lemon + orange zest & juice in the filling 

& sprinkled with pomegranate seeds. 

I was inspired by Edd Kimber's Lemon Tart..& had the itch to bake a lemon tart,

since it has been awhile that tarts were churned out of my bakery.

So I started searching for a simple recipe & found this by Rachel Allen. 

I tweaked it a little bit & here it is - zesty poppy poms tart:

Cranberry Orange Cookie

this was an inspired bake... by Marks & Spencer.

Lemony Oats Melts

oh well, here's something lemony-oatsy again.

i must say, lemon & oats do complement each other very well .

 this recipe was demonstrated during the World of Healthy Flavours Asia Conference, just a few weeks back by one of the chefs.

i attempted an oatsy-twist of it, so here we go:

Lemony Oats Muffins

It was a Sunday morning & there was some free time & the craving for something lemony, as well. 

2 lemons have been sitting in my crisper since last week...

& so, that was my cue to bake. 

Sea Salt Caramel Macaroons

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