Pepper 'n Spice

 A twist to the regular coffee cake  with the addition of a tablespoon of flavored smoky cinnamon coffee powder. It turned out swell! Baked after a special request from my daughter. The lamp is a Brylle/Jacobsen design. It is a self assembly piece from Ikea. The Scandinavian design is simple, yet functional.

Biscuit cake is usually made with digestive biscuits. I used Marie and Parle-G biscuits. It was interesting to read that Prince William requested the Royal Kitchens of Buckingham Palace to prepare a chocolate biscuit cake for his wedding. The photo with the mushrooms on the bark was taken in the woods on the outskirts of Skane, when we went on a hiking trip with one of our friend's family . Skane, the Southern province of Sweden was originally part of Denmark until the 17th century. After the Second Northern War Denmark had to give up Skane to Sweden.  Ingredients for biscuit cake are, Marie biscuits or Parle G biscuits - 10 For coffee mix : Instant coffee powder - 3/4 tsp  Caster sugar - 1 Tbsp All purpose flour - 1 3/4 Tbsp Milk - 1/4 cup For chocolate mix : Butter - 20 g Caster sugar - 2 Tbsp Cocoa powder - 1/2 Tbsp Drinking chocolate powder - 1/2 Tbsp To make the cake, Prepare the coffee mix. Dip each of the biscuit in the coffee mix for a second and stack them on tin foil...

When we went on dates to coffeehouses like French toast and Cafe Pappaya, I used to order cold coffee. I normally have my tea and coffee sans sugar. So when I chanced upon a cold coffee recipe, I delved right into it because then I could make it my style; sans sweetness. I found that it had only two steps. So simple. And a date at home too during corona times :) Cold milk - 1 cup Coffee powder - 3/4 Tbsp In a blender, add milk. Add coffee. Blend. Top off with vanilla ice-cream. Recipe ref : Cure.fit