Bakers LOLAs - LOLAS: A Cake Journey Around the World: 70 of the most delicious and iconic cake recipes discovered on our travels

LOLA.S A CAKE JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD LOLA.S A CAKE JOURNEY
AROUND THE WORLD 70 of the most delicious and iconic cake recipes
discovered on our travels

	photography by STEVE PAINTER

For Omi Vera Budwig devoted Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, whose delicious recipes have always inspired us to cook and bake. Mario and Asher Lolas Cupcakes Design, photography and prop styling Steve Painter Editors Kate Eddison and Alice Sambrook Head of Production Patricia Harrington Art Director Leslie Harrington Editorial Director Julia Charles Publisher Cindy Richards Recipe writer and developer Julia Head Food Stylist Lucy McKelvie Indexer Hilary Bird US recipe tester and conversions Cathy Seward First published in 2017 by Ryland Peters & Small 2021 Jockeys Fields London WC1R 4BW and 341 East 116th Street New York NY 10029 www.rylandpeters.com Text Lolas Cupcakes Ltd. Design and commissioned photography Ryland Peters & Small 2017. For other picture credits see . eISBN: 978-1-78879-001-7 ISBN: 978-1-84975-809-3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

CIP data from the Library of Congress has been applied for. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Notes Both British (Metric) and American (Imperial plus US cup) measurements are included for your convenience, however, it is important to work with one set of measurements and not alternate between the two within a recipe. Eggs and butter should be used at room temperature. All spoon measurements are level, unless otherwise specified. Ovens should be preheated to the specified temperature.

Recipes were tested using a fan oven. If using a conventional oven, follow the manufacturers instructions for adjusting temperatures. All butter is unsalted, unless otherwise specified. All eggs are free-range and large (UK) or extra-large (US), unless otherwise specified. Recipes containing raw or partially cooked egg should not be served to the very young, very old, anyone with a compromised immune system or pregnant women. When using the zest of citrus fruit, try to find organic or unwaxed fruits and wash well before using.

Contents INTRODUCTION THE RECIPES Lolas is a business with a simple aim: to handcraft the most delicious cakes you have ever tasted, using only the finest fresh ingredients. It is run with passion and creativity by Asher Budwig, a fourthgeneration baker who grew up watching his father Mario establish the enormously successful chain Millies Cookies. A knack for baking and entrepreneurial spirit clearly runs in the family, as Ashers grandmother and great grandmother also ran a ptisserie and caf in the 1940s in Colombia. With such a talented family of bakers, it is no wonder that Lolas continues to go from strength to strength. Initially famous as the go-to place for stylish and delicious cupcakes, Lolas has expanded its range of baked goods. As well as fabulous cupcakes, they now offer a new and exciting range of large cakes to share and celebrate with, taking great inspiration from cakes around the world.

A multi-national company, Lolas team of highly skilled bakers cover many countries, and all cultures add something different to the Lolas baking repertoire. In this book, Lolas pass on their baking expertise with a deliciously diverse selection of recipes. From classic sponges to pastries, sweet breads, gateaux and traybakes, there is something for every baker, whether a simple cake to serve with mid-morning coffee or an extravagantly decorated party centrepiece. To help you on your baking journey, a helpful difficulty rating for these recipes indicates the level of skill involved: one whisk means the recipe is quick, easy and ideal for beginners, two whisks means the recipe has a few more steps to follow, and three whisks means the recipe will be quite advanced or time-consuming. However, nothing in the book is out of reach for the home-baker, even the cakes with three whisks are managable enough when the steps are followed with a little patience and care. Lolas bakery would like to take you on a deliciously sweet journey through Northern and Southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Australasia and Asia, all through the power of cake. Lolas bakery would like to take you on a deliciously sweet journey through Northern and Southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Australasia and Asia, all through the power of cake.

In these pages, you will find flavours and textures from afar that we hope will conjure up memories of trips past, or may even inspire you to travel further. Food in itself is powerfully evocative, and can take you right back to a particular place and time as if it were yesterday. A vivid memory of a taste, texture or scent can all help to shape our adventures in life. We can all remember an event as a child that ended in an unforgettable sweet treat. Perhaps it was the first French clair from a real ptisserie or a piece of rich chocolate cake at the local caf. Julia, our head recipe developer for this book, has such fond memories of holidays spent in France with daily runs to the patisserie to buy a tempting slice of tarte aux pommes.

More recently, a hunt for the perfect mud cake inspired by an elusive version tasted in Australia harder than you may think! What is clear is the significance of food, and often in particular cake, in our lives. From East to West, everyday to avantgarde, cake of some kind has a place in most cultures. By sharing some of the most famous cakes from each country and snippets of the stories and legends behind them, we hope to express the heart-warming part that baking plays in bringing people together to share something homemade and full of tradition. Although many of our recipes are loyal to classic methods and ingredients, we know how important traditional versions can be to a culture; therefore we are not trying to recreate Nonas tiramisu word for word, instead we are here to open your senses to new and exciting flavours that the world has to offer. We like to give our own special Lolas touch to many of the recipes and bring some of them up to date where we see fit. Cakes carry so much symbolism and meaning for a culture and can be inspired by many things: significant ingredients, public holidays, celebrations or events in history.

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