I cannot believe it! A whole year has passed since I started blogging. Time flies by so quickly when you’re having fun. When I first started writing, I wanted to share my recipes with my daughters in a convenient way since they would always ask me for help. Then, my eldest son came up with the idea of blogging so that I could post my recipes online one at a time, and eventually write enough to reach my goal of writing my own cook book 🙂
I wouldn’t have thought that blogging would introduce me to such a nice community of fine people as all of you are. You encouraged me a lot with your comments, awards and even the simple Likes. Thank you all for the kind words and positive attitude 🙂
To celebrate the occasion, I decided to bake this angel food cake and to decorate it with pistachios, fruits and chocolate sticks. I share this dedicate this recipe to all of you. Bake it yourself and have a slice on me 😉
Ingredients:
- 6 eggs separated
- 50 grams flour
- 50 grams corn flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 3 tablespoons baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 125 grams sugar
- about one tablespoon butter
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180’C and butter a round cake tin and line it with wax paper
- Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt and half the sugar until they form a peak
- In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the vanilla and the remaining sugar until yellow pale
- Add the flour and the baking powder to the egg yolk mix, then fold in the egg whites; do not whisk
- Place the batter in the cake tin and bake for about 40 minutes, or until a skewer come out clean
Cream for the icing:
- Mix 200 grams of butter softened with about 2 cups of icing sugar, add a teaspoon of vanilla and mix well
For the decoration:
- When the cake is done, allow to cool on a wire rack then cut horizontally through the middle
- Cover the top of the bottom half with cream the cut some strawberries in half and place them over the cream
- Place the other half on the top then cream the sides and the top of the cake
- Decorate with strawberries and slices of kiwi, sprinkle on the top some ground pistachios
- I also placed some chocolate biscuit sticks along the edge to look like candles 🙂
ET VOILA.. C’EST TOUT! BON ANNIVERSAIRE 🙂
Tabkhet el yom 
Looks beautiful and delicious – felicitations!
Merci beaucoup. C’est gentil.
Happy Anniversary to one of my very, very favorite bloggers!!! Since day one I have LOVED you site and so enjoy your marvelous recipes. This is the MOST beautiful angel food cake I have ever seen. Tell your son he has created a superstar!
Thank you for your very sweet words, you leave me speechless 🙂
You really do have one of the most fantastic blogs I have ever seen. I always print out your posts and take them to work with me to share with my staff and customers. And as you know, you have inspired many of my recipes.
Looks fabulous, Nina! Many congratulations on your one-year anniversary! Keep up the great work! 🙂
Than you Laura for your sweet words,
Sounds easy enough for me, i’ll try it, kirmelik, u’re a sweetheart. And your sun is clever! Happy anniversary, i love your blog 🙂
Thank you dear, I love your blog too. I hope you will enjoy this cake. 🙂
I baked this cake, it’s delicious, my husband loved it 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
Happy blogiversary:)!!
THANK YOU .
Congratulations!! I have loved your blog and the authentic recipes you put up and it has been great a know u too. Love and *hugsss*
Thank you dear for your sweet words 🙂
Congratulations dear Nina – and a cook book – I am so excited!!!
The cake is beautiful and I am sure it was delicious too 🙂
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Thank you Anne, Really the cake was delicious. When I have enough recipes I will publish my book, I am so excited too about it 🙂
Quite belated, but happy anniversary!
Thank you dear 🙂
Hello there! This article couldn’t be written much better! Looking at this post reminds me of my previous roommate! He continually kept preaching about this. I am going to send this post to him. Pretty sure he’s going to have a great read.
I appreciate you for sharing!
Thank you so much 😀