Watching a chef cooking a marvellous recipe on TV always seems to be easy as pie; something that anybody should be able to reproduce at home.
Everything always seems to work perfectly from A to Z. You haven’t had the time to finish your drink that the chef has already pulled up a sophisticated 3-course menu.
But once back in the kitchen with your mind set to recreate the fantastic menu and impress your invitees, the reality appears to be slightly different.
For an unknown reason that only a divine force should be able to explain, the onions have decided to burn, the sauce is in a liquid mood and the meat doesn’t seem to enjoy its new special treatment.
The atmosphere is getting stormy and anyone who dares step into the kitchen to check if everything is under control is taking a huge risk.
Cooking, a piece of cake? Well, that depends …
The one most important thing in any cooking experience, no matter how simple or insurmountably difficult, is to have fun! And enjoy a piece of cake!
Red pepper and basil cake
250g of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
10 cl of milk
5 eggs
150g of melted butter
2 tablespoons of mustard
2 red peppers
10 sundried tomatoes, chopped
70g of grated Parmesan
A handful of fresh basil
1 tablespoon of olive oil
Place the peppers in the oven at 200° C/ gas 6 for 30 mn.
Peel the skin off and chop the pepper into thin slices.
Bring the oven down to 180° C/gas 5 for the cake.
In a bowl, mix the eggs, add the milk, the olive oil, the flour, the baking powder and stir well.
Melt your butter in a microwave.
Then, add the butter, the mustard, the parmesan, the sundried tomatoes and the basil.
Season with salt and pepper.
Pour in a cake form
Place in the oven for an hour.
That looks fabulous and combines 2 of my fave things in the world; basil and red pepper. Awesome!!!
I’m a big fan of red peppers and basil as well! Have a try and let me know what you think
We will do this one for our Brunch Buffet on Sunday…we love it hot here in Santa Barbara. Thanks, s
Great idea! I’m a big fan of brunch, send me some recipes over, I will be happy to taste one of your brunch recipes!
What a a great “grown-up” cake flavor! I will try it out for Father’s day.
I hope the father will be happy!
Yum! What a lovely recipe. This is definitely going to the top of my must-try list.
That’s beautiful!
Thanks!
This rustic savory cake is lovely. I can’t eat red peppers though. Would yellow or orange taste just as good?
Hey Jen,
The yellow or orange ones taste as good as the red peppers. Have a try and tell me what you think!
The cake recipe is very versatile, you can basically add any ingredients you want.
One of the famous ones in France is dices of ham with green olives or dices of courgettes with goat cheese, a classic !
I love the idea of this savory cake with red peppers and basil! What a great recipe!
Thanks a lot!