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Leena Bakes: Banana Bourbon Chocolate Muffins!

Leena Bakes: Banana Bourbon Chocolate Muffins!

Best muffin of 2012 thus far! Sweet banana with a kick of bourbon and a hint of milk chocolate.

Not too long ago, a pal and fellow food blogger Emily Hanhan of Nomnivorous hosted the first of many supper clubs called Whisky and Salt in the NYC area. In her awesome and drool-inducing post about it, she revealed that she made whisky and chocolate chip muffins as take home gifts from the supper club. I have been looking for an excuse to pop these bad boys out, and a small party with some fellow parents and babies on NYE gave the perfect excuse. But let’s be honest, vacuuming the living room is the perfect excuse for these muffins, they are that damn good.

The recipe and heaps of food porn after the jump.

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Amuse bouche: Desserts from Australia-Lamingtons

The lamington is one of the few all-Australian desserts, and consists of vanilla sponge cake, occasionally filled with jam, and rolled in chocolate and coconut. It was said to have been named after Lord Lamington, governor of Queensland from 1895-1901, and has been a popular tea-time and lunch-time treat, as well as a staple at fundraisers throughout Australia.

Source: Looking for Flavour by Barbara Santich pp.112-113

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

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Leena Bakes: A Giant Lamington Cake of Happiness

Leena Bakes: A Giant Lamington Cake of Happiness

Vanilla sponge cake, homemade strawberry jam, dark chocolate ganache glaze, desiccated coconut...how could any of this be wrong together?

Tea time is what I miss most about living in Australia–a guaranteed excuse twice a day to drink something warm and lovely and nosh on a little snack, preferably something sweet. One of the most popular tea time snacks in Australia is the lamington cake, which could be as simple as a vanilla sponge cake rolled into chocolate and coconut, or as fancy as a dark chocolate cake layered affair with champagne mousse and thick shavings of fresh coconut.

I was craving a similar dessert for an impromptu dinner party, and I just so happened to have a stash of coconut and homemade jam, so lamginton it was! And instead of painstakingly making each individual tea cake, I decided to make a giant cake version and just cut slices for people. Motivated AND lazy, people—I’m the best of both worlds.

More food porn and the recipe after the jump.

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