Originally published on Tuesday, 8th September 2009

Let them Eat Cake

The perfect cake is like the perfect man. It is elusive, it often looks better on the outside than it really is on the inside, and everyone has their own idea of what ingredients go into making it. 

For me this is the perfect cake - flexible, dependable, rustic and unconventional. This cake can stand on its own two feet and it only improves with age. Yes this cake is 'the superior man incarnate'.
If you are ready to graduate from whimsical cupcakes and frilly icing crusted fairy cakes, if you have reached that plateau in your life when you need a cake that can give a little more satisfaction - then make this cake.

This cake is wonderful with any juicy fruit - cherries, peaches, apricots, raspberries, persimmons - this cake will envelope them all in its sweet, fluffy batter. This is a cake for life.

Here is the perfect cake - in three variations:

Jennifer Klinec from Eat Drink Talk has kindly agreed to provide Urban Junkies readers with mouthwatering recipes and foodtips.

To learn more, classes at Eat Drink Talk are held in Jennifer's beautiful loft in Clerkenwell, packed with information and useful tips, and you'll get to sample all of the delicious dishes prepared during class.

by JK

In collaboration with Eat Drink Talk