Treasure Tuesday: Semi Homemade

Every Tuesday, I am planning to post some tips I picked up along the way and share them with you. What do you think about calling the segment “Treasure Tuesday”? Since tips I believe are as valuable as gold, I find it fitting to call them my treasures.

Given that it was my birthday yesterday, I am going to show you a cake my husband baked for me.

A few months ago we had a trainee at work and she used to bake us cake. One of them is Wolkencake, clouds cake when translated from Dutch. So I asked her what the ingredients were and if she would share the recipe. She told me it’s from a pack from Dr Oetker. I was surprised as it tasted like one made from scratch.

As I was so impressed, I asked my husband if he could bake it for me. I have always been the one baking at home and this time I wondered if he would actually bake one. So we went to the shop and bought a packet of Wolkencake by Dr Oetker. You might want to know the packet stayed cozy in the cupboard for quite some time.

To my surprise, one day my husband went into the kitchen last week and baked the mix and without me asking him! He all did it on his own will. Wow. I think this is so cute and I really appreciate his gesture.

The cake tasted just like how I remembered it. It was very light and tasted like vanilla and lemon. You should try it if you could get this make where you are.

So why I am putting this post on Treasure Tuesday? I think that baking cake from a packet doesn’t have to be awful. Especially for someone who has never baked before, staring with something simple such as this would be a good idea. You can always modify the recipe according to whatever suits your fancy and make it semi homemade!

Which “semi homemade” would you recommend me to try?

Lots of love,

Jo