Cherry Clafoutis

I've been waiting for about 9 months to publish this recipe. I made my first cherry clafoutis sometime in last September when I paid a really ridiculous price for 350 g of cherries. I cannot say that it wasn't worth it, the cherry clafoutis became one of my favourite quick and easy recipes and I've tried one earlier this year with strawberries and it was still pretty good. But nothing beats cherries and now we're practically in the middle of cherry season, their prices won't get any lower, so I suggest you grab them while you can and make a clafoutis.

Lemon cake

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As almost always, I wanted to make something with lemons this time. For a while, it seemed like I'll be making a lemon mousse (I found a recipe for it not a long time ago) but eventually I stumbled upon an even better recipe for a cake with lemon filling and frosting. Since I already had most of the ingredients needed at disposal, I went to buy the lemons and a pack of eggs. The procedure is not really difficult (it just takes a lot of time), I went through it practically with no mistakes and the result was VERY nice.

I think I might have put a bit too much lemon juice into it... Well, I like strong tastes, I don't mind it but someone might think it's too tangy. Also, don't be afraid of the insane amount of sugar in the frosting. I actually toned it down from almost half a kilo to "mere" 300 g and I think it still did the job well. And one last comment - about the frosting - the original recipe says to put some milk into it... I did it and OF COURSE it reacted with the lemon juice in it. So, I don't know, perhaps you don't need to put milk in to avoid an unsightly appearance.

a quick post: A new game in my collection

I received a new game yesterday. It's called A Touch of Evil, it's by the same guys as The Last Night on Earth. It looks similar but plays very differently (kind of like Arkham Horror). I managed to play it quickly yesterday but to write about it I'll have to play it few times more.

But I wrote a small literary transcription of the game, you can read it here at BGG.

I'll be back soon with more on this game :)

News: Plants vs. Zombies: The Board Game

PC game title screen

Today is a special sale on Plants vs. Zombies Game of the Year edition on Steam, for only 3,40 euro to celebrate its 2nd year anniversary. Through some extensive googling and jumping through links I found out that there is a board game based on this PC game coming out later this year. That's awesome!