Since my lunch is in the oven, and I just did my meal planning for the week, today's meals:
Mini crumb cake for breakfast
Buffalo chicken sliders for lunch
Spinach and artichoke ravioli with chicken for dinner.

I really saved money by not being able to fly to mAui. The flights cost more than the new appliances. We eat the rainier cherries and I haven’t seen them lately. I’m eschewing WF because they’re too popular so it’s EV- to drive there and then queue.

We have been going a little too much into the lemon cake I made over the weekend. But it's sooooo good...

https://smittenkitchen.com/2018/06/c...lian-tea-cake/

I get Mangosteens for $1-2 a pound here, and about 15% are bad. I’d imagine the ones imported are older. If they had a sample you could try, perhaps. I’d guess most Mangosteens are 40-60% casing/rind, so you’re not getting that much fruit.

Eek no samples and I appreciate this info.

ooh I’ll check it out. I’ve heard great stuff about smitten kitten.

It seems like all she does is copy others' recipes, add some photos, and a couple pages of useless prose.

I love smitten kitchen and I LOVE lemon cake....anything lemon, bars, pies, drinks. I bet the cake was yummy...too bad you are so far. I could have given you some of my homemade limoncello to wash it down with.

I disagree...I like her commentary and I also like her spin on some existing dishes. I am a fan of Deb/smitten kitchen.

As I was surfing through the site, I did see a recipe from Alison Roman that I use regularly.

I agree about liking anything with lemon. I think I'll try this cake some time this week though, like her, I already have a lemon cake I really like. I love moist cakes with a crunchy crust.

So she's like so many other food/recipe bloggers? :D

Amusingly despite the temptation of the cake, I’m not actually a lemon cake or tea cake kind of person.

The spinach and artichoke ravioli with chicken was amazing. It was creamy and cheesy and had a nice tangy flavor.

How about walnut cream cake?

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d91b119e93.jpg

It's not the most photogenic (we bake it in a silicone gugelhopf pan, which looks like a textured Bundt), but it's IMHO the perfect tea cake as it's super moist, has texture (not just a sponge), and isn't so sweet you feel a cavity coming on just looking at it.

I think I’m happy with any susiecakes but here’s chocolate cake with Ben & jerrys vanilla


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e7791c47f.jpeg

Looks pretty good to me, and I'm not really a cake sort of person.

Nice photo again, NIgella. :D

Then you'll love this..that's exactly what it is. Though I think the 2.5 tsp of salt is too much (the cake tastes oddly salty in many bites). I'd recommend cutting the salt down to a teaspoon max.

The cake itself isn't super lemony, but the icing is.

Now that sounds good! Though this cake just makes me NEED a glass of milk after eating it.

It's mostly because she mentions Ina Garten's lemon pound cake, so I looked at the recipe on smittenkitchen and on Ina Garten's site and they are identical (or course) but Smitten just adds some photos and commentary..

Today I have had a small slice of lemon cake and a slick of rye toast with Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning, cream cheese, red onion, slices tomatoes, and the rest of the nova that was in the fridge (which was about double the amount that would have been a serving but I didn't realize it until it was too late). Now I'm really full.