Cherry-Yogurt Loaf Cake

Last week, my husband and I made the plunge and finally bought a t.v. We have upgraded through 3 hand-me-downs, but decided to move up in the electronics world. After researching our options, we found ourselves buying one at Costco. While standing in line at Costco, I took a visit to their cookbook section. I found a great cake book that I couldn't pass up called Gorgeous Cakes. It is written by a british author, and has some wonderful recipes in it. I like that it has many cakes made with dried fruit, which I love to use. 

This cake, "sour cherry yogurt cake" was easy to make and turned out wonderfully. The cake didn't use eggs, but rather contained a pine nut paste. The cake was glazed with a mixture of orange juice and powdered sugar. The recipe called for red food coloring to give the pink color, but I had some blood oranges in the fridge so I used those instead. 

We had some friends over for dinner, and this made the perfect after dinner treat.

Valentine's dessert

Can I say how much I love the cookbook Cake Love! Everything I have tried is amazing, and this cake is no different. To say I love you to my wonderful hubby, I decided to bake the LCD cake (an awesome vanilla bundt cake). I topped it with chocolate ganache and melted white chocolate to make it extra decadent. 

I am not quite sure why I thought we needed an entire bundt cake for the 2 of us (especially a cake as rich as this). However, it did make a nice treat for my coworkers! A coworker had also brought some  yummy treats to work that day, so it made for some great snacking (probably not what I should be doing while sitting in a cubicle all day).