I love your Blog - The Food Librarian

Whenever I bump on to a new blog,the first thing I look out for is the baking archive.From there,without doubt I'll search for a chocolate cake recipe,then I'll write it down for trying out later and then check out all the other recipes in leisure.It was during my search for a chocolate-cinnamon cake that I landed up on Mary's blog many moons ago.


Cinnamon Chocolate Bundt Cake

Mary-The Food Librarian calls herself Librarian by day and Baker by night.Once you start reading up her blog,you'll realize that she is a very enthusiastic baker and part of many baking groups too.She even baked up a complete Dessert Bar section for her friends wedding.


Wedding Dessert Bar

One reason I so badly wanted a Bundt pan for myself was Mary's fascination for the same.She is crazy about Bundts and have been doing a Bundt Marathon for 30 days for the last 2 years and the current one is going on now.I wanted to take part in the celebration too,but sadly I didn't have the pan.(then)


I like Big Bundts - Whoa,what a collection!

Apart from Bundts,Mary also loves to create Jello recipes.Her recipe for Broken Glass Jello is one of the most popular recipes in her blog.

Broken Glass Jello

and here's the bundt version

Here are some more unusual Bundts from her blog

Monkey Bread in a Bundt

Croquembundt

Ice-cream Bundt

Tomato Soup Bundt

As you could guess from her recipes,if there is a teeny scope,The Food Librarian will "bundt' it:).

She is posting 30 Bundt cakes non-stop from October 15th,gearing up for the National Bundt day on November 15th.I sent in my entry last year which made her claim that I am her Bundt representative in India,how cool!If you have a Bundt pan(not a ring-mould!)do bake with her on what we call now as International Bundt day and post it on your blog on November 15th.She is sending a cute I like Big Bundts button to every one who participates.I got mine last year and can't wait for one more.

Some of the Bundt Cakes I've posted here so far-

Dulce de Leche Bundt Cake

Dates and Nuts Bundt Cake

Roasted Banana Rum Cake

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

Hope you choose a recipe and bake for International Bundt Day on November 15th!

*All pictures published with the bloggers permission.

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Self saucing Coffee & Chocolate Pudding (Eggless)

I was apprehensive whether to post this pudding now or not.The plagiarism issue is reeling over my head and I am neck deep in packing and disposing stuff.I could have done without the added pressure of looking out whether the copycat blog got closed down or not!Apparently we are dealing with a shameless person here,who despite several warnings,continues to post copied stuff.But I guess these mixed bag of emotions make life worthwhile.
Thank you to all of you who wrote in with words of support and encouragement.I don't know what I would have done without you guys.Really.

We chose this pudding for our Sweet Punch challenge this month.The name itself explains the texture of the pudding-self saucing pudding.The recipe and the method is very unique.First we make a pudding batter and then top it with a chocolate-coffee sauce and bake it.As it bakes,the cake/pudding comes up leaving a thick sauce underneath which makes the pudding a class apart.
 
If you like chocolate and coffee,you'd love this pudding.


Self-saucing Coffee&Chocolate Pudding
Recipe source

Ingredients

Flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Butter - 2 tbsp,melted
Milk - 1/2 cup
Yogurt - 1 tsp(in place of 1 egg)
Almonds - 50 gms,sliced

For the topping

Sugar - 1/2 cup
Instant coffee powder - 1 tsp
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Water - 1 cup

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. 
Sift together flour

baking powder

cocoa powder

salt

and sugar

Stir through butter,

milk, 

yogurt

and almonds

until well combined.

Spoon batter into 4 ramekins.(I used 6 since my ramekins are smaller in size).

Mix together sugar,

coffee powder

cocoa powder

and water.

Pour over the ramekins but do not stir.

Bake for 20 minutes.

 
Dust with cocoa powder or cinnamon and sugar; serve with vanilla ice cream.I served it plain to enjoy the full flavor of coffee and chocolate.

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Plagiarism strikes!

I check out my stats,traffic sources and audience every once in a while.Yesterday,a link led me to a page which I initially thought was my own blog.More than 150 recipes from my blog has been blatantly copied there,including the 'about me' page(which is apparently the most popular post on that blog!),the whole of my 'recipe index'(which took me around a week to compile!)and many more recipes.


I have commented on one of the posts(I didn't know which one to choose,there are so many posts of mine there!)and asked that person to remove my posts as soon as possible.Since there is an about me section as well,I don't want people to start thinking I am the one who is plagiarising(since there are posts from some other blogs as well!).Have also sent a mail to google reporting copyright infringement.


I want to let all my readers know that allrecipesforcooking.blogspot.com is NOT MY BLOG.


My posts have been blatantly copied by this person without giving any due credit to this blog.Despite commenting yesterday night asking to remove the posts,that person has put in a new post from my blog today morning.So the only way out is to shut that blog down.I have given my complaint here,please do let me know if there is anything more I can/should do.


I have also changed the feeds from full feed to summary only.Hope my readers understand.


Thank you for your support and encouragement.

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