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Mmm, reading this recipe is making me hungry! Though the ones in the pictures are so well decorated, it would almost be a shame to eat them. Thanks for sharing!

That sounds like a very nice treat. Too bad I am alone and not likely to go to all the effort and trouble to make one for myself. Thanks for posting though

They do look good, don't they? But, as I barely acknowledge that I own an oven, I might just pass the recipe along to my mother - the only thing is that she is likely to substitute too many of the ingredients!

Those look terrific, Marie! While I have a small skill at cooking, my decorating talents are minimal. I think I'll just be staring at your beautiful pictures!

I recommend all of you to try and do one if you can ... and if you can't, just ask somebody else to make them for you as Green suggested! But do stick with the real ingredients if possible! It's those simple things that make a finished product better! I'm calculating that I have to make around twelve of them just for family and teachers this year, together with other traditional items, and not leaving out other part-time work! I just hope my present, acute muscle pain subsides a bit until the time comes, even if I don't think so as I have another rather laborious week ahead! CD, I wish I could send you one from here! I know what it means to be reluctant to do something just for your own self! If I didn't have anyone to give them to I won't even bother! And now it's too late to stop doing these things for others as my family has long since literally taken me for granted! And no one bakes me anything just because they know I'm able to and that I must always have something prepared by myself in the cookie jar, due to the fact that I also do this job for a living! Sorry for the ranting, but it's nice to receive something just for once instead of always giving! On the other hand, I like to keep others happy and my temporary frustration just fades away in a puff! TJ, I know that you can do it! If you make it with love (which I'm sure you'll do), no matter what the outcome it will always be delicious! You do not have to be so precise with the decoration ... at the end it's going to be eaten just the same! Let your kids decorate them! It could be a good excuse!

Just keep Granny Nambu away from the kitchen, and all will be well.

Originally posted by gatchamarie TJ, I know that you can do it! If you make it with love (which I'm sure you'll do), no matter what the outcome it will always be delicious! You do not have to be so precise with the decoration ... at the end it's going to be eaten just the same! Let your kids decorate them! It could be a good excuse!

That's my birthday cake secret... I let the kids decorate them...

Originally posted by UnpublishedWriter Just keep Granny Nambu away from the kitchen, and all will be well.

Marie, this sounds delicious, and you are a talented decorator! You wouldn't have the ingredients in milliliters/liters by any chance? I could do the math from there.

Thanks, Swan Song! I'll try to search for the right conversion as we're not used to measure dry items in milliliters/liters here! Will do my best and will be back as soon as I can!

Cool recipe, Marie. Unfortunately, I have several diabetics in my family, so I wouldn't be able to use 100% real ingredients. But I could possibly substitute almond meal for some of the flour and reduce the sugar buy using a good quality sugar substitute in the cake portion, but not the filling. For the oven temp is that Celsius or Fahrenheit? I'm assuming that it must be Celsius as 180 F is a very low temp oven. Swan Song, somewhere, in one of my browsers, I have a link to a great conversion site that will convert most anything accurately and precisely. I'll post it here, when I find it.

Here is a website that converts different types of cooking items. If Amethyst can not find what she was mentioning than maybe this will help. I use it occasionally when I am trying to convert my Grandmothers old English recipes into something I can use and recognize. http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm

CD, I that is the same one I use. If you go to the home page there are hundreds of options. I used to use it a lot when right my HP stories, converting pounds to stones and such.

That's an awesome site, CD! You've saved me a lot of time as I thought of searching something just similar! I'm sure this site CD sent will help you, Swan Song! If you have any further problem please do not hesitate to ask! And Amethyst, the temperature must be in Celsius. Sorry if I have omitted it in the first place!

No problem, Marie, I thought it must have been too, but thought it safer to ask.

Those look delicious!

Originally posted by gatch72 Those look delicious!

They are!