What to bake for Lily Bart - or rather, to go with our reading of The House of Mirth? "[Lily], attended by the troubled Gerty, lunched luxuriously, as she said, on her expectations", and on one such occasion the ladies deliberate between Coupe Jacques and Peches a la Melba. I wanted something delicate but a trifle decadent for Lily, so I took my cue from the Coupe Jacques which my edition describes as lemon and strawberry ices topped by fresh fruit steeped in kirsch.
I decided on Nigella's Sponge Drops from How to Be a Domestic Goddess
Is Wednesday 12 March "Be Cruel to Cornflower Followers" Day? Showing me cream and light-as-air sponges and delicious jam ... that is really cruel, Mrs Cornflower ...
Aha, but we've had lunch out ... delish turkey curry for me and game pie for Himself!
Posted by: Margaret Powling | 12 March 2008 at 02:11 PM
Mmmm, they do look delicious! :0)
Posted by: Charity | 12 March 2008 at 02:38 PM
I am behind on all my bookgroup baking....which is probably a GOOD THING! Must make all of them one of these days. These look superb.
Posted by: adele geras | 12 March 2008 at 06:21 PM
My mouth started watering as soon as I looked at that photograph. Yum!
Posted by: Jill | 12 March 2008 at 11:55 PM
Please, may we have the recipe?
Posted by: Fiberjoy | 14 March 2008 at 04:27 AM