Beautiful Autumn Days in Rural England | Cinnamon Sourdough, Blackberry Cake & Countryside Walk

Welcome to a cosy autumn day in the English countryside

There’s no mistaking that autumn has arrived. The mornings are cooler, the evenings are drawing in and the garden is beginning to take on those beautiful golden tones of the season.

In this video, I’m enjoying some of the simple pleasures of early autumn like baking cinnamon sourdough, picking blackberries on a countryside walk, making a blackberry cake and gathering flowers from the garden to give as a birthday gift to someone special.

A quiet day at home spent enjoying the things that make this season so beautiful.

Thank you so much for being here. 🤎

🎂 HAZELNUT & BLACKBERRY CAKE RECIPE from Love Bake Nourish by Amber Rose

Ingredients:
115g hazelnuts (roasted)
260g soft, unsalted butter
225g plain white flour or white spelt flour (I used plain white flour)
2 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
130g golden caster sugar or honey (I used golden caster sugar)
130g maple syrup
zest of one large lemon

For the Filling:
300ml double cream
2 tbsp maple syrup or honey (I used maple syrup)
2-3 tbsp blackberry jam
200g fresh blackberries

Preheat fan oven to 180 °C.

Directions:
1. Whizz the hazelnuts in a food processor (in the UK, chopped hazelnuts come already roasted so I omitted the 'roasting' part of the original recipe)
2. Add the flour & baking powder to a large bowl then add all of the other ingredients. Beat with a hand mixer or stand mixer until combined. Be careful not to over mix as you want a light and fluffy batter.
3. Spread batter into 2 x 20cm lined cake tins and bake on 180 °C for 25-30 mins until the cakes are risen and golden or until a skewer comes out clean. Then remove from the oven and cool.
4. When the cakes have cooled, make the cream. Lightly whip the cream using a hand mixer until soft peaks form. Fold in the maple syrup or honey. Then one spoonful at a time, gently fold in the blackberry jam to achieve a marble effect.
5. Spoon two thirds of the cream over the bottom cake, spreading evenly before placing the other cake on top. Use the remaining cream for the top of the cake. Place the blackberries on top of the cake.
Enjoy! x

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