{"id":901,"date":"2014-11-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/guest-post-kryssie-fortune\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:13:10","slug":"guest-post-kryssie-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post- Kryssie Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn time for the holidays!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSweet
\nTreats Werewolves Love <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nHi,
\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\nKryssie
\nFortune here. I\u2019ve dropped by to tell you about the heroine in my
\nlatest book. She spent two years running the Lykae Army Mess. She
\ndiscovered the way to a werewolf\u2019s heart is to feed him cake.
\nUnfortunately, it doesn\u2019t work with Joel, the werewolf she loves. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\nLast
\ntime I saw her, she gave some of her recipes to share with my
\nfriends. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\nExcerpt<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nShe
\nstared at him as though he\u2019d sprouted wings and flown around the
\nroom. \u201cLast time I was alone with you, you couldn\u2019t get away fast
\nenough. I\u2019m going nowhere with a louse like you. Go away. My cakes
\nare better company than you.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\nNot
\nexactly the reaction he\u2019d hoped for. Normally women fell over
\nthemselves to attract his attention. Ellie refused to fall for his
\ncharm, but he deserved every angry word she threw at him. It rocked
\nhim when he realized he\u2019d treated his mate with the same disdain
\nOlivia showed him.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u201cEllie,
\nplease\u2026\u201d For once Joel didn\u2019t know what to say. He blamed
\nhimself for the coldness between them. Before he could find the right
\nwords, his pack mates were back, all of them trying to flirt with
\nEllie. They polished off the first tray of tarts, then jostled to get
\nat the ones Ellie had just taken out of the oven.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nRecipe
\nfor Ellie\u2019s Coffee and Walnut cake<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFor
\nthe sponge<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nIngredients<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>50 grams walnut
\npieces<\/span><\/div>\n
\n225 grams caster
\nsugar<\/span><\/div>\n
\n225 grams soft unsalted
\nbutter (plus some for greasing)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n200 grams plain
\nflour<\/span><\/div>\n
\n4 teaspoons instant
\nespresso powder<\/span><\/div>\n
\n2 \u00bd teaspoons baking
\npowder<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00bd teaspoon bicarbonate
\nof soda<\/span><\/div>\n
\n4 large eggs<\/span><\/div>\n
\n1 – 2 tablespoons milk<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

\nFor the buttercream frosting<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n350<\/span> <\/span>grams<\/span> <\/span>icing
\nsugar<\/span><\/div>\n
\n175<\/span> <\/span>grams<\/span> <\/span>soft<\/span> <\/span>unsalted
\nbutter<\/span><\/div>\n
\n2 \u00bd<\/span> <\/span>teaspoons<\/span> <\/span>instant
\nespresso powder<\/span> <\/span>(dissolved
\nin 1 tablespoon boiling water)<\/span><\/div>\n
\napprox.<\/span> <\/span>10<\/span> <\/span>walnut
\nhalves<\/span> <\/span>(to
\ndecorate)<\/span><\/div>\n

\n
<\/span><\/span>Method:<\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Preheat
\nthe oven to 180\u00b0C\/gas mark 4\/350\u00b0F.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. \n
    \n Butter two 20cm \/ 8inch
    \n sandwich tins and line the base of each with baking parchment.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    \n Put the walnut pieces
    \n and sugar into a food processor and blitz to a fine nutty powder.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    \n Add the 225g\/2 sticks
    \n butter, flour, 4 teaspoons espresso powder, baking powder, bicarb
    \n and eggs and process to a smooth batter.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    \n Add the milk, pouring it
    \n down the funnel with the motor still running, or just pulsing, to
    \n loosen the cake mixture: it should be a soft, dropping consistency,
    \n so add more milk if you need to. (If you are making this by hand,
    \n bash the nuts to a rubbly powder with a rolling pin and mix with the
    \n dry ingredients; then cream the butter and sugar together, and beat
    \n in some dry ingredients and eggs alternately and, finally, the
    \n milk.)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    \n Divide the mixture
    \n between the 2 lined tins and bake in the oven for 25 minutes, or
    \n until the sponge has risen and feels springy to the touch.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    \n Cool the cakes in their
    \n tins on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, before turning them out
    \n onto the rack and peeling off the baking parchment.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    \n When the sponges are
    \n cool, you can make the buttercream.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  8. \n
    \n Pulse the<\/span> <\/span>icing
    \n sugar<\/span> <\/span>in
    \n the food processor until it is lump free, then add the butter and
    \n process to make a smooth icing.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  9. \n
    \n Dissolve the instant
    \n espresso powder in 1 tablespoon boiling water and add it while still
    \n hot to the processor, pulsing to blend into the buttercream.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  10. \n
    \n If you are doing this by
    \n hand, sieve the<\/span> <\/span>icing
    \n sugar<\/span> <\/span>and
    \n beat it into the butter with a wooden spoon.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  11. \n
    \n Then beat in the hot
    \n coffee liquid.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  12. \n
    \n Place 1 sponge upside
    \n down on your cake stand or serving plate.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  13. \n
    \n Spread with about half
    \n the icing; then place on it the second sponge, right side up (i.e.
    \n so the 2 flat sides of the sponges meet in the middle) and cover the
    \n top with the remaining icing in a ramshackle swirly pattern.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  14. \n
    \n This cake is all about
    \n old-fashioned, rustic charm, so don\u2019t worry unduly: however the
    \n frosting goes on is fine. similarly, don\u2019t fret about some
    \n buttercream oozing out around the middle: that\u2019s what makes it
    \n look so inviting.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  15. \n
    \n Gently press the walnut
    \n halves into the top of the icing all around the edge of the circle
    \n about 1cm apart.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n <\/span><\/div>\n
    \nHappy
    \nbaking!<\/span><\/div>\n
    \nWhile
    \nyou are here, please take a look at my book<\/span><\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nTo
    \nMate a Werewolf<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nBlurb<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \n<\/a>The
    \nscars on Ellie Padget\u2019s cheek are a constant reminder of the times
    \nshe tried to escape from sexual slavery. Two years ago, Joel\u2014alpha
    \nin waiting of the Tundra-Tough pack\u2014led the rescue party that freed
    \nher. She\u2019s loved him ever since.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Their
    \nrelationship finally explodes into steaming sex, but he offers to pay
    \nher off. She walks away with her head high and her heart shattered.
    \nWhen she learns of a plot to destroy Joel and his pack, her only
    \noption is return to his side and warn him.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
    <\/span><\/span><\/span>Joel
    \nhas to fight to retain the pack that should be his by right, and no
    \none can leave until the pack has a new alpha. He\u2019s horrified when
    \nEllie turns up on the night he\u2019s to meet the woman he\u2019s agreed to
    \nmarry but never met. She\u2019s stuck there until he claims his
    \nbirthright. Finally, he realizes Ellie\u2019s his true mate. Now he has
    \nto choose between his arranged marriage, and the one woman he truly
    \nloves. Will he choose with his head or his heart?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
    <\/span><\/span><\/span>To
    \nMate a Werewolf is a stand alone story within the Scattered Siblings
    \nseries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nBuy
    \nLink<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \nhttp:\/\/www.loose-id.com\/scattered-siblings-to-mate-a-werewolf.html<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>
    \n<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n
    \nAmazon
    \nUS http:\/\/amzn.to\/1xR1pf2<\/span><\/div>\n
    \nAmazon
    \nUK http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ACMsOT<\/span><\/div>\n
    \nAmazon
    \nAU http:\/\/bit.ly\/159aunB<\/span><\/div>\n
    \nSocial
    \nMedia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \nFacebook
    \n<\/span>    https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kryssie.fortune<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
    \nTwitter
    \n<\/span>    https:\/\/twitter.com\/KryssieFortune<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
    \n<\/div>\n
    \nRecipe
    \ncouresy of Nigella.com<\/span><\/div>\n

    <\/p>\n

    \n#recipe
    \n #cupcake #Lykae #am reading #kindle #romance<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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