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Challenge: Recipe (Food) III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date: Jul 15, 2008
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2008

300g plain flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
bicarbonate of soda
200g soft brown sugar
4 eggs
250ml oil
1 orange , zested
1 lemon , zested
200g carrots , finely grated
150g walnuts , chopped
227g tin pineapple pieces, well drained and chopped (optional)

For the cream cheese topping:
125g unsalted butter at room temperature
50g icing sugar
250g cream cheese

Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Line a 20cm, 10cm deep cake tin. Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together and stir in the sugar. Beat the eggs with the oil and citrus zests. Stir in the carrots and fold everything into the flour mixture. Fold in the walnuts and pineapple if using. Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool.
For the frosting, beat the butter and icing sugar together until soft and then beat in the cream cheese. Chill the mixture until it's thick but spreadable. Spread a thick layer on top of the cake, making sure the side of the icing is flat and continues upwards from the side of the cake.


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It's NOT A PLASTIC SPOON, i repeat NOT A PLASTIC SPOON =( it's wooden and its lovely!

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 134
Avg (all users): 6.1231
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 6.0204
Avg (non-participants): 6.1575
Views since voting: 897
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 195
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)


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07/23/2008 05:23:52 PM
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Looks great Luana :-) Nice work.

Shame you used a plastic spoon though *runs and hides*


*runs after SoulMan1978 with the bloody "PLASTIC" spoon!!!*
07/23/2008 05:03:37 PM
Looks great Luana :-) Nice work.

Shame you used a plastic spoon though *runs and hides*
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07/23/2008 03:30:09 AM
Originally posted by redjulep:

Yours was the only 10 I gave out in this challenge. And I'm not a miser with 10's. Absolutely love this image, the atmosphere, the light, the DOF, the composition - all excellent.


Thank you so much!
07/23/2008 03:24:58 AM
Yours was the only 10 I gave out in this challenge. And I'm not a miser with 10's. Absolutely love this image, the atmosphere, the light, the DOF, the composition - all excellent.
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07/23/2008 03:06:10 AM
Originally posted by IreneM:

Wonderful! Everything's perfect. The colours, lighting, Focus, DOF and composition are spot on. I hope to see you on the front page.


Wow, could I hav gotten a BIGGER compliment than this?! Thank u Irene!!
07/23/2008 03:05:37 AM
Originally posted by liberty:

wish to have seen it placed higher, good work.


Thank you so much for the fave!!! Your the best! =)
07/23/2008 12:10:07 AM
wish to have seen it placed higher, good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/22/2008 11:52:36 PM
really like the lighting, looks very inviting, 10.
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07/22/2008 08:57:13 PM
too cool.
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07/22/2008 08:45:53 AM
In a way one of the better images in the Challenge in terms of dof and overall style. We're just a little too far from the product to indentify the texture. I think leaving all the chair in the shot isn't doing the food justice. It tells of the setting but you don't need that much of it. I would have gotten in tighter and bounced some light on the right side of the cake to bring it out a little.
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07/22/2008 01:14:21 AM
Good picture but... a plastic spoon?
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07/21/2008 10:07:11 PM
Love the lighting
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07/21/2008 02:12:43 PM
Wonderful! Everything's perfect. The colours, lighting, Focus, DOF and composition are spot on. I hope to see you on the front page.
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07/17/2008 01:19:01 AM
The background is a bit distracting for me, I'm wondering if that thing behind the chair is a mirror or not. Apart from that, I like the smooth reflection, the DOF and the food itself.
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07/16/2008 11:56:58 AM
Looks Good enough to eat!
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07/16/2008 10:23:52 AM
I like the scene you have set with the chair and framed image in the background. The plate feels too close to the edge of the image though, I think it needs a little space. And I'm not personally keen on the rather blue colour tones of the image. I think warmer tones would suit it better.
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07/16/2008 10:16:17 AM
lovely, elegant bokeh. I would've tried to use a silver spoon or one of brushed metal, though, the plastic spoon takes away a bit.
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07/16/2008 10:00:04 AM
This photo gives me a warm, comfortable feeling. Great DOF, and nice lighting. Really brings my attention to the cake. Nicely done.
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07/16/2008 02:32:08 AM
The plastic spoon does not due justice to this for me.
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