CINNAMON AS AN APHRODISIAC

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Halloween, Fall, Thanksgiving, cool evenings, flames dancing in the fireplace, the smell of cinnamon and apples wafting through the air.  Way too tame a scene for a group of romance writers, you say?  Then you must not know that cinnamon is an aphrodisiac.

Yup.  I’ve heard that men favor the smell of cinnamon over most other scents.  Time to whip up some French toast for breakfast and make sure we’ve got a cinnamon cake on hand for dessert. You say you’ve got some cinnamon oil?  I’ll leave it to you to find out how to use that.  How come no one makes a cinnamon perfume?  Just asking.

TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE SCENT and I’ll pick a random responder to win a tote from Hawaii and a few other goodies!

I looked for a good recipe for cinnamon cake and found it on “Life’s Smorgasbord,” a blog.

Easy Cinnamon Nectarine Cake

adapted from Bon Appétit, August 2005

Makes 8 servings

1/2 cup (113g) butter, slightly softened (or room temperature)

3/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoons vanilla essence

1 1/4 cups self-rising flour

5 medium nectarines (about 1 3/4 pounds), halved, each half cut into 4 slices

2-3 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F. Butter & line a 9-inch-diameter springform pan.

Using electric mixer, beat 1/2 cup butter in large bowl until creamy and fluffy. Add 3/4 cup sugar and beat until sugar is well-blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then lemon juice and vanilla essence. Beat in flour (be careful here, I got some on my clothes) until incorporated (smooth) but do not over mix it. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. The mixture will be thick.

Arrange enough nectarine slices atop batter in concentric circles to cover completely; press lightly to adhere. Mix cinnamon and 2-3 tablespoons of caster sugar (depending on how sweet/tart your fruits are) in small bowl. Sprinkle over cake (I used a mini-sieve to get an even spread).

Bake until cake is golden brown, about 1 hour (50 minutes for plums or smaller fruits). Cut around cake to loosen; remove pan sides. Serve cake slightly warm or at room temperature. Plain, with ice cream or whipped cream.

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