Marjoram essential oil - The Oil of Conviction

Marjoram aids those who are unable to trust others or form meaningful relationships. This inability to trust stems from harsh life experiences. The individual develops a fear of close connection in human relationships. They may tend toward reclusive behaviours, protecting themselves even further abstaining from social interactions. They may also protect themselves by unconsciously sabotaging long-term relationships. Marjoram shows the barriers they have formed to protect themselves from others. It reveals patterns of aloofness, distancing one's self from other people, or being cold. Those in need of Marjoram oil most likely use these protective coping strategies unintentionally. Deep down they desire the intimate connection they subconsciously sabotage.

Marjoram teaches that trust is the basis for all human relationships. It assists an individual in increasing their warmth and trust in social situations. Marjoram softens the heart and heals past wounds. It kindles the fires of trust in relationships so that one may fully blossom. When an individual feels safe and loved, they express their authenticity more freely.

Marjoram restores trust and openness so that true bonds of love may be formed in friendships and relationships.

Negative Emotions: 
Distrust, aloof, protected, distant, emotional isolation, reclusive, emotionally cold, fear of rejection

Positive Emotions: 
Open, connected, close relationships, warm, softhearted, loving bonds, ability to trust, safe

Interestingly, the best Marjoram grows and sourced from Hungary. A small country in the heart of Europe, connected and surrounded by many countries and central to Europe. Could not be more appropriate to its emotional qualities. Maybe that makes it exactly suitable to improve relationships and connect people.

Marjoram, as a herb, is extremely popular and commonly used in cooking in Hungary. Here are two of my favourite recipes, Chicken Paprikash with Marjoram and Braised Paprika Chicken that are easy to make! You will get even more flavoursome dish if you use your doTerra Marjoram Essential Oil. Many times I follow the recipe as it is and enhance the food with a drop or two of the oil! Cooking with essential oils is fantastic because they are there all the time, even when I have no fresh herb at home, like marjoram! Just make sure that you always use top quality 100% pure oils that can be taken internally and used for cooking.

Marjoram Essential Oil Description
Also known as “wintersweet” or “joy of the mountains, ” Marjoram was known to the Greeks and Romans as a symbol of happiness. Marjoram has been used in culinary dishes, imparting a unique flavour to soups, stews, dressings, and sauces: in Germany, this herb is known as the “Goose Herb” for its traditional use in roasting geese. In modern applications, Marjoram is valued for its calming properties and its positive effect on the nervous system. It also supports both healthy cardiovascular and immune systems.

Historical uses:

Marjoram was used to combat fluid retention, muscle spasms, rheumatism, sprains, stiff joints, bruises, obstructions of the liver and spleen, and respiratory congestions. According to Roberta Wilson: "Those curious about their futures anointed themselves with marjoram at bedtime so that they might dream of their future mates."

French Medicinal uses:

Aches, arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, constipation, cramps, insomnia, intestinal peristalsis, migraine, headaches, muscles, neuralgia, pains, parasympathetic nervous system (tones), blood pressure (regulates), rheumatism, sprains. 

Aromatic influence:

It promotes peace and sleep

Primary Benefits
Valued for its calming properties and positive effect on the nervous system, supports a healthy immune system and may promote a healthy cardiovascular system.

Uses
Apply to the back of the neck to lessen feelings of stress.
Apply to a fussy child’s feet prior to a nap.
Replace Marjoram essential oil in your next recipe that calls for dried Marjoram. Usually 1 drop of essential oil is equivalent to 2 tsp. of dried herbs.
Apply to muscles before and after exercising.

Wholesale price: AU$40.50 PV:26.50 visit: www.doterra.com and quote ID:3424449

Blends with Bergamot, Cypress, Lavender, Orange, Rosemary, and Ylang Ylang.

Always use oils with caution and following instructions. 

Arborvitae - the Tree of Life and its emotional benefits

ARBORVITAE - known as the Tree of Life

The Oil of Divine Grace

Arborvitae assists individuals who believe or act like all progress must be made through struggle and solitary effort. Instead of trusting in the Divine, these individuals unconsciously block Divine aid, choosing instead to live by their own efforts. Arborvitae addresses the need to control one’s outcomes in life. It invites individuals to live with peace and joy by trusting in the abundant flow of Divine grace.

Arborvitae is also a grounding oil that teaches Divinity is all around. God/s grace can be felt and experienced here on earth; it is not distant or separate. God can help find balance in life and teach what to hold and what to release. 

Arborvitae’s Latin name means “sacrifice”. This oil invites individuals to sacrifice their personal will and ambitions  for a far more fulfilling way of living. By surrendering to God, the mind relaxes and the soul experiences harmony and peace. Arborvitae teaches that true strength can come through emptiness or a willingness to receive God’s strength. It asks individuals to relax, take a deep breath, and trust in the flow of life. Arborvitae assists thew soul to live effortlessly by Divine grace. 

Negative emotions: Willful, struggle, excessive effort, distrust, rigid, fearful, need to control

Positive Properties: Peaceful, surrender, grounded, allowing, relaxed, grace-filled, effortless living, trust in Divine grace

From the book Emotions and Essential Oils

Known as the “tree of life, ” Arborvitae is majestic in size and abundant in unique benefits. 

Arborvitae essential oil is concentrated in tropolones, such as hinokitiol, which are a group of chemical compounds that protect against environmental and seasonal threats and have powerful purifying properties. These compounds also contribute to Arborvitae’s natural insect repellent properties. Thujic acid, another tropolone found in Arborvitae, has been studied for its ability to protect against common threats in the environment. Native to Canada, all parts of the Arborvitae tree were used extensively by Native Americans for health benefits and for building vessels, totem poles, baskets, and clothing. Because of its natural preserving properties, Arborvitae prevents wood from rotting, which makes it popular in woodcraft and for preserving natural wood surfaces. 

Primary Benefits: 

- Protects against environmental and seasonal threats

- Powerful cleansing and purifying agent

- Natural insect repellent and wood preservative

Uses

- Add a few drops to a spray bottle with water and spray on surfaces or hands to protect against environmental threats.

- Apply to wrists and ankles while hiking.

- Diffuse to purify the air and to repel insects inside the home.

- Mix 4 drops of Arborvitae essential oil and 2 drops of Lemon essential oil for a natural wood preservative and polish.

- Use during meditation for a sense of peace and calm.

Size: 5 ml Wholesale: $22.00 Retail: $29.33 PV: 22 
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An essential oil for your heart -Ylang Ylang

Ylang Ylang is a flower of a tropical tree. The name means flower of flowers. 

Did you know that this oil is one of the key ingredients of the famous Chanel No5? 

This oil with its romantic scent is a wonderful remedy for the endocrine, cardiovascular, reproductive and digestive systems. 

Benefits of Ylang Ylang:

Heals cardiac problems

Fights parasites

Regulates heartbeat

Reduces inflammation

Mood enhancer

Promotes healthy intestinal functions

Increases blood flow

This unique oil is an Aphrodisiac, mood enhancer, a natural hair care product, a natural energiser and a fantastic skin preserver! 

What is even more impressive is Ylang’s emotional healing properties as you see on the main picture. Apply a drop above your heart for heart ache, abandonment, shame, rejection and sadness. 

Make sure that you always have a bottle of Ylang Ylang in your medicine cabinet. 

Get your oils from my www.doterra.com and quote ID:3424449 and enjoy the emotional healing and wellbeing they can bring about!

Managing performance anxiety with essential oils

The whole world is stressed. Stress is the new black. If you are not complaining about being stressed, you live a sedentary or boring life. Unfortunately, stress is becoming the biggest killer and the reason and the origin of most diseases. Managing stress is crucial. It is in our best interest. 

There is positive and negative stress. It might be a positive stress, the kind performers and athletes put themselves under the perform at their best or negative stress that comes from working in an open-plan office with a dozen telephones ringing all the time. 

The kind of stress and degrees of it are manifold, therefore the way we deal with it and the oils we use for it must reflect the diversity. 

POSITIVE STRESS

Let's distinguish between the type of stress we have like positive, normal and state of distress. 

Positive stress could be described as a "high", the excited state you get when performing in a job you like and passionate about. It is, indeed, this kind of high that makes people love and enjoy working and achieve well. This kind of high helps you perform well. Positive stress makes us aim a little higher, jump over hurdles and gives us the force to take on challenges. 

This is the type of energy that increases stimulation, helps our energy level, makes our creativity flow, contributes to us feeling good and gives us wings. This is the type of stress that does not need to be treated. People who live in this kind of positive stress choose to do it and learn to handle it most often. They are the real performer type, the ones who were born to be on stage or in the limelight. They get a kick out of it!

NORMAL STRESS

Normal stress is a state in which the body performs its functions for survival in response to circumstances. For example, when you have a car accident the body is flooded with adrenalin which causes all kinds of phenomenon. Everything goes into slow motion, people hardly notice their own injuries while saving and helping someone else or reduced pain sensation due to shock. This is all for a good reason, to increase people's efficiency and capacity to act and survive. Your heart maybe pounding, your body shaking, your wound bleeding but you manage to carry your child to the next house to call an ambulance. You can collapse later, when the emergency is over. These normal stress mechanisms are good and absolutely necessary in the best interest of our survival. We don't need to treat them either. 

DISTRESS

This is when the healthy stress becomes chronic. This is the type of stress when we have no energy, no drive to achieve well and to perform our best, no will, just frustration, sheer fear facing the increasing pressure of the upcoming event. Of course different types can exacerbate each other, so that the environmental stress you suffer at work can cause normal stress which when taken home, can lead to emotional stress. 

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS

caused by, for example, by fluorescent light, electromagnetic radiation, constant noise pollution or simply, too cramped office space.

Essential Oils for environmental stress:

Cedarwood, Coriander, Geranium, Cypress, Roman Chamomile, Basil, Bergamot

CHEMICAL STRESS

We live in constant chemical stress exposed to chemicals in our cleaning products, cosmetic products, pesticides in our food, chem trails, cigarette smoke caused by smokers, reaching for drugs and antibiotics too easily, air pollution, inhaling substances at the factory or office, sleeping in latex, memory foam and inhaling their chemical smell, too many cups of coffee, too many lunch time or dinner drinks and too much junk food.

Essential Oils for chemical stress:

Lavender,  Clary-sage, Patchouli, Pettigrain, Geranium, Grapefruit, Lemon, Rosemary

PHYSICAL STRESS

Pushing your body to the limits all the time, working too many hours and not getting enough rest, being obsessed about working out in the gym or driving long distances continually. 

Essential oils for physical stress: 

Rosemary, Roman Chamomile, Marjoram, Lavender, Bergamot, Thyme, Geranium, Fennel

MENTAL STRESS

Mental stress is constant for most people trying to achieve, to perform, to prove, to please. It is caused by just getting on with our daily life like bringing up children worrying about them all the time; taking exams, especially when we are not prepared to the standard we would like to demonstrate and the mark to get; anguish over uncompleted jobs; unemployment and financial worries.

Essential oils for mental stress:

Geranium, Lavender, Sandalwood, Basil, Bergamot, Grapefruit, Cardamom, Patchouli

EMOTIONAL STRESS

Emotional stress is caused by relationship problems, parental guilt, the inability to give and receive love and grief. 

Essential oils for emotional stress:

Geranium, Sandalwood, Palma rosa, Bergamot, Vetiver, Rose, Cardamom

The different types of stress can be individual or present in combination. Take these levels of stress into consideration when selecting the oils from the formulas. Treat the first level before it moves to the second and so on. Mental health is as precious as physical health. Emotional problems if not identified, treated and dealt with will move into manifesting physically. There is no sharp distinction between physical and mental or emotional and mental stress. The human body works as a complex and integrated unit and taking care of one is taking care of all. 

Level 1: starts as a tiredness and develops into irritability, headaches and insomnia

There are a few beautiful blends by doTerra that will help you to destress, get calm and rest well but in a natural way, without drugs and feeling strange next day. Depending on what causing the emotional stress, grief, relationship or parental guilt or something else, select the suitable blend to help you find peace and rest. 

Essential oil blends to relax, for rest and better sleep:

Console, Lavender Peace, Past Tense, Peace, Forgive,  Peace, Serenity

Level 2: depression, anxiety, muscular pain, chronic aches, persistent infections, guilt, apathy and helplessness.  

Essential oils for depression and to lift your spirit:

 Lemon, Frankincense,  Motivate blend, Cheer uplifting blend, In Tune focus blend, Console comforting blend, Elevation joyful blend, Balance grounding blend, Peace reassuring blend, Citrus blend invigorating blend, Serenity calming blend, Ylang Ylang (for heartaches, abandoned, rejected, sadness and shame)

A few tips:

When you get to this stage, take a good look in the mirror. Examine your life and what coping mechanism you have to deal with stress. It's obviously not working. Look into seeking professional help, restructuring your life, changing job or reducing your workload, study load, sharing load with your partner, family and friends. You need more "me" time because if you keep doing what you are doing now, level 2 will lead to 3 then 4 and your life is over as you know it. 

Most people don't take seriously the warning signs. I know that essential oils are not a cure for all. However, essential oils can lift your spirit and is a quick fix to elevate your mood and make you feel good. That can turn things around very quickly! 

A little extra sleep, good food, less coffee, a relaxing bath or foot bath with essential oils, fortnightly massage, yoga or swimming, a few days away can make you feel better and return your equilibrium. Don't wait until you are so stressed that you can't recognise yourself and all your loved ones deserted you!

Level 3: persecution complex, phobias, despair, increasing guilt and depression, susceptibility to viral infections and bacterial invasion

Essential oils for despair: 

Eucalyptus, In Tune focus blend,  Motivate blend, Lemon, Lime and Lemongrass oils

Essential oils for guilt:

Zendocrine detoxification blend, Melaleuca, Peppermint, HD skin clearing blend and Purify blend

Essential oils for infections:

Cinnamon, Clary Sage, On Guard protective blend, Myrrh with Oregano, Douglas Fir (skin)

Please, always seek medical advice! This blog is not to diagnose, cure or give or replace medical advice in any way!

Level 4: now the body is really crying for HELP! Unexplained pain, heart problems, strokes, and high blood pressure may be experienced along with all the other diseases that are thought to have their roots in stress, like ulcers, and even, according to some opinions, arthritis. The immune system is further depressed, leading to all kinds of physical problems. 

A few recipes of oil blends:

Make up these recipes and use them after work in a bath or foot bath by adding a few drops to the water or apply topically as a massage oil by adding carrier oil. 

Stress level 1 and 3 General use:

Marjoram  15 drops

Roman Chamomile 5 drops

Lemon 10 drops

Tiredness blend: 

Lemon 10 drops

Clary Sage 5 drops

Lavender 15 drops

Anxiety blend:

Lavender 10 drops

Geranium 10 drops

Palma Rosa 10 drops

I find that carrying my favourite doTerra blends in my handbag helps me deal with the demands of the day. I apply my oils, depending on how I feel and what my body crave, on my wrists after breakfast and repeat it as many times as I need and feel like during the day. I diffuse oils at home, again, depending on how I feel and what I like that day. I apply oils on my spine before bed and inhale my favourite oils before going to sleep. 

What I use changes constantly according to my mood, my feelings, the demands of the day or specific needs to improve my health. I find the proprietary blends more and moire useful. Presently, my most favourite is Past Tense.

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Going Natural with doTerra

When it comes to cleaning, our homes are full of chemicals. We store it in our bathrooms, in the kitchen and it cause havoc with our health systems.

My fairly new love affair with doTerra’s essential oils and natural products was just the next logical step of the journey that I have been on in the last 12 years.I am sure, I am not alone. People are concerned about these issues but convenience and money limit people in their options. Also, their ignorance. I still see it every day. They rather support big superstores and vote with where they spend their money instead of supporting local products and local shops or would enjoy the benefits of buying from their own shops, get points that could be used to pay for free products and enjoy commissions after introducing others to their products. But this is MLM, this is pyramid scheme, they say! No, it’s a company that has far superior products and operates differently. That’s all!

These companies don’t need to advertise and they grown their businesses through their advocates and pay them well! We are still so conditioned about how businesses should operate and how jobs can be done that it is mind blowing.

We rather slave for somebody else’s business and build their dreams than work for ourselves and follow and build our own dreams! We give our time, sacrifice our family life for a steady but meager pay then work hard for a few years building a business that will serve and support you for the rest of your life!

People still respond to an MLM business like it was a woodoo….Although they absolutely love the products! And through the products, once they realise what a great incentives they get from the company, for example free oils, points to buy whatever you want for free at your next order and of course, the commissions! How cool is when at your next order you don’t need to pay, just use your well-earned commissions! And later, when the commission grows, your phone bill, your holiday covered, then….earning a part-time then a full time salary worth from your little oily business!

So look at these products carefully…They not only chemical and toxins-free but they are great quality, clean well and smell fantastic. You can trust them just like your best friends! Appreciate them and treat them well, just like you do your best friends. In return, they will keep you healthy, serve you faithfully and when you share them with family and friends, bring you points, commissions and financial security.

Just to give you a picture, the On Guard family has many and varied products!

• On Guard Essential Oil Blend for immune system protection
• On Guard Natural Toothpaste
• On Guard Throat drops for sore throat
• On Guard beadlet for immune protection
• On Guard Softgel for immune protection
• On Guard Foaming Hand Wash
• On Guard Cleaning Concentrate
• On Guard Laundry Liquid

The On Guard products range includes the following essential oils: Proprietary doTERRA On Guard Protective Blend of Wild Orange, Clove, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® essential oil provides natural protection by keeping surrounding areas clean and safe.

For example, the Cleaning Concentrate has many uses:

MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANER: Mix 2 tbsp of concentrate per 24 oz. of water.

BATHROOMS: Mix 3 tbsp of concentrate per 24 oz. of water.
DISHES: Mix 3 tbsp of concentrate per gallon of water.
TOUGH JOBS: Apply concentrate directly on designated area and let soak.

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Traveling with kids and settling them with essential oils

Traveling with kids is fun but can be hard.
Some children respond well to routine and when they are in a new environment they become sick, unsettled, they don't sleep, their eating habits get upset and they become needy.
Other kids are more adaptable and enjoy their new surroundings and the challenges that being away from home means. Traveling abroad on flights has its own risks. Landing in another country where hygiene, different health, food preparation and eating standards, cleanliness of toilets and bathrooms differ from home puts our bodies to high alert state.

When we travel, we come into contact with bacteria and viruses against which our children have no genetic immunological defence. Not just that, but we sleep, wash where strangers slept and washed the night before, and when some of the bacteria and viruses people carry with them are so dangerous, why take any chances of picking them up? There are some alarming news that some hotels don't even change and wash the sheets between clients and when they wash it, with special equipment you can see the body fluids still on the sheets, mattresses and beds. With killer diseases on the rampage it is not being paranoid to take steps something longer-lasting than a tan.

Toilet and a killer combination exterminating oils
Even if your toilet facilities look clean that doesn't mean they have been disinfected. It doesn't take a minute to wipe the toilet seat - under as well as on top - with a tissue that has a neat drop of thyme essential oil on it. Even if your toilet is attached to your own room, it may be wise to do this daily. Remember too the toilet flush-knob and doorknob. If you are travelling in particularly suspects parts you might use a few tissues impregnated with thyme, lavender and eucalyptus. These three together provide a very powerful bactericide and few dangerous microorganisms can escape their exterminating effect. Also, it never hurts to wipe around the basin and bath with an essential oil tissues.

Bed bugs and body fluids...
Every bed in the world is teeming with minute life-forms which live off the dead skin cells we are constantly shedding, and mattresses soak up whatever fluids are put on them. This makes them a pretty hazardous area. As a precautionary measure, especially for your children, pull the bedclothes back and wipe the mattress with a tissue on which you have put a few drops of thyme, lavender and lemongrass essential oils.

"Last year I gave a travelling kit of oils to a young man who was planning to travel around the world  on a shoestring  and expected to stay in some pretty rough places. When he got back - after a safe and happy trip - he told me that when he arrived at the seedy dormitory-type hostels he was frequenting in places such as Calcutta, he would splatter a few drops of lavender on the mattress despite the amused looks of some of the hardened travellers around who thought he was just perfuming his sleeping quarters. In the morning, while all the others were scratching themselves madly, he packed his gear up like Joe Cool and went on his way. Throughout his trip he didn't get one single bite from a bed mite - which must be a record many other young adventurers would envy."

Home away from home
Making home away from home is easy with essential oils because you will be taking with you several that already have been using at home and the aroma provides a comforting aura of familiarity and security when used in new surroundings. Nowadays with smart technology and gadgets you even can take a USB diffuser or a car diffuser with you when you travel! Of course, this may not be as important  to you as it is to your children., who often feel insecure while away from home. Things may be fine while they are going to the beach and running around the pool and enjoying all the new  and wondrous things, but when Mum goes out - even just to the bar downstairs with baby listeners alerted - or when the night and darkness approaches and they are surrounded by all those strange noises, children can feel abandoned and frightened. At home alone in a familiar room a child hears the rest of the family talking, laughing, watching TV, moving about and can sleep perfectly well with all these familiar noises. But left alone in a strange room with nothing except their furtive imagination and the banging doors and the ominous whine of elevators, fears of the bogey-man can become very real indeed.

Using familiar scents cannot stop the fears entirely but the essential oils do help in an as yet unexplained way to calm children at night, and perhaps their effectiveness is due to the theory of associations. If you use something like the lovely aroma of geranium when you arrive to make the room yours by putting a few drops around the place, bathe in geranium yourself and, more importantly, give the children a geranium bath before bed, you'll be surprised how easily they settle down for the night in the pleasantly fresh room that smells just like home. You also can use diluted essential oils in a roll-on glass bottle on the bottom of the feet or even on the body to give a nice massage to your baby or child to settle them after bath before going to bed. There is nothing more comforting then Mum or Dad reading or telling a bed time story while massaging with a relaxing essential oil blend.
When you are aware that doTerra 100% pure essential oils can be used in this way, to comfort the child through the sense of smell, use the oil you intend to take away with you around the home and in the child's bath for a few days before your departure.
Here I included three simple oils blends that you can prepare before leaving for your holiday and take with you in a roll-on glass bottle. It makes it very easy to apply, even kids can apply on their own feet! These blends work on babies, children and adults, young and old and has many benefits besides their relaxing effects.

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Fluffy Hungarian Apple Poppy Seed Cake - quick & easy!

You know those Sundays when you feel like baking something but you don't want to labour in the kitchen all day? You feel like something yummy to have with your cup of tea or coffee?
Poppy seed is my BIG favourite! Hungarians LOVE poppy seeds and they make some incredible cakes, strudels and pasta with poppy seeds!

This is one of my favourite recipes because it's quick and easy and the cake is fluffy and delicious!
When I made this the first time, it brought back memories of my family, baking with my Mum, dad watching sports on the TV and beating the egg whites for mum to help with the cake! Precious and fun times!

Today when I prepared this recipe again, I decided to use my doTerra essential oils so I included how to replace lemon with oils! These oils have become my best friends for many reasons. It's easy to place a drop on my wrist a few times during the day and taking supplements done! Tick! I love putting some in my water! Immune system protection and weight loss management done! Tick! I love smelling them! Little pleasures of the day, tick! They make me feel good. Mood enhancement, tick! I love smelling good. Being aromatically dressed, tick! Love massaging oils onto my skin. Massage, beauty treatment, skin care, tick! Now, that was enough...what not to like about essential oils? But wait!...... You even can cook with them! Just make sure they are 100% pure, Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade!

I have been experimenting using my oils in different recipes. It is fabulous that if I don't have lemon, basil, rosemary, lemongrass or other herbs at home fresh, I still can prepare that recipe! I almost wanted to write that it turns out better than with herbs... The flavour is definitely more intense even from 1-2 drops of oil!

So, let's bake that apple poppy seed cake!

Ingredients
1 egg
100g sugar
100g flour
1 teaspoonful of bi-carb soda
100g ground poppy seed
1 grind of a lemon and a tea spoonful of the juice (you can replace the lemon juice and the grind with 2-3 drops of Lemon Essential Oil by doTerra)
100ml oil (coconut oil, melted butter, sweet almond oil, whatever you have home)
250ml sour cream
2 apples (grated on the larger cheese grater)

Method of preparation
Start the oven and preheat it to 180C. Line a baking spring form or a baking dish with baking paper.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl in the same order as they are listed  above. Pour the cake batter into the baking form and place it in the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes.

This recipe takes for me 40 mins in my oven. I find that many cakes collapse after taking them out of the oven because the middle is not properly baked, even when the pin test comes out clean. I tried an extra 10-15 mins extra baking time and it results in better consistency! Just make sure than you keep an eye on your cake and don't burn it! So I add another few minutes after the pin or the fork came out clean!

Tips:  In my family we put a tiny rum to almost every cake recipe! I started to follow this tradition and I like it better! A little alcohol makes almost every cake recipe taste better!
This cake is delicious with some vanilla custard, cream or raspberry sauce! True indulgence but you are worth it! And what are Sundays for if not spoiling yourself and your loved one!