Baking up a Storm

today i made something that i haven't made in more than 20 years

 Cinnamon Scrolls from my woman's weekly cook book & they taste as good as they look

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brownies

Sunday Baking

Pear Flan

4 large Pears, peeled, cored and sliced
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/4 tsp mixed spice

mix all then add pears, bake in a spring form pan
until golden & cooked through
about 40 mins at 160*

serve with ice cream or cream




Bananas comming out of my ears at the moment so the only solution was to bake with them

Banana cake
Banana Bread
Banana & Sunflower Seed Cake

these will be going in the freezer

Time Flies

well the time does fly when your busy.
i would just like to say thank you to everyone for your Christmas Wishes
sorry i haven't gotten back to everyone, just haven't had enough time to sit & say hello.
i hope everyone had an Awesome Christmas with family & friends.
we had a quiet Christmas day with just my boys { the most relaxing day i have had in quite a while}. Boxing day saw me cooking up a storm for the extended family of an early tea.
new recipes
Banana Cream Pie
Mango Pavlova with Orange Cream
Pistachio & Banana Pavlova
if anyone would like the recipes, let me know.
more family over yesterday for lunch {don't ya just love leftovers}

Father Christmas brought me a
Wheelbarrow


Ratchet Loppers


Ratchet secateurs

Baking Sunday

well Baking Sunday has rolled around again

Choc Chip Cookies
Rock Cakes
Lemon Fingers
Banana Cake

Lasagna with homemade pasta for tomorrow nights tea

on the Pear front

Pear & Cinnamon Cake
Pear Crumble {thanks to Jo over at Sparklygreenknickers}
Pear Ice Cream
Puree Pears for the freezer

an afternoon Cocktail, Raspberry & Apple quencher

On the Pear Recipe List

Pear & Almond Smoothie
Vanilla & Pear Smoothie
Orange & Pear Shake
Pear & Ginger Upside Down Cake Oven
Pear Pancake
Chocolate Pear Tart

i am down to 1/2 a box so if anyone has any other Pear recipes let me know.
i will be passing on the Poached Pears in Red Wine {not keen on those}

Saturday we went to the Small Farm Show out at Richmond
saw lots of different cows, goats, alpacas, sheep, pigs, working dogs, retired grey hounds, ducks, chooks mmm sure i have missed something, well never mind
tractors, water tanks, solar panels, animal fencing, wood splitter, log saws
all of these things make me smile, we really need to own a farm
picked up a Jockey wheel for our trailer {no we dont drive but we do own a trailer}
& 4 bars of Lemon Myrtle goats milk soap mmm lov this soap

Garden & Sunday Baking

8.30 till 3pm i spent out in the yard. it has been a cool overcast day, just perfect for garden work.

Planted Out List
Carrots* Littlefinger & Chantenay
Capsicum* Californian & Golden Wonder
Cucumber* Lemon & Lebanese
Butternut Pumpkin
Sweet Corn
Zucchini* Black & Golden
Tomato* Hardy Tom, Sweetie, Yellow Pear, Break-O-Day & Roma
Hilled the 4 lots of potato cages & made 3 new ones

all this pretty much finished of the dirt pile, all that is left is a dead patch on the grass


this is the Lebanese cucumber



this was a drink holder then a fire pit & now it has Roma Tomatos in it



Sunday Baking
ANZACS
Snickerdoodles
Honey Jumbles
Choc Chip
Orange & White Choc Cookies
Banana Muffins

Saturday nights tea was a roast beef with veggies & dessert was this weeks new recipe, Bread & Butter Orange Pudding {got the thumbs up}


Bread & Butter Orange Pudding


My Mothers day Rose, the perfume is gorgeous.

Day 16- Monday Baking

The Weather Forecast
Sunny- tried to rain a couple of times

i was out on friday & then again on saturday & forgot to buy eggs & as i only had 1 egg left in the basket i had to find recipes with no eggs.

ANZACS {you know you lov them, well my boys do anyway}
Lemon Fingers- new recipe
Jam Cookies {1 egg}
Custard Short Breads

while i was baking i turned up the stereo :o)
playing was John Fogerty- Premonition, singing along is a must

Day 8- Building & Baking Sunday

The Weather Forecast
we had some beautiful rain of Saturday night
today it was back to the usual, warm & sunny

day 7 was lost in a day of busy bees.
digging up a side garden, weeding, newspaper, fresh dirt & mulch.
ironing- not a compulsive iron-er {is that even a word}, i usually wait until all of my clothes need doing before i get out the iron & board, & if i need something then ill iron it just before i put it on, but 9 times out of 10 ill just shake it out & put it on anyway.

today A, & i built the gate for the chicken run, a ramp up to the hen house & a nesting box. painted the gate & ramp with the last of the Green paint, will new to buy more to give them a second coat.

Baking Sunday
ANZACS
Choc Chip
White Choc Chunk Cookies
Lemon Curd
Lemon Bars {new recipe}

pulled out the first lot of Radishes to go in a salad to go with
T-Bone steaks on the BBQ


Lettuce, Silverbeet & Snow Peas

Ice Cream

Mixed Berry Frozen Yogurt Ice cream


Baking Sunday didnt happen as it was way too hot to put the oven on, it was baking monday instead. both new recipes, Seville Orange Cake & Mixed Berry Frozen Yogurt Ice Cream.

Ice Cream

1 cup Milk
1 cup Cream
1 tin Condensed Milk {home made}
2 tsp Vanilla
Mix all in a metal bowl & freeze { do not over mix} mix again when partly frozen & freeze again do this 2 more times.

Frozen Yogurt Ice Cream

1 cup Yogurt {i used Easy-Yo mixed Berry}
1 cup Cream
1 tin Condensed Milk {home made}
2 tsp Vanilla
1 cup of Berries {i had berries left over in the freezer from something else}
i added the Berries in the second mixing

Condensed Milk

1 cup Powdered Milk
1/3 cup Hot Water
2/3 cup Sugar
2 tbls soft butter
blend all until sugar is dissolved { i just used my hand mixer}

these 2 recipes came from Simple Cooking blog thanks Julie :o)


Seville Orange Cake

Sunday Baking

i received a bag of oranges & a few Lemonades last week so they are the feature of Sundays baking fun.

first up was Lemon Curd made with the Lemonades
{ not tart like lemons but oh so good}
then used some of the Curd in Lemonade Tarts
Orange cookies were next on the list these are super soft melt in your mouth bite size morsels, dipped in orange icing.

the rest of the oranges were zested & juiced.
next on the list were Brandy Snaps, placed in a container & saved for dessert later on in the week, served with ice cream.
all of these were this weeks new recipes, also made Chocolate Chip Biscuits & still had ANZACS in the pantry.

Lemon Curd

3 Eggs
1/2 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Juice Lemon/Lemonade
Zest of Fruit
150g cold Butter

in a pot whisk eggs & sugar until smooth. add juice, zest & butter. cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter melts. reduce heat to medium-low. continue cooking & stirring until curd is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 mins {do not boil}. Curd should be thick.
now you can pour through a strainer into a chilled bowl, but i prefer the lemon zest to stay in the mix. into a chilled bowl {stick it in the freezer before you start}. Keeps for up to a week.

use for tarts, scones, cake filling, in slices or spread on fresh bread.

if anyone would like the melt in your mouth Orange Cookies recipe just let me know :o)