Wednesday it is, hooray!. For the Custard Club this morning, an upside down honey caramel apple cake. I am SO pleased we preserved jars and jars of diced apple in autumn. They are always so handy for cakes, muffins, crumbles and pies. The tray bake style cake looked great when it came from the oven, … Continue reading A lovely Hony Apple Cake (with recipe)

Shock, horror. I ran out of Worcestershire sauce! So yesterday it was imperative to remedy the situation. Last summer we preserved some beautiful red cherry plums (so big I'd assumed they were blood plums). However, as can be the way with cherry plums, they turned out to be very bitter after processing. With more than … Continue reading The calamity of the Worcestershire sauce (or rather the lack of it)

Offerings for the Custard Club and another group of friends over the next couple of weeks. I adore baking treats for them. Plus they are the best test tasters ever. First - cream buns, an extended version, as I wanted to showcase the three jams I'd made that week This Wednesday for the Custard Club, … Continue reading Baking for friends of the Wednesday kind

Wednesday, my favourite day of the week. I never actually plan what I'll bake for the Custard Club's morning tea, but somehow something always occurs to me. I had some stewed apple cooked and a bowl of custard, destined for dessert for visitors, to accompany an apple crumble. So .... why not apple custard yeasted … Continue reading Apple Crumble Custard Buns and more

I was inspired by someone else's post on Facebook this morning, reminding me how good bagels are, so I thought I'd make a batch for lunch. Once shaped and boiled, then glazed with egg yolk wash, do you think I could find the sesame seeds to sprinkle over? Not likely, even though I know I … Continue reading Bagels – a great thing to make on a foggy, rainy day in Molesworth

Last night's segment with Renee Krosch (ABC Sydney Evenings) revealed that yesterday was World Coconut Day. Here are two of my favourite recipes. No photos sorry - I will try to get some up by the end of today. Coconut Crunch Apple Slice 1 egg white, lightly whisked For the pastry base 125g butter, softened … Continue reading World Coconut Day – recipes

Actually, it's a bit of a lemon-a-thon here at the moment. Lemon cordial, lemon curd, Limoncello and lemon juice to freeze made so far. That's as well as the lemongtons this morning of course. There's only one big bowl of lemons to go, destined for more curd. Don't know that it was altogether practical timing, … Continue reading Lemons and blackcurrants – an abundance from friends, the freezer and our own lemon tree

For the Custard Club's morning tea last week - something I call "lemongtons". Lemon butter sponge for the cake component, coated with lemon jelly and coconut. I split them and filled with lemon curd I made very recently. Topped with a tiny swirl of whipped cream and a sprinkle of lemon zest. They were well … Continue reading Lemongtons – a twist on lamingtons, a treat for friends

Slightly upscaled lunch at the usual shopping day picnic spot. It was a simple thing to fill an additional thermos with hot soup and bake a little focaccia in the wood stove before we left. It was certainly a bit too chilly to sit at the waterfront tables at Cornelian Bay, but in the car … Continue reading Picnic lunch by the bay and marble cake for friends

Here is the recipe I promised to post. Turkish breads (Borek) were also discussed - that recipe can be found in my blog page post of September 23rd 2024. (Just use the search bar to find this.) Any others you would like, let me know and I will post them immediately. Worcestershire Sauce This is … Continue reading Worcestershire sauce recipe (from ABC radio Hobart cooking talkback yesterday)