tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489277858700067102024-02-07T20:33:04.471+13:00Russell and CakeKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-22184497578882810212012-06-18T23:40:00.000+12:002012-06-18T23:40:41.743+12:00Sorry, it's lateI haven't posted since October! It was kind of fun to have a look over the old posts and, more specifically, the photos. Everyone has grown up so much in such a short time. Rory's been at school for almost two months! We've moved house. There are more of us to cook for. We have a new baby now - our puppy, Cody. But where has my baking buzz gone? I really don't know the answer to that one. There have been some baking episodes of course, but unfortunately they're very spaced out, and then not very exciting when i do get round to it. Usually my same old favourites...chocolate chip cookies, ginger cake, muffins. Tasty, but boring.<br />
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So I've just been looking over my photos from the past few months to see what's been going on. If anybody's actually reading this, then i'm about to treat you to a quick peek at what life has involved...or some of what was captured on camera, anyhow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many pots of fudge for the school fair</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yummy apricot / malt biscuit slice given the Al Brown treatment</td></tr>
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These next few were from the summer holidays...6 months ago!<br />
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Okay so it's not the most exciting return to the world of blogging but i'm going to make more of an effort now, although there might be some other projects thrown in there along with the baking. We've been doing a wee bit of crafting round here lately so i might share some of that with you (no laughing!) . Also, I just read Kate's blog and it turns out I decided the same thing as her...time to give composting a go. So far my effort has resulted in a week's worth of scraps sitting in a bucket starting to stink out the laundry - i haven't quite decided where the compost heap is going to be just yet. But hey, no hurry.<br />
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So, I'll be writing again soon. In the meantime, check out <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/new/HEISWE" target="_blank">this song</a> called 'Skip to the Good Part' which I totally love right now. <br />
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Sorry for the boring blog...a bit sleepy now<br />
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HarrietHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697292990971878071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-34184003162538372812012-02-22T20:26:00.004+13:002012-02-22T20:28:48.707+13:00A year ago todaywe welcomed Juno to the world....<br />
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Has changed to this...<br />
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Happy birthday bug<br />
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<br />Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-23348308352151008702012-02-06T09:58:00.003+13:002012-02-06T09:59:25.459+13:00Hello February...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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February is a big month in our household, cos sweet baby Juno will turn one! I can't really believe it was almost a year ago that Anton and I were heading off to hospital to welcome her into the world. It's hard to imagine our little family without her, she's such a ray of sunshine and spoilt rotten by the rest of us....<br />
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So, I guess Feb will be a month of party planning for me, which on the bright side means i get to plan a menu - Yay! I'm thinking of carrot cake as a birthday cake as it is essentially dairy free (don't count the icing...).<br />
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Below are some pics of other things we've been up to. I made a great Russian slice and then proceeded to eat 90% of it myself, went out for a bang-up meal with my mum and sister at 8.2 in Birkenhead, which was divine, stayed true to my resolution to see more live music and went to the Laneway festival with some friends, went to a friends beautiful wedding, and got into the family spirit of togetherness and went for a bush walk. you can see it all in the pics below....<br />
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Happy February everyone! Kate x<br />
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<br />Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-68842618468031928712012-01-19T21:15:00.002+13:002012-01-19T21:15:33.379+13:0012 for 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last time i posted anything was over two months ago- scandalous. I'd promised to bake a cake and over the course of the last two months i have honestly done that, quite a few times in fact, but i failed to document it and subsequently never wrote about it.<br />
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Now i could go on about how slack i am, which is surely fairly obvious to all, but i figured instead i would talk about my plans for 2012 and the future of this blog. You see one of my aims this year is to get better at touching base through my blog. I don't think anyone really reads it but i know that family do and i guess its a pretty good way for them to keep up with what's going on in my corner of the world.<br />
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I hope that Harriet comes back to the blog too, because in all honestly she is the true talent in the kitchen and offers the most when it comes to talking about and creating delicious morsels, but ultimately that decision is up to her.<br />
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I will try and make most of my blogs about some of the baked goods i have a go at making, but occasionally it might just be a whinge, a moan or a spiel about what me, Anton and the kids have been up to- scintillating stuff.<br />
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Anyway, I digress. Plans for this year. Well they are grand, of course. I fully intend to win the lottery and then buy a house and go on a massive holiday with the family - preferably to Paris and Croatia, but I'm open to suggestions. I've also made some resolutions that don't focus so much on losing weight and becoming more attractive (which, lets face it if it hasn't happened by the time you're 32, it's probably not gonna happen). Instead, i'm just going to focus on being less critical about myself, and more sort of rational about how my body really looks.<br />
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I also plan on seeing more music live, getting out and doing more with the kids on the weekend, writing more and saving a little bit of cash (this is surely the hardest task for a gal like me...).<br />
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Good goals i reckon...<br />
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Now, a segue. Lets talk about the 12 awesome courgette and feta fritters i made for dinner earlier this week. A really simple batter from my new Annabel Langbein cookbook which was mainly just a bit of flour and eggs, plus a whole heap of grated courgette, feta, mint, lemon juice and chives. They were really, really good and the whole family liked them. Except for Mila, who got distracted by a new neighbour up the back and was allowed to leave the table early so she could go and blow recorders with her through a gap in the fence - sweet.<br />
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Kate xKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-24972864519804019862011-11-10T21:27:00.001+13:002011-11-10T21:32:33.533+13:00I'll bake a cake soon, promise...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a long time, I'll admit it. Life in our household has been pretty hectic, but what's new!<br />
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We have had a house guest for a few weeks, Anton's sister the lovely <a href="http://listencrafts.blogspot.com/">Ema</a> and we have been busy, busy, busy. There's been trips to the beach, the park, into town (RWC don't ya know), out to the burbs for coffee at the <a href="http://www.kohuroad.co.nz/cafe.html">Kohu road factory</a> (you should visit here- just not on a Sunday or a public holiday - we've tried both and it was closed!!!), numerous donuts from the bakery up the road, Kelly Tarltons, the zoo and more-PHEW! Is it any wonder i've been absent from the blogosphere and missing from the kitchen??<br />
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That being said, Christmas is around the corner and that can only mean lots and lots of baking. This year i'm going to hone my baking skills and get Harriet to help me with the decorative elements- she's so talented in that department. So don't give up on me, from now on i promise there'll be one baking post per week.<br />
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But not till next week. Till then, here's some photos to keep you entertained... (As if the photo at the top wasn't entertaining enough!)<br />
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<br />Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-57741238835894344792011-10-13T11:11:00.001+13:002011-10-13T11:59:14.602+13:00Return of the MacActually, it's just me..It's school holidays...we're doing a lot of watching...Smurfs..Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...more Smurfs...and Season 4 of Gilmore Girls! Fantastic. I know I haven't posted in about a month and there's been a lot of stuff happening, although shamefully not anything very adventurous on the baking front. There has been lots of food though..and lots of birthdays, a prizegiving, an overseas holiday...so I'll just give you a few pictures to blend that month into a nice little montage.<br />
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I've been woefully absent lately i know. I don't really have a good excuse, just general laziness after work, and, to be truthful, i've been a bit on the apathetic-side when it comes to baking. I'm trying to lose the last of my post-baby weight and cakes and biscuits are not helping my cause! That's not to say i haven't been baking them though....<br />
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Above is a pic of the chocolate date cake and lemon yoghurt cake i made for the boys at work. I've also made them a batch of chocolate chippies, which seem to have been the most popular so far. Tomorrow it's my birthday so i'm taking in gingerbread cupcakes with a caramel frosting and some chocolate crunch. The gingerbread recipe is one of Harriet's- 'moist spicy gingerbread' and it's really good. The caramel frosting is kind of like russian fudge- yum yum (goodbye diet) The chocolate crunch is my grannie's recipe and is one of my go-to baking items. Sometimes i think Mila and Anton would be happy if they never had to see another piece of crunch ever again but its just so easy and forgiving to bake and it's the one thing i always seem to have the ingredients for, so i'm always in favour of baking it!<br />
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In other exciting news.. my friend Viv gave birth to a gorgeous wee baby boy on the 16th- Luca Waller. He's a real cutey, you can definitely tell he's a boy, in fact i think he looks exactly like his dad. He's smaller than both my girls were at birth so i felt a bit nervous about holding him at first- it's unnerving having somebody else's life in your hands. And he's quite a jerky fella too- wee little arms and legs moving all over the place.<br />
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I don't have much else to report- that's the problem with working all week, it really interferes with your social life!<br />
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Below is my life over the past few weeks in iPhone photos- thank you
work phone for documenting my boring life :-) Has anyone out there been
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I can't get enough of Homebrand Jellybeans at the moment...they are all glossy and shiny..they even come in pale pink..and they do a bag that's entirely black jellybeans! Yum! I just wish they did one full of blue jellybeans too...then life would be complete.<br />
I also love the girls' new mini Keep Cups (for their morning shot of hot chocolate), and the pretty combination of colours on my bench.<br />
Last, but not least, I love this time of year for homegrown grapefruit (though it seems I can never get enough!). The ones in the picture are not only beautiful in colour, but have the most amazing taste too..I cut them up in wedges and devour like they're oranges..dribbly but delicious!<br />
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Happy Wednesday folks!<br />
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x HarrietKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-16306305380469342992011-08-29T21:21:00.000+12:002011-08-29T21:21:56.551+12:00And another one gone...On Saturday afternoon me and my girls decided to be totally unneccessarily indulgent and so we baked chocolate cupcakes...with pieces of chocolate inside...and chocolate butter cream icing on top. Very very sweet. The chocolate we used was the cadbury block that has different types of filling...orange, pineappple, caramel, strawberry and coconut ice..so it was a bit of a surprise in each cupcake. The baking process itself was pretty sweet too...the girls are really into it and there are not enough tasks to keep them both satisfied! We also listened to a bit of classic Bon Jovi and they were singing along to 'Livin' on a prayer'...it doesn't get much sweeter than that.<br />
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Meanwhile, Herbert was enjoying a nap in a pot...as you do...<br />
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Later in the afternoon we brought out the singstar...the girls particularly like the 80s songs: Heaven is a place on earth, Material Girl, Wake me up before you go.... James even wanted to be Alice Cooper, but it's not that easy. I remember liking that song when I was about her age...strange as that seems. I feel like such a mum at times like these! Before long I'll be telling her about my long walks to school, barefoot through the snow .....<br />
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And today I bought Rory a new (to her), totally rad, bike. And she is almost able to ride it herself...it was awesome. Rory was so excited, giggling with nervous hysteria and likening it to a bit of a rocket launch. It was a bit of a workout for me running along with her this afternoon...trying to keep up, and keep yelling 'keep pedalling, keep pedalling!' at the same time...i'm rather unfit! But it was fun. I took some awful first photos of Rad Rory and her Rad bike (hey, i was exhausted by then)...and they don't even begn to convey the full extent of her enthusiasm...or the RADNESS of her bicycle!!<br />
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Anyway that's the weekend roundup. I'm pretty much over cupcakes now - it's merely the thrill of piping icing that keeps me hanging in there. Time for some new baking terrain to be explored.<br />
What i'm not over is my bookshelf/ poster wall which I have just completed lately...My walls have been bare for too long and I know it will be awhile before I can spend money on art - or frames - so in the meantime I have chosen some pretty pictures, mostly from Frankie and NO magazines , plus a couple of others..got 2 picture walls going at the moment, still a work in progress, but they bring me much pleasure to the eye...as do all my books...I like to gaze at all the familiar titles and just feel a general comfort in their appearance and the knowledge of the words inside...what a geek. But now i'm a geek with some pretty wall coverings! Lovely...<br />
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Next time I will show you 'the hot dog lady'...a family favourite.<br />
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Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-29125381336963875532011-08-24T17:53:00.000+12:002011-08-24T17:53:43.521+12:00School kids and sprinklesMy friend Jo is a primary school teacher and yesterday her students were celebrating 100 days of being at school! I think it's super cute to be celebrating this milestone, the kids must be so proud of themselves and feel like real big school kids now.. Anyway, as part of the celebration she asked me to do some baking, which was a real honour for me (yay, my food is edible!).<br />
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It had to be nut-free (and yet Jo still asked ME to make them...hmmm) and I figured little kids are best with plain flavours so we chose mini vanilla cupcakes, and then shortbread bikkies that the kids could ice and decorate themselves. I can't really show you the kids faces, but judging from Jo's pictures I reckon these cookies were the more popular item..DIY and loaded with lollies..how could they not love that?<br />
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The cookies themselves were my first attempt at shortbread, and I wasn't prepared for how much they would spread during the baking. So, what once was round, became kind of squares as they all vied for space on the tray. They are definitely quite 'home-made' looking (to put it nicely) .. but it looks as though -at least some of them.. were still decorate-able (?).<br />
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As for the cupcakes, the recipe is generally fail-proof, then I iced them three different colours (Rory selected the rather sickly shade of green). This was probably my best ever batch of butter cream icing...not too runny and no signs of curdling which I sometimes see after adding the milk. And, I purchased a disposable piping bag set from the supermarket which worked really well! My writing icing was a bit hard, and I'm still learning there,so the 100 Days writing looks pretty crappy, I'll admit, but I'm thinking this was another fairly successful project..<br />
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Jo has kindly sent me some photos to share with you..you can also see the kids' 100 handprints that they made in celebration..all in all very cute!<br />
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Okay and that is that. Time for a new project to keep me occupied in the kitchen...and not just baking for my own tummy!<br />
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Hope you are all having a good week (and not doing stupid things like locking yourself out of all your property!)... and may I also take this moment to say THANK YOU to all our lovely blog readers and supporters, those of you who have commented, on here or in person, it is really nice to know that our family and friends are reading and enjoying what we are doing here...thanks guys!<br />
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xx HarrietKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-78283870221840113652011-08-24T16:43:00.000+12:002011-08-24T16:43:47.240+12:00B is for Baby..and Boy...and Bedtime...and Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz__hQrPygzT4OZ5_9X75zh0QFrLCwnH1pPqwGAAyRf39ZeeKekSKqWYkQ9ZAHc0iZaPRipsyHhQH_nv0hHL7PDW9cA97Phszo4OmI5nmzHSYvPA_BUeBsrMZF133oDeZlDdwSlq37H7g/s1600/20110813-IMG_4188.JPG"><br />
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Well ok , I seem to have developed a 'better late than never' policy towards blogging specific events. So today I have the photos from Viv's baby shower...most of the sweet food was actually Kate's handiwork, as I spent so much time panicking over the previous night's requirements that I didn't have enough left to fulfill my baking promises for this event. I managed a chocolate caramel slice , some greenish coconut ice, russian fudge, and mini ginger cupcakes with lemon icing. Kate, on the other hand, made pikelets, Belgian bikkies, yo-yos, chocolate chip cookies, and a lemon and yogurt cake, ...and I may have missed something else out there!<br />
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I'm not sure who provided the savouries but they were super yummy too, lovely club sandwiches and cheesy i'm-not-sure-what-you-call-them 's, all in little portions and set out very beautifully. It was all very high tea and pretty-ish and lots of fun. We played a few games...like estimating the size of Viv's baby belly (apparently not nearly as big as most of us thought! ) and matching celebrities to their babies...I got one out of ten right -they were all guesses (can you tell?) - which just goes to show that I have not been reading nearly enough trashy magazines lately!<br />
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Rory and Mila were also there, although Rory was having a bit of an off day, too many strangers, so we left a bit early, while everyone was playing 'guess how much the baby will weigh and what day he will arrive and what his name will be...?'. I doubt I would have had much of a clue on all that anyway..<br />
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Viv looked amazing - and no, i'm not just saying that - I guess all I can compare it to is my own pregnancy, but she didn't look at all how I felt at that stage (ie swollen and puffy and obese)...definitely a glowing mummy-to-be. My photography skills did not extend to people very well, so I might just chuck the food pictures in...<br />
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And in other non-baking related news....I bought a book from the Hospice Shop in Takapuna the other day (I also really wanted a Holly Hobby cloth picture - super cute - but I didn't have enough pocket money ) and I thought I would share a few pages with you. It was written in 1950 I think...posing as 'bedtime stories', but boy, Uncle Arthur really wants to give us a guilt trip about all our faults and petty behaviours...and this is for children! The fact that each story is indexed under the title 'lesson' says it all...But I love the styling, the decorative inside cover, the fancy (appalling) couloured picture pages...quite fun. I shall be reading it nightly to my outrageously undisciplined children...God and Uncle Arthur will have them sorted in no time!<br />
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One more project to report on, coming really soon! Truly!<br />
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xx Harriet<br />
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Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697292990971878071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-14517546514300144372011-08-19T11:27:00.001+12:002011-08-19T11:28:50.035+12:00Quiz night with cakeOkay folks, here I am at last. It has been a while. Once again there are many things to catch up on; I don't know if I can fit them all in today, so I'll start with the two most interesting - our official Russell and Cake baking projects.<br />
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The first of these was my baking basket / hamper for James' school's quiz night. It was for a raffle prize, so I needed to make it look - and <i>be -</i> worth winning. I decided on a selection of chocolate chip cookies, brownies, fudge, coconut ice, chocolate-caramel pecan tarts, and a lemon and coconut cake. Typically, two of my most tried and tested, never fail recipes, didn't seem to come out their best. But hopefully the cookies made up for that. They were some of the best looking chocolate chip cookies I have ever made, I think! the real chocolate chunks really make the difference.<br />
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I packaged everything up as beautifully as I could manage...it was a very hectic end of week, with lots of baking, babysitting, and going over the budget (ing). But on the night I sold all 100 raffle tickets and I was pretty proud of how it looked.<br />
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On top of that I also made little sampler plates for all the quiz tables, with a 'Russell and Cake" business card (thanks Phil) to give us a little exposure.<br />
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So here's how it all looked...<br />
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And this is our table of vintage beauties...second place (for the third year in a row!). <br />
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I'll be back soon with a recap of Viv's baby shower....<br />
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xx HarrietKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-40605152093922423702011-08-16T20:11:00.004+12:002011-08-16T20:35:35.622+12:00Funky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fZROel0R_YG9vm8rXdh69PZflNxKLkXYtQ37UN370rqJZ-WLjaUMeXMAG9ABhbhp0HnpmuhLxo_w8HLtyUqm14MKjAzMCztH6qfO3dXr-26piYwT5F1o418-BDUt6Bf9I11FoReAkN4/s1600/IMG_3112.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 484px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fZROel0R_YG9vm8rXdh69PZflNxKLkXYtQ37UN370rqJZ-WLjaUMeXMAG9ABhbhp0HnpmuhLxo_w8HLtyUqm14MKjAzMCztH6qfO3dXr-26piYwT5F1o418-BDUt6Bf9I11FoReAkN4/s400/IMG_3112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641368739221085842" border="0" /></a>
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<br />This weekend just gone was full of baking. For starters Harriet baked an amazing gift basket full of sweet treats for James' school quiz night on Friday and for seconds her and I both did some baking for my friend Viv's baby shower on the Saturday.
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<br />Despite that, this is not a baking post as i didn't take any photos of either!! Harriet did and i'm sure that she will post an update soon. (c'mon schwess...)
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<br />Both the baby shower and quiz were heaps of fun- our team came second on Friday night, it was only one totally disastrous round that lost it for us and the second- guessing. Oh my gosh that was the worst- the fact that we had written down the correct answers and then went back and changed them grrrr!!
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<br />The baby shower was a lot of fun too- we played a few games and ate lots of yummy food. there was another sweet baby called Piper there for Juno to play with and Mila had a great time being the life and soul of the party. Unfortunately she may have eaten a bit too much as later on she threw up everything- it was pretty gross and she was so upset, poor thing.
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<br />Despite my good weekend i've been kind of down ever since, i'm not sure why. Perhaps it's because i miss my babies and feel so guilty about leaving them every day to go to work. Perhaps it's because i like my job so much and i feel guilty that i don't miss my children more- i just don't know. Whatever it is, i think i've been annoying everyone close to me especially my sister and Dad and probably Anton too. Sorry guys...
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<br />So, in an attempt to get out of my funk, i'm gonna list some of the things i love at the moment starting with this- <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/dargaville-districts/5451409/Snow-in-the-winterless-north">snow in Dargaville </a>-Oh my god!!! This is where Anton grew up and in all my trips up there, I've never seen it look remotely like this!
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<br />Then there's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY">this song</a>, which i love. Don't ask me why but i'm a sucker for bitter, post break up style songs and this one is a doozy.
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<br />I also love <a href="http://closetvisit.com/">this website</a>- checking out other people's amazing closets- aaah yes.
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<br />And this<a href="http://theselby.com/2_27_11_KarenAvril/"> photo essay</a> by The Selby in Karen Inderbitzen-Waller's house in Sandringham. I want their rabbit.
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<br />Then there's food i love at the moment- <a href="http://www.ladiesaplate.co.nz/">this website</a>, <a href="http://www.whatkatieate.blogspot.com/">this blog</a> and <a href="http://www.wagamama.co.nz/">this restaurant</a> where Anton, Mila and I had a yummy, super cheap dinner the other night. Where would we be without noodles....
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<br />I'm also loving Belgian biscuits. I made them for the first time for the baby shower and then again for the boys at work, and i have to say they were pretty darn good. They may have to be my next go to biscuit i think.
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<br />Right, well i'm feeling a bit better already, so that's good. I hope everyone else is faring a bit better...
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">ps: This is Kate folks, not Harriet- I don't know why but I seem to be coming up as Harriet!!!???</span>
<br />Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697292990971878071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-19202273667769411682011-08-07T19:29:00.000+12:002011-08-07T19:29:20.321+12:00Another Weekend....Another market, and no baking!! Shameful really, but i just kinda ran out of time. I had some very squishy bananas that would have made a great cake, but when i went to transform them this morning they'd gone totally yuck, so into the compost they went.<br />
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It was pretty grey in Auckland this weekend but didn't rain as much as predicted so we were able to get out and about, which was cool. On Saturday, Mila went with her Nana to hang out on the shore and Anton and I took Juno out to <a href="http://www.waterfrontauckland.co.nz/Areas/Wynyard-Quarter.aspx">Wynyard Quarter</a> to check out its grand opening, walk over the cool new bridge, and to grab some lunch. It was pretty packed down on the waterfront, heaps of people milling about- cool atmosphere. <br />
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We ate lunch at <a href="http://www.queenieslunchroom.co.nz/">Queenies Lunchroom</a> (poached eggs on toast, great coffee) and spent up large at <a href="http://www.ecostore.co.nz/index.html">eco-store</a> before making our way back to the bus stop. <br />
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Later on Anton had to do boring 'house-stuff' so Mila and I danced together for a couple of hours before she went off to bed and we watched the rugby...phew.<br />
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Today, Tori and I took the ferry over to Devonport to check out another popular craft market. I took my camera with me but it was so cold and blustery that all my focus was on staying warm and i forgot to take any photos!<br />
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The market was cool, Tori bought some yummy rum and raisin fudge and some earrings for her sister. I bought a vege and pesto muffin which was pretty tasty and pretty good value too.<br />
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There were a lot of stalls selling baby stuff and it was probably a blessing in disguise that i didn't have any cashola, or Juno would be sporting a dozen new outfits by now, one including a super super cute pink hat with pompoms. I think i will head back to Devo next month and hit the market again with some money in my pocket- there are bargains to be had!<br />
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Later i went round to my mum's and Harriet and I did a spot of party planning. We are catering for a baby shower next weekend and Harriet is doing a box of sweet treats as a prize for an upcoming school social event (it's a trivia night, and we've entered a team- scary....).<br />
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We have lots of yum things up our sleeve, its gonna be so much fun baking little baby goodies next weekend, i can't wait. And that was pretty much my weekend- no baking, but lots of family and friend fun time....<br />
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Below are some photos of my weekend....<br />
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Later in the evening i finally got round to icing them with a vanilla butter cream type icing. I tried to have a go at piping but it turned out disastrous and in frustration i had to scoop all the icing back out of my plastic bag piper and just smear it on with a knife- the end result is tasty but lacking in finesse...Can you tell?!!!<br />
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Kate xKate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-48789327557388130142011-07-31T16:30:00.000+12:002011-07-31T16:30:18.631+12:00Cupcakes + CraftIt was a beautiful sunny morning today and Kate took me (and Juno) to the <a href="http://www.kraftbomb.blogspot.com/">Kraftbomb</a>, which is a little craft fair held monthly in a hall in Grey Lynn. There were lots of cute things, and some good looking books, I will definitely have to go back one day if I ever have disposable income! There were also lots of people crowded into the hall - so it was quite hard to move, and to take photos of all the pretty goods on display (especially as I get a bit shy taking pictures in such close quarters!).<br />
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Afterwards Kate shouted me coffee and a red velvet cupcake (thanks, big sister!). Very yummy, and it was so nice and warm sitting in the sunshine...too hot for a jumper! It felt so summery.<br />
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Then when I got home I made a batch of my own mini cupcakes. Not exactly adventurous - this is a simple Vanilla Cupcake recipe which is incredibly quick and easy to make, but with a pretty tasty result. I was missing the vanilla essence and one egg, but I just substituted a few spoonfuls of vanilla yoghurt instead and that seemed to work. I iced them with a chocolate buttercream icing - a little sloppy but tasty - and, oh lord, won't you buy me a decent piping bag instead of this 2 dollar shop crap!!!<br />
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Anyway the rest of my week in pictures involved making juice (from what I have now decided might infact be tangelos..!) and hanging out with Rory and baby Bug. The juicing is super fun; they are so easy to squeeze (i just do it by hand over a sieve), so juicy, and the finished product has such a wonderful colour and taste ...if a little sour, but that's the way I like it. <br />
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I will try to do some adventurous ( or just SOME) baking this week, so there is more to post...in the meantime, how can you not adore these cuties..?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">xx Harriet</div>Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-75467331371167769892011-07-24T16:10:00.001+12:002011-07-24T21:02:53.259+12:00Books and BikkiesOn Friday morning we took the kids to the book fair held annually at Northcote College. As always, there were more books we wanted than there was money to spend on them...especially for the girls, who are not so discerning in their choices. But we came away with a good selection, and on top of all the kids books (admittedly, quite a few of those were mine...), the girls each chose a cookbook while they were stuck waiting in the hall full of grown ups books.<br />
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So, the rest of Friday was spent reading...even at my dad's for dinner , James was unable to put down her Paul Jennings find, and I was stuck on Nancy Drew, unable to stop reading until Nancy had solved <i>The Sign of the Twisted Candles.</i> Sometimes I think I was supposed to stop growing somewhere around age 12. Maybe mentally, I did. I love young adult fiction. It's so easy and fun and full of possibility.<br />
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Anyway, on Saturday James was looking for something else to do, so she chose a recipe from her new book...based on the ingredients available in my cupboards. And thus we made 'Monte Creams'...otherwise known as 'Monte Carlos', I believe.<br />
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These consist of two coconutty biscuits sandwiched together with raspberry jam and a fluffy, cream-like icing sugar/butter/milk mix. Our first few biscuits were rather large, so it's kind of like eating 4 biscuits at once. They looked a bit like scones with jam and cream...scone sandwiches...which is not to say they looked <i>bad;</i> on the contrary...I know I seem to be easy to please when it comes to the visual side of baking...but these babies looked pretty sensational. James is turning out to be a talented baker ... and she looks pretty cute when she's tasting her bikkies, too!<br />
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Okay so clearly it's been a while since my last post. Not so much due to lack of baking...I've had issues uploading photos to my computer (seem to have run out of space..). Also unemployment is taking it's toll..it increases my appetite while sucking away my motivation. It's a bad, bad place. Fortunately the sunny days we've been having lately help to get me moving a bit.<br />
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Anyway, today I figured I'd just pop in some photos that have made it on to the computer, and give a sort of run down of what's been made in the past 14 or so days...<br />
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Brownies ( I forgot the chocolate chips though! Idiot)<br />
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes (Yummo)<br />
Ginger Crunch (my first ever attempt...tasty but definitely weird..thin...and not so crunchy)<br />
A home made peanut butter cup type thing...little pastry shells with a mix of peanut butter, condensed milk, chocolate and icing sugar for a filling, topped with melted chocolate..yum yum)<br />
Russian Fudge (had to make with raw sugar as I had no white, but it was a good experiment, still works and tastes pretty good..pretty sugary sweet)<br />
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I'm getting kind of bored with my baking..I need some new inspiration..to create something different. Looking forward to our first assignment as Russell and Cake... and because I love things in miniature, I think it's going to be fun to get creative with the menu for Viv's baby shower. Yay for babies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cookies made by my Dad...using our grannie's recipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afternoon tea - minty hot chocolates and marshmallows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making lemon meringue cupcakes...</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images: one from <a href="http://cakecentral.com/articles/426/baby-shower-how-to-make-a-baby-rump-cake">here</a>, two from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenpalsson/2139369489/sizes/m/in/photostream/">here</a>.</span></div>Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-28437230464033395682011-07-14T20:41:00.000+12:002011-07-14T20:41:54.223+12:00Workin' 9 til 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBPPbyW8bY9-PkXH0Mj8UWndLOLYQjz2gHy8YGQRMPO5oCyNmynD-fgGynE_b3yOKzw2u6qwx775jTPzI9l06E27caaodORSCMIk-17NVo-IvFVX3b71rDWmVrUKjN9sYk9d8QfIdvDI/s1600/IMG_2853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBPPbyW8bY9-PkXH0Mj8UWndLOLYQjz2gHy8YGQRMPO5oCyNmynD-fgGynE_b3yOKzw2u6qwx775jTPzI9l06E27caaodORSCMIk-17NVo-IvFVX3b71rDWmVrUKjN9sYk9d8QfIdvDI/s400/IMG_2853.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Well actually more like 8 til 4.30, but same dif.<br />
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Tomorrow will be the last day of my first official week back at work full time and i am exhausted!! Who knew you office folk worked so hard??<br />
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I have been meaning to post about my activities over the weekend but every night i plonk myself down on the couch and am subsequently too lazy to move- slack!<br />
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But anyway, better late than never right?<br />
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For starters on Friday afternoon this<br />
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and we went to ballet - the last class i'll be able to attend for a while (sob)<br />
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We tried to catch some Juno smiles on camera:<br />
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On Saturday I went to the Langham with my friends for high tea, which was amazing and highly photo worthy (but of course i forgot my camera!!!) however this shot from the web gives you some idea...<br />
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It was so so good, i ate till i felt sick and then i ate some more. There were rum and raisin scones, dainty sandwiches, friands and fruit tarts - it was all exquisitely presented. My friend Liz works at the Langham and organised a great table and we got lots of special attention- fun, fun, fun!<br />
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On Sunday, the nerves kicked in and i was a bit anxty thinking about leaving my girls and heading off to work the next day, so.... I baked !!!<br />
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Chocolate chippies -a perfect comfort cookie. As is always the way with me and my sister, i had to get creative with the ingredients- drop a few here, add a few there, but the end result was pretty damn good if i do say so myself. So nice to eat on Monday when i was freaking out at my desk....<br />
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The rest of the weekend was spent dodging the disgusting weather, watching a lot of Lion King and Toy Story and getting the whole family ready for a full on working week.... by the end of it we were pooped.....<br />
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I can't believe that the weekend is about to roll around again already, sure am hoping i get a sleep in<br />
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Kate x<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">ps: Check out the <a href="http://auckland.langhamhotels.co.nz/restaurants/langham_afternoon_tea.htm">Langham site</a>, if you feel like heading out for a bit of High tea- i recommend it xx</span>Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-8427322956150641352011-07-05T11:47:00.001+12:002011-07-19T21:03:50.566+12:00Did I mention...I love pie?It was Independence Day yesterday so I figured I should try something slightly United States themed...but because it's not exactly BBQ season here I opted for a combination of two other American favourites, and favourties of mine......Pumpkin Pie (mmmmmm...pie) and baked cheesecake.<br /><br />I have a great recipe for a simple baked cheesecake that comes from <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/httpwwwgetcoo-20/detail/1580081304">Mollie Katzen's</a> Moosewood Kitchen recipe book, and I've been using it ever since I turned vegetarian and suddenly found myself the owner of many a specialist cookbook! I do prefer a baked cheesecake to a gelatin-based, set in the fridge job...it's good to know there are no hooves in my meal, and it just tastes better.<br /><br />As for Pumpkin Pie, this is something I first got into after reading Judy Blume's "Just as long as we're together", many many years ago. Something about Stephanie's comfort eating of copious amounts of pie obviously appealed to me and now I know why...because it tastes so good!Nothing cures the blues like a good slice of pie. It's one food i find it very hard to stop eating...along with chocolate...and lots of other wickedly unhealthy things..<br /><br />The other part of this baking equation is a hangover from my childhood, and that is a fascination for things in miniature..such a great marketing ploy...anyway here it means i made individual Pumpkin Cheesecake Pies.<br /><br />One thing that has always stumped me in American recipes is their use of graham crackers as a base...apparently we just have no equal to whatever a graham cracker may be. In the past I often used malt biscuits, but this time around I went with a more subtle, Kiwi style, Vanilla-Wine biscuit base.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbImnh4Qq_YhQzaTRDjnilqe6SKMrBhux_Wwvt137Yi63GKWrKlpQoh0lTcFa2H6BV3fgEWH1lTbd2KIEP6bwiTzrl6GlateztbAWrrAd_WDHpRTf27lMt62BAfX6N5JpOjxdLtx7kaI/s1600/IMG_2721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbImnh4Qq_YhQzaTRDjnilqe6SKMrBhux_Wwvt137Yi63GKWrKlpQoh0lTcFa2H6BV3fgEWH1lTbd2KIEP6bwiTzrl6GlateztbAWrrAd_WDHpRTf27lMt62BAfX6N5JpOjxdLtx7kaI/s400/IMG_2721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625652462398343778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAEQRiLr3MbNfiyAIHTVWkdEULwdxuxQTK9VXgBdPqqnrLyJ2qOc49joHuMiXIXJD1XVfsGACfnzz6ejkMo2ijpuiuS9SVxoegVaH4j5DGu-8iyL-AOUVqX81geNW-GAYE4Nq1sJxmG8/s1600/IMG_2730.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAEQRiLr3MbNfiyAIHTVWkdEULwdxuxQTK9VXgBdPqqnrLyJ2qOc49joHuMiXIXJD1XVfsGACfnzz6ejkMo2ijpuiuS9SVxoegVaH4j5DGu-8iyL-AOUVqX81geNW-GAYE4Nq1sJxmG8/s400/IMG_2730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625652894316769474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As pictured, I used some muffin cases - designed to give your muffins that authentic cafe look - because they are available fairly cheaply from the supermarket, and its basically just pre-folded baking paper, which helped to keep the whole thing together and not sticking to the muffin tray.<br /><br />So the biscuit and butter base went in first, followed by the pumpkin-cheesecake layer. I actually only had about half the correct amount of cream cheese (and it was solid as a rock thanks to my fridge, which thinks it's a freezer), but I simply reduced the eggs from 4 to 3, so it wouldn't be too custardy, and then chcuked in an unmeasured amount of of cooked, mashed pumpkin. Now, if i was being truly authentic and US citizen-like, I would probably have got my pumpkin from a can...but instead I just cooked and cooled it myself beforehand. It was about half a pumpkin. I have no idea of weights/measurements...i just chuck things in and if the consistency seems right, away we go.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIm_TFQ6ev_VOWOlyPGC6rF36JpZdzs0aMcLIyUnPg5MUDT_KHw8DefjTS8At25014QfyLnaDv4hIv9WiTe8BHACrtQ1iZfs6_kd78R1h5A8NZOgaRzYOhzQwEGnpgiTZlTEeYQY83gFA/s1600/IMG_2729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIm_TFQ6ev_VOWOlyPGC6rF36JpZdzs0aMcLIyUnPg5MUDT_KHw8DefjTS8At25014QfyLnaDv4hIv9WiTe8BHACrtQ1iZfs6_kd78R1h5A8NZOgaRzYOhzQwEGnpgiTZlTEeYQY83gFA/s400/IMG_2729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625654802508124594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This filling also contains sugar (i switched to brown because it seemed more suited to the pumpkin), and instead of the usual lemon juice for flavouring i used maple syrup. So this was poured on to the bases and baked for around 20 minutes until they were cute little orangey custard looking things.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_l2x17e7jovOrsxZ3PGG7MtkqMa1VGklOc1a5sl5Uv4F3KnYJ1vurCR5VlE0c3H0TZxJF656gopdW16CvRJoeNn_MeO1Fep9M9CreFmHxzG31epwY_h13q2zqNzosGVEcMxTZFBTB5Q/s1600/IMG_2738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_l2x17e7jovOrsxZ3PGG7MtkqMa1VGklOc1a5sl5Uv4F3KnYJ1vurCR5VlE0c3H0TZxJF656gopdW16CvRJoeNn_MeO1Fep9M9CreFmHxzG31epwY_h13q2zqNzosGVEcMxTZFBTB5Q/s400/IMG_2738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625655660508004066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then I had to wait awhile for the pies to cool to room temperature - and for the frozen sour cream to defrost (thank you, mental fridge). Finally it was ready and the topping was whipped up...basically it's just sour cream and sugar, but I used the last (sob) of my vanilla sugar because it has a great flavour and also resulted in pretty little specks of brown vanilla bean in the topping. This is then baked again for about 8 minutes and then...there you have it...oh beautious pie...cheesecake...whatever you are...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCox8AgVNbWSwMOsGuz1TnqEXte4KzhUUyxBj5oOpj6FAQTEU-cBAibrK-ti0ZRpIY4Z8BLc9VBh3HdhQ2Kp8bjYKNK70Y11vVvBw4Z28TJMvSAJjxAMX2ed6tyUD-XL3sASQwCnf0lvA/s1600/IMG_2740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCox8AgVNbWSwMOsGuz1TnqEXte4KzhUUyxBj5oOpj6FAQTEU-cBAibrK-ti0ZRpIY4Z8BLc9VBh3HdhQ2Kp8bjYKNK70Y11vVvBw4Z28TJMvSAJjxAMX2ed6tyUD-XL3sASQwCnf0lvA/s400/IMG_2740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625658943104327874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniggmkWYboe3AvNU8zuhWu3vBTxvuJZDplMRZLV9HNF8qFkyODMYKjy0ULpUaB-ewbTnq2lF6Y8m97JELtlFZUOJ9s3naAhzOc5m2oZDfc6KDX5j_-w5EVkR6tpLlnC7GU_-hjjQddM0/s1600/IMG_2741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniggmkWYboe3AvNU8zuhWu3vBTxvuJZDplMRZLV9HNF8qFkyODMYKjy0ULpUaB-ewbTnq2lF6Y8m97JELtlFZUOJ9s3naAhzOc5m2oZDfc6KDX5j_-w5EVkR6tpLlnC7GU_-hjjQddM0/s400/IMG_2741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625658946990086690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9myFqU90Y7DnVdA8TF3K4ULfK0RonW4l103wipPqnvpnEFk6-isvr7yFZEph8DTMgBRJmYjRxHrsV7dtApeOMI-9xPeDJOLzpGdOTID359IciIZYdBSkwmmAQTCIZor7xKaa6WUwERo/s1600/IMG_2742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9myFqU90Y7DnVdA8TF3K4ULfK0RonW4l103wipPqnvpnEFk6-isvr7yFZEph8DTMgBRJmYjRxHrsV7dtApeOMI-9xPeDJOLzpGdOTID359IciIZYdBSkwmmAQTCIZor7xKaa6WUwERo/s400/IMG_2742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625658954789189090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rory very patiently waited and assisted while I photographed the fisnished product....then she plunged in with great enthusiasm. As she told James later, they were very yummy..'and you can't even taste the pumpkin!'. What she means, of course, is that you can taste the pumpkin..but it tastes surprisingly good! Not at all like a vegetable!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNjf-AOdmrIW_kIJxN4U0mA9VzuA2kmVs44TXfmj9paINjL3FrtPubMXJDnQPZWbTQIHYuult-ispU4zXZYfZJwIiZVTbJxIXrTl-uGYnJ9DnLCfOo8aBFXGvoPv16HgSyRBHjaulvng/s1600/IMG_2743.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNjf-AOdmrIW_kIJxN4U0mA9VzuA2kmVs44TXfmj9paINjL3FrtPubMXJDnQPZWbTQIHYuult-ispU4zXZYfZJwIiZVTbJxIXrTl-uGYnJ9DnLCfOo8aBFXGvoPv16HgSyRBHjaulvng/s400/IMG_2743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625663232735284034" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGbYXyESDrUTpL52OhWORjoIzl7vwIaW2juXMJiwBrnQiv3JWJX2xI7cEJe7_9ESUTGaS9bJ5v96lfCW9aVQnL-Fjg_cRXvqGTtNTRQDiASHsD7XrkU5O_LcYoqxu5zPwDBlHnwFIrE/s1600/IMG_2746.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGbYXyESDrUTpL52OhWORjoIzl7vwIaW2juXMJiwBrnQiv3JWJX2xI7cEJe7_9ESUTGaS9bJ5v96lfCW9aVQnL-Fjg_cRXvqGTtNTRQDiASHsD7XrkU5O_LcYoqxu5zPwDBlHnwFIrE/s400/IMG_2746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625663238208427170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnIVAYgJP41LXDXFlTVPC7aQ0ebWe8ourKyj-xJ5Q7hyBskiMH7WEAkY7w_b5nf923tLCyyVq0ljL1JATzpC9Q0K3OmnGHdILnKvEX87xdZcAMxS-9q5E4dmvnZWgGc6J__NErmqRgcs/s1600/IMG_2769.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnIVAYgJP41LXDXFlTVPC7aQ0ebWe8ourKyj-xJ5Q7hyBskiMH7WEAkY7w_b5nf923tLCyyVq0ljL1JATzpC9Q0K3OmnGHdILnKvEX87xdZcAMxS-9q5E4dmvnZWgGc6J__NErmqRgcs/s400/IMG_2769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625665231437942722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby5bnAX3q2kUeRdbXM-UPkB543IyhhavTi1P4uT5stHLGpHF2w_zk7BZ44PBEJjbXfuW5uTzPmLLE0jHBi6RiLSeHZLCcVA-3PncEGOyogQNcEd6UQHNDmwOUHQ5o1FK1whz9me-iGsg/s1600/IMG_2772.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby5bnAX3q2kUeRdbXM-UPkB543IyhhavTi1P4uT5stHLGpHF2w_zk7BZ44PBEJjbXfuW5uTzPmLLE0jHBi6RiLSeHZLCcVA-3PncEGOyogQNcEd6UQHNDmwOUHQ5o1FK1whz9me-iGsg/s400/IMG_2772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625665240551096914" border="0" /></a>Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697292990971878071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-73745695716816009502011-07-04T14:26:00.000+12:002011-07-04T14:26:50.376+12:00Not so nice Caramel Slice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PF0MiRLk5wNP4wlrYWGzoGILxm9hEQxJU1h2E_f5hjMd5viVKdV2sMupQSt1j5MR8oxKInbqLkNgj-VYqdm7ZKg1UInKB6Q_PEVUnnV5KLkBVVDAZAUiISxPcumnhDKiEaZiNkGLUFg/s1600/IMG_4931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PF0MiRLk5wNP4wlrYWGzoGILxm9hEQxJU1h2E_f5hjMd5viVKdV2sMupQSt1j5MR8oxKInbqLkNgj-VYqdm7ZKg1UInKB6Q_PEVUnnV5KLkBVVDAZAUiISxPcumnhDKiEaZiNkGLUFg/s400/IMG_4931.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My sister makes the best caramel slice in the world - it's a fact. I noticed this morning that i had an almost full tin of condensed milk in the fridge and decided that i would have a crack at making some too.... problem is, i couldn't find the recipe and i didn't want to bug Harriet, which seems to be all i ever do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was just about to give up on the idea of some caramelly goodness, when i noticed that the very tin in my hands hads a recipe for caramel slice on it- fate !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This recipe is different from Harriet's in that the base has brown sugar and no cocoa and the caramel is brought to the boil and cooked for a full five minutes before it is spread on the base. The base in this recipe is also par baked before the caramel layer is added. The topping is meant to be melted cooking chocolate, but i had none on hand so stuck with a chocolate glace' icing - the same as Harriet's slice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWsm1pX2g-jJFwWIEUNxvfIWykLzsoFsc5Avnw1mcSflsKUOFtCoWtLS8RJuQw9Cwz8-WnRbj44o3KQBnPLixzDRiwD46lqROmau4Q4K0-pKlu-PcGFm3hOUultBy2pUdLy5kHCv3vC0/s1600/IMG_4933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWsm1pX2g-jJFwWIEUNxvfIWykLzsoFsc5Avnw1mcSflsKUOFtCoWtLS8RJuQw9Cwz8-WnRbj44o3KQBnPLixzDRiwD46lqROmau4Q4K0-pKlu-PcGFm3hOUultBy2pUdLy5kHCv3vC0/s400/IMG_4933.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And for all of you wondering how it is i can eat caramel slice at all, given Juno's dairy status- well i've decided to wean her. a) because i have a job( woo hoo, holy shit) and b) because i stupidly ate eggs Benedict the other day and made her miserably, miserably sick presumably because of all the butter in the hollandaise. So an executive decision was made- special formula only for this kiddo, from this day forward. I'll think about offering some solids too in about a month.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-8499746516820407142011-07-04T12:26:00.000+12:002011-07-05T13:13:30.612+12:00Coconut and clementines<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbWUaOaoYDbjnEpRgKiu-z9aADRfluYy8-cw_sTxzvefsZlFM2ziJ1hZaBTyzHOdZcGkvi4FNIp79D21mq8IHUNvIjZ8yM4cjwcpYyVER5ZZv7fKb2OtmtU9GGjAfpAIfFNYeEYnUAeo/s1600/IMG_2689.JPG"><br /></a><br />Sunday was rather miserable and cold..one of those days where I can't really be bothered to venture outside. I had no children, no work...no nothing...what to do? Bake, of course.<br />I felt like making a cake, and it had to be one that didnt require cocoa or icing ...so i looked in my pantry and decided on a coconut cake, with some mandarin juice for a little extra kick.<br /><br />After originally thinking John and Phil were growing grapefruit...then oranges... I have come to the conclusion it's some kind of mandarin...maybe tangerine, maybe clementine. They are larger than your average supermarket mandarin, a deeper orange, very very juicy....whatever they are, as Phil said , "it's edible citrus...that's all that matters". It makes great juice, and they're lovely to cook with.<br /><br />So I took a coconut cupcake recipe, used normal milk instead of coconut milk, and squeezed a lot of juice in too, and poured it all into one big cake tin. It didn't rise so much but has a slightly crunchy top and a slightly sticky middle, and - being a yogurt fan- i thought it went perfect with the very creamy greek yogurt I happened to have in the fridge. Some prefer it topped with cookies and cream ice cream ....each to their own i guess! I think it would make a very dainty little afternoon tea cake...served on one of my grandmother's old plates alongside a cup of cocoa.<br />Sort of child-like sophistication. Happiness on a plate...so simple.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCPAwr-IIo4A3kABFagOXvpnO3GgOg-Uf18cJjyqbXzDLD9D7jI3BUh0Vu9HRGEF18GAZxm36zIyj4fTAWSBCzGVF1NC5iyiHmQ1dSk-AJxlvmioznj0aYfLHZeprZ8DXFCQWUKT_GDU/s1600/IMG_2660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCPAwr-IIo4A3kABFagOXvpnO3GgOg-Uf18cJjyqbXzDLD9D7jI3BUh0Vu9HRGEF18GAZxm36zIyj4fTAWSBCzGVF1NC5iyiHmQ1dSk-AJxlvmioznj0aYfLHZeprZ8DXFCQWUKT_GDU/s400/IMG_2660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625297457945617266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbWUaOaoYDbjnEpRgKiu-z9aADRfluYy8-cw_sTxzvefsZlFM2ziJ1hZaBTyzHOdZcGkvi4FNIp79D21mq8IHUNvIjZ8yM4cjwcpYyVER5ZZv7fKb2OtmtU9GGjAfpAIfFNYeEYnUAeo/s1600/IMG_2689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbWUaOaoYDbjnEpRgKiu-z9aADRfluYy8-cw_sTxzvefsZlFM2ziJ1hZaBTyzHOdZcGkvi4FNIp79D21mq8IHUNvIjZ8yM4cjwcpYyVER5ZZv7fKb2OtmtU9GGjAfpAIfFNYeEYnUAeo/s400/IMG_2689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625297472905701426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOcbgcZ-_SrZ5S4fpcHGUe0nVQeOFlO_ZJuEv8G-3BSx0PiDQUYd3iNg5UKGvFBn3pzWN1it0E86q38TwqsweuVIyjvWDzGVOAvBjlOorr9LiyQ17WrnBbFLNWq8JPmF-ctifbJWnWTc/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOcbgcZ-_SrZ5S4fpcHGUe0nVQeOFlO_ZJuEv8G-3BSx0PiDQUYd3iNg5UKGvFBn3pzWN1it0E86q38TwqsweuVIyjvWDzGVOAvBjlOorr9LiyQ17WrnBbFLNWq8JPmF-ctifbJWnWTc/s400/IMG_2696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625297466965588178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And I would just like to add..... CONGRATULATIONS to my clever big sister who has just got herself a new job...although it does mean she will have less time to blog, I presume. So you will perhaps be hearing more from me...but there are always weekends! And it means I will be spending more time with my nieces, so perhaps there will be some kid friendly recipes headed this way soon..Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697292990971878071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248927785870006710.post-25628625452704024212011-06-28T15:57:00.000+12:002011-06-28T15:58:57.141+12:00Dairy Free Pikelets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbrz7wxoSP0a6eCNV5IrrxjCMyTi0kiNRWjByNsGj92YMSFMP8wgwDz8PWG3ZS9gtKWBrOqyaxiORY5UG511yKid_kQ9v6Xok31NoKHCAlEHJtxmTSgTfHbGbGpNbLTP3lYCaYTkTo9U/s1600/pikelets+on+a+teatowel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbrz7wxoSP0a6eCNV5IrrxjCMyTi0kiNRWjByNsGj92YMSFMP8wgwDz8PWG3ZS9gtKWBrOqyaxiORY5UG511yKid_kQ9v6Xok31NoKHCAlEHJtxmTSgTfHbGbGpNbLTP3lYCaYTkTo9U/s400/pikelets+on+a+teatowel.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
It's me again (Kate), just here to fill you in on how my dairy-free pikelet making went yesterday....<br />
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As mentioned i decided to work from Alexa Johnston's recipe in 'Ladies a Plate', using an olive oil spread in place of butter and some rice milk. The original recipe offers the option to add a Tablespoon of golden syrup to the mix, which normally i would do, but this time i left it out as i find the rice milk really sweet.<br />
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I have to say the pikelets were surprisingly nice (i was a bit apprehensive) and Anton and Mila seemed to like them too, and Anton is definitely the type of guy to turn his nose up at rice milk!I have put the recipe in down below, if anyone wants to have a go at making them either for themselves, or for someone you know with a lactose intolerance.<br />
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Kate x<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Pikelet Recipe</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beat one egg and two tablespoons of caster sugar together until fluffy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Into this add 3/4 cup of rice milk, 1 cup of flour, 1 tsp of baking powder and 1 Tbsp of melted olivani (read:any olive oil spread, be careful some have milk solids in them) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mix this all together quickly and lightly until lumps are out and mix has come together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then heat a pan and grease and place spoonfuls of the mix in. When bubbles appear, flip the pikelets over and cook on the other side. They are best served warm - we had ours with golden syrup.</div>Kate and Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131383900300487092noreply@blogger.com0