Sunday, November 27, 2011

Blueberry & Almond Cake

There is something immensely satisfying about baking with your very own home-grown, hand picked produce.
Our blueberry bushes are laden with fruit this year, so yesterday afternoon I whipped up a delicious Blueberry & Almond Cake.
Blueberry & Almond Cake
4 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup self-raising
150g melted butter
1 cup almond meal
250g blueberries
Preheat the oven to 160˚C. Place the eggs, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk for 8-10 minutes or until thick, pale and tripled in volume. Sift the flour over the egg mixture and fold through.
Fold through the butter and almond meal. Pour the mixture into a 20cm x 30cm slice tin lined with baking paper and top with blueberries. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Turn onto wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Pink Party

Yesterday afternoon, we had a party in the orchard for my sister’s 10th birthday.
She had a few friends over to help celebrate, and we all had a lovely time playing games, eating the delicious party food, and opening presents.
Here are some photos...
The Cake
Musk Lollies
Cucumber Sandwiches
The beautiful table in the orchard

The Birthday Girl and her friends

Pink lemonade!

Sally was under the table, waiting for some manna to drop from Heaven

3-legged races in the garden, which somehow turned into a hopping contest!

Pink Jelly Lamingtons