Apple, Walnut and Sultana Loaf

1 3/4 c peeled diced apple
1 cup brown sugar
100g melted butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
.....................................................1 tsp ground cinnamon
.....................................................1/2 cup sultanas or raisins
...........................................1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 180c (I set mine to 170c fan)

Combine butter, brown sugar, apple, and egg in a bowl.
Sift in dry ingredients, add sultanas and walnuts, mix well, will be quite chunky.
Spoon into lined loaf tin

Bake for 45-50 mins until skewer in middle comes out clean.
Cool, then turn out onto cake rack

Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Thanks Kristy

Red Velvet Cup Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1/2 cups plain flour

2 cups sugar

1 tble spn cocoa

1 tspn salt

1 tspn baking soda

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups oil

1 cup buttermilk*

1 tble spn vinegar

1 tspn vanilla

2oz red food colouring**

Preheat oven 180 (I set mine to 170 fan)

Place patty pans into a patty tin

Place in a medium bowl eggs, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and food colouring.

Whisk lightly

Place in a different mixing bowl flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and baking soda

Mix well to combine

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix on medium-high speed for about a minute until completely combined, scraping the sides if necessary

Spoon into patty pans and drop the pan on the counter a few times to release any air bubbles

Bake for 15-20mins until a toothpick inserted comes out clean

When cool frost with Cream Cheese Frosting YUM!

* Add 1 tble spn of white vinegar to a cup of milk and let stand for 10min to make buttermilk (note this is extra to the 1 tble spn of vinegar in the actual recipe)

** I did not use 2oz of food colouring, more like 1/4-1/2 oz of normal (liquid) food colouring and then about 1/4 tspn of gel food colouring

Recipe from bakerella.com

Apple and Kiwi Fruit Jam ( home canning preserves )

650g Kiwi Fruit (peeled and diced)

350g Apple (peeled and diced)

1 Tble Spn Lemon Juice

800g White Sugar

Warm sugar in the oven

Place Kiwi Fruit, Apple and Lemon Juice in a large pan.

Simmer on low heat until soft.

Remove from heat and add warmed sugar to kiwi fruit mix stirring quickly until sugar is dissolved

Return to pan heat, bring to boil and cook until setting point is reach 220 deg (approx 20 mins)

Spoon into hot, sterilised jars and seal.

I made up this recipe based on the quantity of ingredients that I had available.

Lots of Little Cookies - Great for Lunch Boxes

500g margarine/butter

1 cup brown sugar

4 table spoons of cocoa

3/4 cup of small choc chips (optional)

5 cups self-raising flour

1 tin condensed milk

Cream butter and sugar

Add condensed milk and cocoa and mix well

Add flour and combine until the mixture comes together to form a soft dough

Roll 1/2 teaspoons of mixture into a ball

Pop them on a well greased tray and flatten with your thumb

Push a choc chip into the top of each biscuit.

Bake in a moderate oven for 10-12 minutes or until just beginning to brown.

I cooked for 7min on 160deg

It is better to under rather than over bake these biscuits. This recipe makes LOTS of biscuits. Over 100 regular sized and many more tiny ones. The dough freezes very well, so cook as many as you like for now, then roll the dough into a sausage, wrap and freeze for later.

Thanks Kristy for sharing the recipe

picklebums - thousands of biscuits

Krispy Kreme Cake - My No Bake Donut Birthday Cake