This cake was unplanned and the product of a need for cake (cake addiction is not a recognised addiction as yet) and trying to consume groceries before the use by date. There seems to be a fine balance between having ingredients on hand in case inspiration strikes and they are needed and/or using them within the time period while they are still fresh and not expired.
Month: Jul 2017
In Search of: Lemon Pudding Cake (Grandma’s Recipe) Version Four
It has been a little while since I attempted to find this recipe and this time I once again opted for a cake which did not use packet cake, pudding or jelly mix.
The source of the recipe is here: https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/lemon-bundt-cake/.
I sought and received approval to use this recipe. The Kitchen Magpie also has a recipe for a lemon pudding cake that I may attempt later, but at the time the ingredients for the Bundt Cake were already in the house the decision was made to try it.
London Burgers Bar and Grill, Belconnen. July 2017.
We planned to review London Burger Bar and Grill for some time but only one outlet still exists. This is in Belconnen. We knew of the Challenge (to eat and drink certain items within a time limit) but none of us felt that we could meet the challenge and it might obscure our review.
We do seem to review many places which sell burgers.
Original Recipe: Celebration/Lost Recipe Curry
I was asked to make a slow cooked curry that I’d made once before by someone who had many things to celebrate, including graduating and obtaining a job. Certainly worth a celebratory meal.
After trying to remember the book/site from which I obtained the recipe, I gave up and decided to create a new recipe. Unfortunately there was no yogurt, coconut milk, coconut cream etc in the house and the vague memories I had of the curry indicated it needed these. There was also many vegetables which were looking as if they would be inedible in a few days. In addition passata and stock which had been partially used for another meal that would expire within a day needed to be included in the curry. So it had to be a curry that included stock, passata and various vegetables.
It was cold and no one volunteered to go to the shop to buy further ingredients. Only the items in the house were available.
So the challenge was to make a curry without the required ingredients.
Not so simple.