Baking – Page 2 – Keeping Them Occupied

Feijoa, Lemon and Coconut Muffins

Another feijoa recipe this week, to try to use up some of our feijoas from our trees. We also used a lemon from our lemon tree, which has lots of fruit that is just turning yellow. We made some yummy feijoa, lemon and coconut muffins based on this recipe. Ingredients: 6 feijoas, peeledJuice and zestContinue reading “Feijoa, Lemon and Coconut Muffins”

Feijoa Cake

Kiwi’s love their feijoas, but we had trouble getting hold of them in other parts of the world. So if you don’t know what a feijoa is, I recommend you see if you can track some down. These are an awesome little autumn fruit, and we have two trees in our back garden which areContinue reading “Feijoa Cake”

Pear Cardamom Cake

This will be the last pear based recipe for a while, the trees have done their dash for this season. The pears maybe over, but the good news is the feijoa season is now upon us, so you can expect some feijoa based goodies in the near future. Today’s recipe is slightly adapted from theContinue reading “Pear Cardamom Cake”

Ginger and Pear Loaf

Thanks to Rachel for recommending this recipe. I have adapted it a little, mainly to make up for a lack of fresh ginger. Ingredients: 200g butter3/4 cup brown sugar packed4 tablespoons golden syrup1 tsp pure vanilla extract1/2 cup trim milk1 free-range egg4 small pears or 2 medium pears, diced2 cups self raising flour2 Tbsp groundContinue reading “Ginger and Pear Loaf”

“Breakfast” Biscuits/Cookies

This is a modification of a Martha Stewart recipe. This recipe is pretty versatile, you can add whatever combination of dried fruit, seeds and/or nuts you like (we did raisins and apricots today). Then make anything from small snack to large “running too late to make breakfast” sized biscuits. You don’t have to feel tooContinue reading ““Breakfast” Biscuits/Cookies”

Pear Cupcake Princesses

Miss four wanted to make some princess cupcakes. We made some pear cupcakes based on this recipe, to help use up the oodles of pears from our pear trees. Ideally I would have printed out the princesses for the top of the cakes, but we are stuck at home under Covid-19 lock-down without access toContinue reading “Pear Cupcake Princesses”

Pear and Chai Tea Scones

Another pear recipe today… I modified this recipe from baked by an introvert. I have cheated a bit and just used chai tea bags rather than adding the spices individually. This gives the scones an additional tea leaf flecked appearance, and they taste just as good. Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups self-raising flour1/3 cup white sugar1/2Continue reading “Pear and Chai Tea Scones”

Pear Yogurt Cake

We have two pear trees in the back garden. This time of year we come into a glut of pears, so there will likely be a few pear recipes coming up. Please let me know if the comments if you have any pear recipe recommendations for us to try. Today, we had some Greek yogurtContinue reading “Pear Yogurt Cake”

Lemon Balm Cake

This cake is a variation on a chamomile cake recipe from Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I have tried with both chamomile and lemon balm, as we have both in our garden, but I think the lemon balm version is actually better. Also lemon balm, like all members of the mint family, grows like crazy,Continue reading “Lemon Balm Cake”

Cupcakes with Sprinkles!

My four year old daughter asked me recently if we could make cupcakes with sprinkles, emphasis on the sprinkles. I said we could do it on the weekend, and when the weekend arrived, she asked every 5 minutes until we finally made them. Patience is not one of her virtues, but she gets that fromContinue reading “Cupcakes with Sprinkles!”