In The Kitchen...

 Yesterday it was so chilly in the morning that I decided to do some baking 

to warm the kitchen up and myself...

first off some 

Sticky Date... 

I did muffin size so I could freeze them and bring them out as needed... 

and these are so yummy especially with the sauce!!!

Icky Sticky Pudding

2 tsp bicarb-soda

1 tsp vanilla

400g self raising flour

4 eggs lightly beaten

500 ml water

120g diced butter

340g brown sugar

340g chopped dates

In a saucepan add chopped dates, bicarb and water then boil until dates are soft. While still warm add butter and brown sugar. Stir until melted and dissolved, leave to cool. Add lightly beaten eggs, sifted flour and vanilla, beat well. Grease and flour a 24cm tin, pour mixture into tin. Bake in a moderately slow oven 140* for 1 hour. Serve warm with Hot Toffee Sauce

Hot Toffee Sauce

200ml thickened cream

dash vanilla

400g brown sugar

250g chopped butter

Dissolve butter and sugar in a small saucepan, add cream and vanilla and gently bring to a simmer.

Note... this makes a huge cake I usually half the recipe but keep the sauce at the same measurements..

 

I also made Choc Chip Cookies...

 to fill this

this recipe makes about 100 cookies...

Choc Chip Cookies

500g chopped butter at room temp

1/4 cup caster sugar

400g tin condensed milk

5 cups self raising flour

3 packets choc chips... 1 white 1 milk 1 dark

Beat butter, sugar and condensed milk until light. Add the flour one cup at a time... add the 3 packets of choc chips... Set oven at 150*... place heaped spoon on a greased tray and lightly press with a fork... when lightly browned remove from oven loosen and allow to cool..

I also made this 

Five Minute Orange Cake

1 navel orange
175g butter at room temp
3 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
2 cups self raising flour
double cream to serve

Grease and line your cake tin.
Cut unpeeled (top and tailed) orange into 1/4's and place in food processor... process until chopped. Add butter, eggs, sugar and flour process until well combined.
Spread into cake tin and cook in 180c for about 45 minutes or until cooked when tested.

 

and wow my kitchen was busy/messy

and look at this

this is hubby's ''tea cup'' that he uses all day while he is out working around the station... it is so YUCK and he wont let me bleach it eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww

in the afternoon I was working on these

I am doing a row by row with another group and I have got slightly behind so I am playing catch up before the next theme comes out in a couple of days...

these are the 2nd and 3rd rows... flowers and nursery rhymes...

once I have finished sewing them I will show you a better photo..