Well the sun finally poked out between the clouds on Saturday and it was glorious! When the days are relentlessly grey, and wet, and cold, you almost forget what the sun looks like. So I wandered around the farm for an hour or so and just soaked the sun up on my back. After a few…
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Lemon Cream Cake
I always struggle to find motivation and creativity at this time of year. The short, cold days, combined with the busyness of work mean that there is not much room left in my head for new ideas. This year seems to be particularly hard going, perhaps because work is very busy, or perhaps it’s like this…
Apple, Cranberry, And Dark Chocolate Loaf
During the Autumn holidays we went for a drive down to Canberra. We had a little shopping to do, and we also wanted to check out the National Arboretum, which we have driven past several times, but have not actually visited. After a morning spent in a large shopping center, the Arboretum was just what we needed….
Pear And Ginger Cake
Autumn has arrived at last, and with it the Autumn harvest. Though the tomatoes have slowed down a little, the pears and apples in the orchard are ripe for picking, so there is no let up on the cooking and preserving going on in the farmhouse kitchen. The Easter long weekend proved the perfect opportunity…
Peach Streusel Cake
It’s a season of abundance here. The fruit trees are heavy laden, and the vegetables are ripening faster than we can pick them. We scramble each day to collect in the harvest and to store and preserve as much as possible. At the same time we try to use as much of the produce as…
Mulberry Yoghurt Cake
There is an old mulberry tree down in the paddock behind the orchard. We think it was planted by CB’s great grandfather, so it is well over 100 years old. It has stood through storms and droughts, cold winters and hot summers. Each summer we traipse down the hill and spend a morning or two…
Flourless Chocolate Orange Cake
Last week it was one of my colleagues birthday. She is one of those “lucky” people who can’t eat lots of things, but gluten is her biggest no no, so I was on the hunt for a good gluten free cake recipe. I remembered a flourless chocolate orange cake that CB had made before and looked it…
Some Delicious Cakes For You To Try
Farmers wives can all bake! It seems to come with the job. I guess in the olden days, keeping your farmer man going when he was working physically hard was a full time job. It is no wonder that country shows are full of amazing cakes and cookery. I don’t imagine I will ever be…
