Puddings & Desserts
The 58th Bake: Apple, Cider and Raisin Crumble
I went to the gym last night and somehow over the last week, between the Princesstarta, the Hot Cross Bun Loaf and scones with jam and cream I have gained a bit of weight!!! How did that happen? Or not you may ask with all this baking in the house! Anyway, who says what is an ideal weight. Tbh, I don’t mind these extra curves, for a while. And why should society dictate my weight anyway, which I googled out of interest and found that I should be 8 kg lighter…ridiculous, that would make me a size 8!!! I went to a Poetry Slam yesterday and (more…)
On Saturday we went to my brother-in-laws for dinner as my sister-in-law is staying. I usually take a pudding so it was a good excuse for a bake. This marbled mocha cheesecake looked good to share, rich, decadent, and not something I could possibly cope with in the house!! 
We had the family, or some of them coming for dinner; my brother, sisters and kids. Time to bake a pudding. This ginger and pear pudding looked just the ticket. I was staying at Mums for the school holidays, and she doesn’t have a set of electronic kitchen scales so I had to pull out all the stops to measure the ingredients.