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Dorset Apple Cake

November 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Looking for a good recipe for apple cake and found this one, I have made it quite a few times now and it’s always successful. It’s simple to make and quick too. The apple and lemon taste lovely and it makes a really good ‘cut and come again’ cake. When I make this cake I double the quantities in the hope it will last a little longer, you can do the same you just have to adjust the length cooking time but the recipe below is for the original amounts. To make you need the following: 7oz Self raising Flour 1 teaspoon of Baking Power 1oz Cornflour 4oz Butter 4oz Golden Caster Sugar 1/2 lb Cooking Apples (peeled and diced) 1 Lemon (the zest of) 1 Egg (large) 1 tablespoon Milk 2 oz Sultanas (optional) 1 Cooking Apple (peeled and finely sliced), Fresh … Read entire article »

Filed under: Apple, Recipes, Sweet

Planting Garlic

November 27th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Today has been beautiful outside, bright and dry and perfect for planting garlic. I have three different varieties to go out and hopefully they will all flourish and be ready from June onwards. The varieties are Garlic Jolimont, Garlic Cloves Purple White and Garlic Illico, this one can be used as ‘green garlic’ from May onwards.  I hope that last summers garlic with last till then but I have my doubts it is getting pretty low now and I’m regretting not plant more last year. However it’s a learning curve and I have more than doubled the amount I am planting this year, having already put in some ordinary supermarket cloves too.  The comparison will be interesting,  supermarket v seed merchant. Garlic can be planted up to mid December so still time … Read entire article »

Filed under: Gardening, Garlic, Veggie Plot