Then the afternoon I spent baking as we had arranged for the MIL and GrandMIL ( she is 94) to visit today for afternoon tea. I relished the chance to spend time in the kitchen cooking a coffee cake, triple choc muffins, blondies and some tomato, feta & pine nut tartlets.
Below: Used a muffin tray for the shortcase pastry tartlet shells
Below: Mr Oliver's beans helping with the blind baking
Below: Filling ingredients being prepared whilst tartlet shells bake
Below: Filling ingredients artistically arranged
Below: Egg mix carefully poured in
Below: Beautifully baked. ( Humble aren't I? )
Below: Tarlets as presented-greenery on plate and finely chopped sundried tomato & feta sprinkled on top.
Below: Another angle because I think they looked good! ;)
Below: Blondies...mmmmmm.
Below: His Lordship's favourite Coffee Cake.
Below: Triple Choc muffins
Below: Not much in the way of floral material here at the moment! A branch snipped from a couple of the natives shoved in a jar with the sole rose available, then a length of ribbon wrapped around the jar and Voila! centrepiece!
Below: Setting the table
Below: Cutlery shoved in another old jar
Below: Nom,nom,nom!
I enjoyed the chance to bake and set the table. We had a lovely relaxed afternoon and thoroughly cherished the tales that GrandMIL shares with us.
How was your Sunday?
Yum!!! Are you able to share the recipe for the blondies. I love making brownies but blondies would be nice for a change.
ReplyDeleteToday we went to see some seals, noseyed in some display homes and then came home to cook a roast chicken
I love a good peek in display homes-but after building 4 times His Lordship has to be dragged kicking and screaming! ;)
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75g chopped unsalted butter
300g white choc bits
* melt together
3eggs
90g caster sugar
2tsp vanilla essence
*whisk well together
1 1/3 cup SR flour
200g white choc chips ( or half choc chips/half slivered almonds)
Add egg mix to melted chocolate and mix well. Mix in SR flour, then stir through choc chips and/or nuts.
Scrape into a lightly greased and lined lamington tray and smooth top.
Bake at 175c for 20/25mins until there is a firm crust ( the centre will still feel very moist)
Totally cool in tray, then cut into pieces and dredge with icing sugar.
Oh yum, thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWhoa you have been busy!
ReplyDeleteI have had a lazy day today, hubby is away so nice and quiet :)
The food all looks yum!
It was yum Tania! We are currently discussing what we should have for dinner-we are so full from this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll use some of the sourdough I baked today and make us some pizza breads.......later! :)
Deezy, thanks for the blondies recipe! Going to save that one!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! :)
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