Seasons & Superstars...

I've had a wonderful weekend...spent with family and friends. The highlight was attending the Saturday matinee session of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne with our two daughters. I have loved the music for 40 odd years but have never before had the opportunity to see a performance live. I was mesmerised and thought that setting the age old story in modern times was a touch of brilliance!

So here I am a few days later-back in our home in the country. The winter sun is shining, next door's new batch of calves ( Holstein or Friesian..I'm not sure which) have been gambolling ( love that word!) on the wet grass and I managed an hour's weed spraying in the back yard.

Every thing is growing well- the seeds planted recently have sprouted and the brassica seedlings I planted out are all looking strong.

We have had lemons off our tree-but will be waiting a year or so for fruit off the two orange trees. As oranges are cheap and plentiful at this time of the year I purchased a 3kg bag yesterday and decided to try my hand at a "healthy" version of a whole orange cake.

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Recipe:

 

2 eggs

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 tablespoon psyllium husks

1/2 cup water

120g coconut oil

1 1/2 cup wholemeal flour

1 ts baking powder

1 whole orange.

 

Preheat oven to 180c. Grease & line pan/s

 

Place psyllium husks in a bowl with water, stir & set to one side.

 

Melt coconut oil

 

Chop orange into quarters ( remove excess pips) and place in food processor. Process until pureed.

 

Add remaining ingredients and process until combined.

 

Pour into prepared pan.

 

Cook in oven until done-should be golden brown on top and slightly moist in the middle ( insert skewer to check)

 

Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then turn out.

 

Allow to totally cool before cutting.

 

This makes a moist and mild tasting cake-although not a low fat option it is full of fibre and healthy oils. I used a pan that makes 8 individual loaves-which I then cut in half to provide 16 serves.