Winter days give me more time in the kitchen and reason to create calorific treats to heat us when we are working outside in the cold. So here is a sweet treat and a different kind of soup to try.
easy bake for a winter’s day
Tiddler’s plum cake
This is an all-in-one lazy cake so you can spend more time fussing your cat. Thats very important, says tiddler, remember your priorities. Everything is mixed and cooked in the one heat-proof bowl
In a large Pyrex-type bowl place:
4 ounce margarine or butter
2 eggs
One ripe banana
4 oz soft brown sugar
3 oz sultanas
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoons cinnamon and 2 of mixed spice
2 teaspoons Ginger
Three oz polenta (corn) meal
3 oz self raising gluten-free flour
Six bottled or canned plums and 2 fl oz of syrup from plums
Method: mix everything together in the bowl, beat well, place in medium oven for 40-50 minutes until a skewer placed into the centre comes out clean
Leek and lemon soup
The green end of half a leek finely shredded
Half courgette grated
1/2 oz butter, sweat the veg together on moderate heat
Half of lemon rind and flesh
Large pinch dry bay
2 teaspoons vegan bouillon
Black pepper to taste
add 1 L water, Bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes, blend
Add a dessert spoon chopped parsley
And 1 teaspoon honey: be careful to balance the sour and the sweet