Wednesday 7 September 2011

Quiet Time

This is the pallet bed Mr made ages ago now and a sneaky piece of rhubarb & hazelnut cake (really good and the recipe is from those free little cards at the local fruit & vege shop) on a Saturday afternoon with some quality alone/collage time.

5 comments:

kit and nancy. said...

cake looks divine! willing to share the recipe? :)

Unknown said...

Quality alone time.. is there something better?
I like that pallet-bed!! :-)

Unknown said...

mmm that cake looks yum!

N I C O L A said...

Hi Kit & Nancy - here it is:
125g butter, 1 cup caster sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups self-raising flour, 1/2 cup milk, 100g roasted hazlenuts chpped, 1 bunch rhubarb (trim, wash & cut into 2cm bits), 1.5tbs icing sugar. Heat oven to 160degrees, grease 22cm round pan, beat butter & sugar til light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time and gently fold in flour, milk and half the hazelnuts. pour into pan. Top with rhubarb & remaining hazelnuts, press them into cake and dust with icing sugar. Bake for an hour and cool in pan for 5 mins before turning out.

Unknown said...

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