Hello Dear Reader,
Today has been a busy and sociable day and though lovely, it was good to get home. I didn't bake today, I baked on Thursday night and took the goodies into work to share. Nothing cheers a work place more than a bit of cake!
I made fat free tea loaf
You will need
4 tea bags to make a very strong 300ml of tea
300g of mixed fruit
350g of SR flour
1 teaspoon of ground allspice
1 beaten egg.
Make the tea and soak the fruit until the tea is cold
Mix all of the rest of the ingredients together.
Bake as one large cake in a loaf tin for 1 hour at 180/gas 4
or individual muffin cases for 20 minutes.
The loaf is great thinly sliced and served with butter. It's also great with a zesty lemon glaze. Take 50g of icing sugar and drop lemon juice into it until you have the consistency that you would like. It should drop off your spoon so you can drizzle it on top of the cakes.
Chocolate muffins
I used:
4 eggs
225g of butter or marg
225g of SR flour
225g of sugar
2 heaped tablespoons of cocoa
1/4 of a jar of chocolate spread
Mix all of the above together to a smooth batter and spoon into individual muffin cases. Bake at 180 for 20 minutes.
When cool, slice off the top of the cake and spread chocolate spread liberally and replace the 'lid'. Dust with icing sugar.
As ever, I always let you see a close up. I didn't eat any of these but every one enjoyed them, even when I told them that they were entirely made from supermarket basics from Sainsbury's. As usual, even though I was given the ingredients, my opinions are my own. I've always used supermarket basics from one supermarket or another and firmly believe them to be good value and quality. I can now add Sainsbury's the list of 'great basics'. Not just for someone on a budget but for anyone!
Last night, my quilt was still being quilted.
Tonight, my Scrappy Mountain Majesties quilt is backed, quilted and edged. It's going off to London with Paul my PT who's joining the Metropolitan Police at the end of February. It's my thank you for his skills in making me believe in my own strength and health. I'm never going to be physically lazy ever again and I'm never going back to a size 18 ever again! The quilt is a very small thank you for his professional support.
The quilt (except the wadding) is completely made of recycled fabric and is made from shirts. I now have two more quilts to back (both gifts for friends and family) and quilt and then I can complete my scrappy crumb quilt that's going on holiday to France with us this summer. Now that's worth being frugal for and watching the pennies to save up for!
Over to you Dear Reader, who else has a short term financial goal that they are being frugal to save up for? Who else has baked this weekend and what did you make? Who else has finished or is in the middle of a craft project?
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxx