Persimmon & Apricot Pudding Cake...

 Moist and full of fruit,
with a hint of spice...
Meet - Persimmon Apricot Pudding Cake.
 Reminiscent of steamed pudding...but baked in the oven.
This dessert cake is simply delicious!
And did I mention moist?
 Serve with vanilla ice cream and slivers of persimmon....

Persimmon & Apricot Pudding Cake...

Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius
Grease a 13 x 9 inch glass baking pan.

Into a bowl sift:
 2 cups plain flour
1 Tablespoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. 

Peel, dice 6 - 8 persimmons to make up 2 cups, and cook in microwave until soft. 
Mash with a potato masher.
Add 50 grams of butter and stir through hot mash until melted. 
Add 3/4 cup finely diced dried apricots, 
1 cup white sugar, 1 cup packed brown sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla essence.  
Mix then fold in 3 lightly beaten eggs (Number 6 size)
Add sifted flours - mix well. 
Place in greased pan.  

Bake 45 to 55 minutes until skewer comes out clean.
If it browns to quickly on top place a foil cover over top of pan.
Cool.
Serve warm with ice cream or cream. 

What are you waiting for?
Let's eat...
And then finish with a fruit tea.






The Beauty Of Flowers - PINK...

 The beauty of flowers - PINK (with a teeny hint of yellow... )
Do you gather inspiration from nature when you decorate you home?
Pink orchids with yellow in the throats...
The centre furl of an Asiatic lilly..
Ahhhh....pink love.
A garden flower posy for gifting....
Pink rose love...
Hydrangea's in shades of pink
With tiny blue pinhead centres...
And a beautiful lily to end 'The Beauty Of Flowers - PINK'  photo story.






Potted Fresh Herbs In The Kitchen....


Do you have space for a kitchen herb garden...on your bench top?
 This awkward corner space in the Mia Bella kitchen is a perfect spot...
for potted thyme, oregano, parsley and chives.
 With lovely bright morning sun, the pots are happy to stay in place for the entire summer.
 Add a jug of hydroponic lettuces (roots intact and sitting in water)...
for fresh picked lettuce for the sandwiches.
Add a vase of pretty blooms...
 Like these crisp white paper whites, with their glorious scent!
 And you have a beautiful kitchen vignette.
During the winter months as it is now in New Zealand, 
 the growth of the plants has slowed
and the pots need a little time in the sunshine outdoors.
Southern Hemisphere temperatures mean you can pop them outside for a week,'
then bring them in again.
(I do this 2 or 3 times over the winter, especially when we have a rainy weather week.)
I've had my kitchen herb garden on the bench top for over a year now...
and I LOVE the convenience, and the look of it!





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