Vegetarian Foods Archive

I am not joking when I write that I have made cocoa and chocolate brownies (minus the fruit topping) at least four times this month.   Three times in one week, that I had to go out and get more fairtrade cocoa brownies.   First lot of brownies were for us, second for family, third time for friends and more recently for  some work colleagues. One of my cute nieces and she is rather cute describes these as lush, and I have to concur, these were lush and proper squidgy.  She was even more delighted that her brownies were not topped with fruit, unlike these that are topped with luscious, fat juicy tayberries.     I do like tayberries, but don't come across them that often.  In fact the last time I had a Karaka Blackberry . These  tayberries  come from a little place called the Fruit Machine, though it does sell vegetables too.   Fellow blogger who likes to call herself Matron at  Down on The Allotment  describ...

We are eating fruit from the garden: plums, raspberries and apples. I made this Upside Down Plum and Raspberry Cake quite recently.  When I removed the baking parchment paper to reveal the fruit topped cake, it was vibrant and glistening beautifully from the fresh fruit natural juices. However, it was the following day when we took the photograph, it had lost its sparkle. I was a tad disappointed and wish I had taken the photograph the evening before, but it had got a bit too dark.  So I feel somewhat that the cake is not shown in its best light.  Still it tasted good. If I make this cake again, I would just do one thing differently.  I would keep the stoned fruit on the side, around the edges and the raspberries in the middle because even though the cake was cooked, the middle was a bit soggy and you'd be worried if it was raw or soggy.  Upside Down Plum and Raspberry Cake For the fruit topping 300grams plums, cut in half Optional: enough raspberri...