Homemade cooking - Lets ditch the beetles!

[annies_fancy_dress]

As a follow up to the beetles thread. As in what is actually in factory made food and food colourings etc.

What did you make at home???

I'll start.

I made bread and butter custard last night ....  was soooo delicious!

Haven't had that since teenhood in the 80's, twas the first time i'd ever made it myself.

YUMMMM.

[sineaterdoodah]

i hope it's okay for me to ask...i'm a yank,is the temp setting in celcius? i have a calculator to figure it,but you never know.:)

[fourandsixpants]

Oops! * corrections

Zucchini chocolate cake. ......It is so moist and stays moist if wrapped in foil/plastic wrap.

batter is enough to make 2 cakes if use 2 x 8' sponge tins

Keep in fridge or freeze one 

easy-peasy  

6 ozs Butter softened

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 teaspns vanilla essence

1/2 cup of milk

..............................................................

2 cups grated zucchini  (the 'larger' grater holes side on hand held grater works great)   zucchini skin included btw

2 1/2 cups plain flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons sodium bicarb

1/2 cup cocoa

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Beat 1st  5  ingredients for 3 minutes.....I pass it around for everyone that wants to eat cake, to take turns beating LOL!

Mix in grated zucchini

Add rest of ingredients - SIFTED

Pour batter into a 11" x 8" or 9" x 9" greased & paper-lined cake tin or evenly divide batter between 2 deep, round sponge tins @ 8"....2 1/2" deep

Cook in a MODERATE OVEN 180-190 degrees Centigrade (depending on your oven) approx 35 minutes.

[fourandsixpants]

Yep good 'old celcius!

So that would be from 356 - 374 degrees Farenheit  or 180 - 190 degrees celcius for approx 35 minutes:)

[tasfleur]

Thank you so much paintsew, really appreciate it .... 

[fourandsixpants]

x

[amber-eyed-girl]

🙂

yesterday roasted free range chickie

today...chocolate mousse with a dash of Grand Marnier in it, made with bittersweet chocolate, and Grand Marnier whipped cream

mandarin slices on top, no seed ones

[j*oono]

I missed this thread this morning.

Rich beef and stout casserole from the Taste .com.au site.  It is unbelievably good.

[imastawka]

I'm old school - nearly everything is from scratch. 

Breads, cakes, biscuits/cookies etc, etc

Trouble is, the older you get, the harder it gets, the more time needed.

and the family frown on 'store bought'.  "Not as good as grandma's" etc

I am now relying on things like rice cooker, slow cooker, bread maker

(but I shape and cook bread in oven, not in the bread maker)

Last night was Minestrone cooked in the rice cooker

& home made bread rolls.  No complaints and easy for Grandma  : - )

[fourandsixpants]

What I love about making this zucchini chocolate cake is that when you have people around you can offer them a slice on a plate and say "Would you like some veggies with your cup of coffee?"......the look on their face/s is wonderful as you explain the zucchini ingredient and delightfully confusing for them at the same time

the cooked cake looks just like a choccie cake should - it does not turn out green!

enjoy! 

[sineaterdoodah]

thank you! 🙂