coconut pyramids

For a long time now I have promised myself that I would try using recipes all in french, well this is my first attempt at baking something using a recipe from a collection of recipe cards I purchased that are all in French. So with a certain amount of trepidation I decided to make these coconut pyramids. Much to my surprise I managed to translate the recipe and used the correct amount of ingredients, they baked perfectly and tasted really delicious

Giant parsnip

Not sure how we managed to grow a parsnip this size but it happened. I cut it up yesterday and it is now also in the freezer with the other veg.

Freezer

Emptied the chest freezer yesterday and then filled it up with the veg we are still picking from the garden, so we now have our own carrots, cabbage, pumpkins and even some small but perfectly formed Brussels sprouts. This week we will also be freezing our own leeks and rutabaga and I still have 1 huge pumpkin in the greenhouse to make into soups and pies.

cupcakes

these are the cupcakes which for some reason did not get added to the blog. I must say they are really yummy

New Year

This is my first blog for the New Year.

I am very happy that so far the weather is a great deal better than this time last year. Hopefully it is not too late to show the christmas cake and also the xmas pud cupcakes made by @crypticchris. I am very pleased with the recipe for this cake it is really foolproof, I also used the same one for a Golden Wedding cake I made for someone in September.