Tomo’s Birthday

I made Tomo a cheesecake for his birthday.

Dan’s 2nd Birthday Party

We had a party for Dan in Hastings. Wanda, Paulo , Max and Dex were staying anyway, Rowan came with Ronnie-dog and Hans and Ruth brought Gran Gran and Pat came too.

Dan playing with his new trains (me in the background with his new pants on my head)

We got Dan a Mr Bump bag for his birthday

Eating

I made the cake from a mix from Tesco but designed the horse myself with chocolate sprinkles

Dick, Paulo & Tomo

Blowing out the candles

Eating cake

Gran Gran

Banana, Raisin & Apricot Cake

I made this cake today and it was really good so just putting this recipe up so I don’t forget it:

1 cup soya milk (Eden Soy Vanilla)

1/4 cup oil

2 squashed bananas

handful ground nuts (pecans/almonds)

3 tablespoons healthy sugar

1/2 cup raisins & chopped dried apricots

3 cups bread flour (1 cup wholemeal/2 cups white)

1.5 tablespoons baking powder

Mix all the ingredients together except the flour and baking powder. Mix the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl then add them to the rest of the ingredients and mix until blended. Put in a 20cm loaf tin and bake in a 180 oven for 40mins. If the top looks like it will get burnt then can put foil over the cake for the last 20mins.

Karma Sutra Brownies

It was Tomo and my 3 year anniversary today so I made some chocolate brownies to celebrate. I used a sesame-date brownie recipe my friend Rowan sent me that says that the Karma Sutra says that sesame seeds are an aphrodisiac and can enable a man to enjoy innumerable women. Not sure how true that is but I definitely enjoyed eating the brownies.

Sesame-date Brownies