We've been on chook duty at school this week. One of the advantages of chook duty is keeping the eggs. At this time of year the girls are busy and we are loving the bounty. It means we can use eggs eggstravagantly and whip up some delicious fare that requires more eggs than we'd usually use in one hit.
This recipe was unearthed during a search for "berries" and "cake". During summer we go berry picking, and freeze some of the harvest for use throughout the year (when there's six of us the picking rate is rather high!). Well, I've used the last of the blueberries but had enough raspberries to whip up a cake. Earlier in the day I'd made some ice-cream which leaves one with the dilemma of what to do with a bunch of egg-whites. This cake is the perfect solution -
Raspberry and almond cake
2/3 cup plain flour
100g ground almonds
1 & 1/3 cups caster sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract
8 eggwhites
150g butter, melted, cooled
250g raspberries
50g oats
icing sugar for dusting and making it all pretty at the end
Preheat the oven to 200 deg C
Grease and line a 20 x 30 cm tin
Place flour, ground almonds, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and mix well.
Beat eggwhites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.
Fold eggwhites into almond mixture and gently stir in butter.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Scatter the berries* on top, followed by the oats**. Bake for 40 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.
*I had raspberries on hand. I'm sure it would be fine to use any berries, fresh or frozen.
**the recipe actually called for flaked almonds. Didn't have any, so settled for oats instead. I'm sure it's slightly healthier that way!
So I guess this post means I'm officially back in the saddle for 2013. There are changes planned at Chez Squirt Baby, and these will be rolled out as the kids ALL go to school and I settle into a life of lattes, manicures and long boozy lunches. It's all good. Promise!
Yummiest thing with fourth cup of tea. Glad you're back in the saddle, Chez Squirt Baby. Lovely to see you in the saddle and out x
ReplyDeletelooks soo yum, this is the second time i've drooled over that photo (instagram!)
ReplyDeletechanges sound exciting!! they're always good! I've got three more years til both mine are at school and I can kick back with a latte in one manicured hand, wine in the other. Lucky you. ;-)
Had a great time with you the other day darls. Now we've just gotta act on those plans...
ReplyDeleteIn March it will be 12 years since I left paid employment behind. As much as I've loved being a SAHM it's wearing me down. The time is right for me to have a bit of space, mentally and physically and I think it will help me to rediscover some of the joy of parenting! Hmm, that sounds a little glum doesn't it?! It's weird Courts cos I feel both lucky and sad. This is it. No more babies. Hello "freedom"!
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