What are you cooking today?

[cookie1]

Thanks Chookie. I think cherries are a wonderful gift. I absolutely love them, possibly because they are usually quite expensive here and available for such a short time. My brother in Canberra loves to tell me how many kilos he is picking from his cherry tree.

[judydawn]

ES due to the heat we've already had, I know others who are choosing to go down the cold lunch path this year for the first time.  Salads are not boring these days so a lovely spread can still be provided. 

[Cornish Cream]

I made Mince Pies using Rich Shortcrust Pastry and filled them with Pear Mincemeat.I made 16 altogether and a "freeform" jam tart.

[mcmich]

They look delicious CC.

[cookie1]

Lovely CC. I have some lovely pastry left over that I want to make into Fruit Mince Tarts. But with the heat it will be much later in the day.

[JulieO]

Today I made a recipe that was in an email from HO when Anna Gare first came aboard with Thermomix.  I've included the link to the recipe below.

Instead of using a loaf tin, I used a tin that has 5 heart shaped moulds in it which also produce a little heart shaped indent on top of each cake for adding fruit, sauces, cream etc for decoration.  There was also enough batter left over to fill 2 AA silicone moulds, though I should have brushed the insides of them with the TM cake release that I used on the heart moulds as the cake did stick to them. They came out perfectly from the heart moulds as you can see.

Anyway, we had one warm with a dollop of cream and we thought they were really lovely.  Sweet enough with enough tartness from the raspberries to give a good balance.  So quick and easy in the TM, I will definitely keep this recipe. 

I've frozen the other cakes to have at random.  I will reheat them on a gentle heat in my Turbo oven.  I think serving with a little raspberry coulis and a scoop of home made vanilla bean ice cream would make for a special dessert. 

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/baking-sweet-recipes/banana-raspberry-and-coconut-loaf/279046

[obbie]

Julie O, I want to jump in and eat those cakes

[mab19]

Your mince pies look delicious CC.

Julie O, your cake looks amazing.

[mcmich]

Lovely to see photos of your wonderful cooking Julie. They look so professional as always. 

[cookie1]

Delicious looking JulieO.

[JulieO]

Thankyou, it's a lovely little recipe. 

[JulieO]

This was my dinner (last night and tonight), Borlotti bean & bocconcini bread salad.  It's a Michelle Bridges meal that is quite nice and flavoursome and I always feel really good after having it.

Not the best photo as you can't really see it all, but thought I'd post it anyway. 

[mcmich]

Not a good photo???
It looks great and I bet it tasted really good too.

[Cornish Cream]

Great photos of delicious food Julie.

[judydawn]

Great cooking Denise and Julie.  I have that tin Julie, it makes gorgeous heart shaped desserts.