Some of my favourite things around my home

Just a little peek at some of my favourite things

Lots of pics of vignettes in my home

I don't mind silk flowers when there aren't enough fresh in the garden

I love the way the light shines through coloured glass

I brought out some of my pink depression glass to enjoy

My bedside and yes that is me a long time ago

I hope you are having a nice weekend

the weather here is starting to warm up

into the 20's c this week, Lovely

I will be visiting my favourite linky parties this week

The links are on my side bar

xx jeanetteann

A week in the sewing room,so relaxing

Lots of photo's today showing what I've been up to this week

I find sewing and cooking the best form of relaxation

and lots of nice things to look at afterwards.

I have been going through my stash of fabrics and turning them

into little outfits to sell on Ebay and in my Etsy shop

etsy.com/shop/jeanetteodonnell

Although I sell most on Ebay. Etsy is not as successful for me,

but as long as they sell somewhere,it certainly gives me

inspiration to make more and use up my hoard and I do so love

making baby things.

Hope you have a nice week doing what makes you happy

Join me at my usual Linky parties this week

the links are on my side bar

I love to see what my blogger friends are making,it gives me inspiration.

xx jeanetteann

Country Pear and Almond Cake

I thought I might give you another nice recipe to try,

I hope you enjoyed the lemon and almond cake

from last week.

This one makes a lovely desert served with cream,yoghurt or ice cream

I'm going to try this on my next lunch party with friends.

Country Pear and Almond Cake

Oven temp 180c

2 eggs beaten together with 200grms Caster sugar (white granulated will do)

Caster sugar is similar but finer

4 Tblspns milk folded in alternately with 200grms  Self Raising flour

Grease and line a round cake pan

Sprinkle bottom with 30grms dried breadcrumbs

Pour half the batter into the tin

peel and slice 2 pears and put on top of the mixture in the tin

Pour on the other half of the batter

Dot with 30grms butter and sprinkle with 60grms flaked almonds

Bake for 30-40mins or until set and cooked 

Allow to cool 10 mins in the tin before inverting onto a plate then back the right way onto another plate then slide onto a cooling rack

Delicious warm with yoghurt.

While in the kitchen I always fill the oven to save gas,so my 

usual crispy shortbread biscuits go in the oven at the same time

Then a batch of scones while the bread dough is rising in the warm

kitchen

and to use up a bit of left over sweet shortcrust pastry I had in the 

freezer from last baking day,I used up one last apple in the fruit bowl

which I peeled,cored while still whole,stuffed the hole with mixed

dried fruit and soft brown sugar dotting a little fresh butter

over the apple

sit it on top of the circle of pastry, brush with beaten egg

and fold up the pastry to encase the apple

brush all over with the beaten egg and sprinkle with caster sugar

Bake in the oven at the same time as the scones

Delicious served with custard

It is plenty for 2 people

What to do with the left over egg (I hardly ever waste food)

I stirred it into a bubbling pot of veg and lentil soup

Sour Bread dough ready to be kneaded

I don't worry about the kitchen getting messy when I'm enjoying

myself cooking. There usually is stuff everywhere,even bits on the floor.

Time to clean up and have a nice cup of tea

I think I'll use the pink roses china set today and 

enjoy a nice scone with fresh butter

Enjoy

Join me for some peeky looks into what everyone else in blogland is up to

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xx jeanetteann

Flowers to plant for Spring & tea with lemon cake

We made a trip to Bunnings today for some lovely Spring flowers

I so love pansies and daffodils

A lovely much awaited parcel arrived today also.

I ordered two climbing roses from Treloars in Melbourne

I couldn't get the ones I wanted here in Adelaide

I have to soak them in water for 24 hours before planting

I read on Pinterest that banana skins are so good for planting 

under the roses. They are supposed to love them,so I've been saving

them up in the freezer. 

Afternoon tea time

Strawberries with a sprinkle of icing sugar(confectioners sugar)

and Lemon almond cake with a refreshing cup of Dilmar tea

Recipe for Lemon Almond cake

Ingredients

185gms(6oz)butter softened

1/2cup caster sugar(ordinary white sugar but finer)

1/2cup curd(butter) or I used juice of 1 lemon instead

as I didn't have lemon curd on hand and it worked perfectly well

3 eggs beaten

11/4 cups Self Raising flour sifted

30grms(1oz) ground almonds

1/2 cup milk

3 tblspns flaked almonds for decoration

(can be toasted)

I just iced the cake with a simple icing 

made with icing sugar and a little water

but the recipe says to use the one below

Lemon Frosting

125 grms(4 oz cream cheese

1 T finely grated lemon rind

11/2 cups icing sugar(confectioners sugar)

2  Tspns lemon juice

Method

Place butter,sugar,lemon butter(curd) or lemon juice of 1 lemon

eggs,flour,ground almonds and milk in a large bowl and mix well

Spoon batter into a greased and lined 20cm(8 inch round cake pan

and bake 40mins or until cooked when tested with a skewer that comes out clean

Stand in the tin for 5 mins before turning out onto a cake rack to cool

To make frosting place cream cheese,lemon rind,icing sugar and lemon juice in

a food processor and process for 1 min or until frostiing is of and easy spreading 

consistency 

Spread over cake and decorate with almonds

Enjoy

Hope you are enjoying your week,I certainly am. It's nice to get out into the garden again

I am joining my usual Linky parties and having a peek at some new ones

Please join me

The links to the parties are on my side bar

xx jeanetteann