Easy Recipe for Mum's Windfall Apple Pudding Cake

 This recipe is so easy.  We have lots of windfall Apples.  Delicious hot with Custard then eaten as a Cake the next day 

WINDFALL APPLE PUDDING CAKE  

Lightly grease an ovenproof dish with BUTTER or MARGARINE. Cover the base with big chunks of raw APPLE or PEAR and 1 oz of MIXED DRIED FRUIT

The next bit I was taught in Cookery Lessons at School

You can use any size EGGS just remember to weigh them IN THEIR SHELLS

The 2 EGGS I used weighed together came to 5ozs

This gives you the amount of the other ingredients you need

  5ozs SELF RAISING FLOUR

5ozs SUGAR

5ozs BUTTER or MARGARINE

I flat teaspoon BAKING POWDER

Whisk together all of the above ingredients until pale and airy 

Spoon gently over the APPLES without pressing down

BAKE for 40 minutes at 180%  FAN OVEN

DELICIOUS with Custard !   How easy was that ?

Windfall Chutney

A few jars of Windfall Chutney I have just made. Recipe below

One of many boxes of Apples from our four 70 year old Apple Trees. We don't spray them or thin them or pick them. They must be ready when they fall then it's eat, freeze or make into 

WINDFALL CHUTNEY

         3 lbs Apples              2 Large Onions,   

         1 cup White sugar     1 cup Demerara Sugar, 

         I cup Vinegar            1 cup dried Mixed Fruit, 

         Half teaspoon Salt    1 flat teaspoon Curry Powder

The measuring cup I use is 250ml.  Simply put the above in a big saucepan.  Simmer on low stirring occasionally until all the ingredients are soft and it looks and tastes like Chutney.  Please keep a lid on on the saucepan or the liquid will evaporate.  You would then be tempted to add more liquid like I did once and ruined it.  I always us this recipe because Hubby likes it. 

Hubby busy making Cider using this Apple Press that he made 

Very very tasty Celtic Lady Sal Bacon now a Family Favourite

I had to make this for Dinner tonight after finding the Recipe on 

http://celticladysal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/bacon-cheese-potatoes-slow-cooker.html

It is very, very tasty and so simple to make

I made the Oven Bake version. Hubby loved it so it will be another Family Favourite

Layered Bacon, Onion, Potato and Cheese. The only change I made to Celtic Lady's Recipe was to sprinkle crushed Crisps on top before cooking it to give it a crunchy top....delicious !

THANK YOU for sharing your Recipe Celtic Lady Sal

Our Family Favourite Mum's Orange or Strawberry Airy Fairy Pudding

My Mum used to make this a lot and called it Airy Fairy Pudding

Sometimes she made it with Strawberries instead of Mandarins

The only 3 ingredients she used 

1 Tin of Mandarin oranges ( or Strawberries ) in Juice

1 Orange ( or Strawberry ) flavoured Jelly

Evaporated Milk

METHOD FOR ORANGE

Drain Mandarins reserving some whole pieces for decoration

Dissolve one packet of Jelly cubes in 5 fluid ounces of hot water.  Microwave for 30 seconds if they are slow to dissolve

Add Mandarin Juice and the Mandarins to the dissolved Jelly

Make up to 16 fluid ounces with cold water or Ice Cubes if you want a quicker set 

Put in Fridge to half set. Put Tin of Evaporated milk in the Fridge

Check it now and then allowing it to

 half set ( still very wobbly but not completely set ) 

Whisk in 5 fluid ounces of Evaporated Milk until your Jelly is very frothy and bubbly

Put back in the Fridge and allow to set completely 

 Decorate with reserved whole pieces of Mandarin

Have fun decorating.  This Flower was my first attempt but I prefer the above Teddy Decoration

I hope you enjoy making Mum's refreshing Orange Airy Fairy and it becomes your Family Favourite too

Cheerio until next time. Marion x 

Elderflower Cordial will be ready in 5 days

I made some Elderflower Cordial today. I have to leave it to soak for 5 days before straining it.  It smells lovely already.  It will keep bottled in the fridge for a year or in ice cube trays in the freezer.

The Elderflowers ready for picking on our local cycle path

Tabby likes the smell too !

ELDERFLOWER DRINKS. Use only the flower. Leaves and bark are poisonous !

ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL

Dissolve 1KG SUGAR in 1.5 LITRES WATER.

 Stir in 1.5 OZ CITRIC ACID. 

Add 15 LARGE WHITE ELDERFLOWER HEADS and 2 SLICED LEMONS

Leave to stand covered for 5 days stirring daily

Strain through muslim and pour into bottles.

Will keep in the fridge for a year.  Dilute to taste

ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE

Dissolve 675g SUGAR in 4.5 LITRES WATER

Stir in 2 TBL WHITE WINE VINEGAR and GRATED RIND AND JUICE OF 1 LARGE LEMON

Add 4 LARGE ELDERFLOWER HEADS

Leave to stand covered for 2 days

Strain and pour into lemonade bottles

Leave for 3 weeks or longer by which time it will be very fizzy

Chill before serving