Muesli

 

Toasted Muesli with Maple Syrup

A lovely toasted musesli with nuts and a few dried fruit, both healthy and delicious, and seriously easy to make...

 

Ingredients

1kg rolled oats

1/2 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

350gms dried nuts and seeds, like cashews, almonds, pepita's, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, brazil nuts and macadamia nuts

150gms dried fruit, such as cranberry's, sultana's, dates and figs

 

Method

Place the Oats, Maple Syrup, Oil and spices in a bowl and mix thoroughly, spread mixture evenly over two oven trays and bake at 160 degrees for about 15 minutes until just light golden brown (you may vary this according to taste).  Place nuts onto tray and bake a further 10 minutes until lightly toasted then add dried fruit and cool before popping into an airtight container for storage. 



 

 

Fabulous Cake by adriano zumbo

Chocolate Cake

 

A fabulous Adriano Zumbo cake which I just had to share with you, super dooper chocolatey with the sexiest meringues, chocolates spikes and macaroons - what a treat for the eyes!

 

Oh, yes and for those cake eaters out there - the taste buds too!!

 

 

 

 

Woodland Creatures Birthday Party

 Toadstool Cake

An intimate party with a Woodland setting for a little girl who loves bunny's, deers and toadstools.

The grass on the table is polar fleece and so had a lovely soft mossy feel, the table was decorated with
a gorgeous white birch tree (from Bed Bath and Table), the beautiful white ceramic bunny is a money box and of course I made the toadstool cake.

For the cake, use my chocolate recipe, that you will find a in a previous post.

 

The base was baked in a stainless steel wine cooler (love those!) and the top of the toadstool was baked in a stainless steel mixing bowl, just join the two together with the chocolate ganache from the recipe once they are completely cooled.  You will need to buy red fondant icing (try good homewares/cooking stores) as red simply can't be made that bright by yourself (mix bought red fondant with a little white fondant so it isn't as sticky). 

The grass is shredded coconut thrown in a bag with green colouring, a little butter icing spread onto the plate (or board) will keep the coconut in place.  I used fondant for the doors and windows and roses, then piped the green on for the shrubs and ivy around the toadstool.  To make the roses , take a small ball of pink fondant and roll it into a long sausage shape - about 5cm (2 inches) long, then flatten a little, take one end and roll it back on itself so it curls up and pinch the base a little to hold then pop it onto a 'shrub' made from butter icing.