Unbought Delicacies: Goat's yoghurt, blueberry and orange cake

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Goat's yoghurt, blueberry and orange cake

I've been intrigued by the yoghurt cake recipes I've come across on the net recently, so thought I'd give it a whirl, but customised ofcourse! It's the recipe where the ingredients are measured out using the yoghurt pot as a measure. This would be a useful recipe for when you're low/run out of butter. I also think it sounds a bit healthier than usual, especially with the fruit in it; at least it was until MrL decided to change his into a pudding and piled a big dollop of double cream on it!

1 pot of goat's milk yoghurt
2 pots of sugar
3 pots of self raising flour
1 pot of vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 good handful (about 4 oz or so) blueberries
zest and juice from 1 large orange

Mix everything very well until thoroughly combined. Pour into prepared tin and bake in a hot oven until well risen and golden brown. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.

I used a big 350g pot of yoghurt and ended up with two huge loaf tins of it; I'm fairly sure it will all get eaten, though. Must use a sensible sized pot next time.......I had this one as it was very well marked down on the reduced shelf in the shop! Creative shopping makes for creative cakes:)

6 comments:

brightandnew said...: I'm always a little wary of using oil in cakes. I often find them far too oily - I get a mini oil slick on my hands when I'm cuttng the cake!

Your cake looks quite light, though, so I think I may give it a try. :); 23 February 2010 at 16:42
MrsL said...: First one I've tried with oil, and to be honest, I would use a bit less next time I used my own eggs too, which are big ones, so the mix was quite a bit softer. Very different taste and texture to my usual butter sponge, but popular in our house! (well - it's cake, isnlt it?! LOL)

MrsL

xx; 23 February 2010 at 21:59
The Webbers living a life at the beach said...: I gave you a Sunshine award! http://jsmwebber.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-lovely-surprises.html; 24 February 2010 at 00:39
MrsL said...: Thankyou Sue, that's lovely! Chuffed:)

MrsL

xx; 24 February 2010 at 07:13
Libby said...: I tried to join your CL forum but had problems with my email and now can't join under my name, can you help please; 25 February 2010 at 10:46
MrsL said...: Hi Libby,

I've gone in via the Admin system and activated your account - should be OK now. If not, just shout here, or e-mail on
Julian.Dean1@btinternet.com.

:)

MrsL

xx; 25 February 2010 at 13:16

I have found such joy

I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head,
And in a leaf-laced square along the floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through the door.
I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days: a curtain's blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my window sill,
A rose, fresh-cut and placed within a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.
Oh, I have found such joys I wish I might
Tell every woman who goes seeking far
For some elusive, feverish delight,
That very close to home the great joys are:
The elemental things- old as the race,
Yet never, through the ages, commonplace.

~ Grace Noll Crowell

Ideas for handmade gifts

Small knitteds - gloves, scarves, hot water bottle covers, hats, tea cosies, phone covers, little toys,,cushion covers, bags. Some of these can be felted/fulled for extra interest.
Edibles - chutneys and jams, pickles, nice teas in a vintage/retro tin, sweeties, toffees, mustard, home made wine and liqueurs, home dried fruits, ketchups.
For the home - trimmed tea towels, handknitted dishcloths, quilted wallhangings, small samplers, restored picture frames, pot pourri, lavender bags, covered coathangers, little scented bags for hanging on handles, framed photos of family,etc you've taken yourself, pincushion,needle book, scissor keeper, book of promises (eg babysitting, 1 hour's housework, the ironing, etc)
Bathtime - homemade soap, bath oils, bath salts, knitted washcloths, herbal bags for the bath, hand sewn toilet bags, trimmed hand towels, homemade lotions and potions packed in pretty jars and bottles.
For the garden - home saved seed in handmade decorated packets; homemade handcream, exfoliating soap, wheat bag for those digger's aches and pains!

Handmade books, personalised printed notepaper and envelopes.
Hamper of bits and bobs from the above lists, packed in a pretty lined basket.

I'll add some more as and when I think of them; These can be used all year round and easily tailored to the recipient - everyone loves a homemade gift. :)

Inspiring thoughts.............

I saw a man, an old Cilician, who occupied an acre or two of land that no one wanted.
A patch not worth the ploughing, unrewarding for flocks, unfit for vineyards;
he, however, by planting here and there among the scrub cabbages or white lilies and verbena and flimsy poppies, fancied himself a king in wealth, and coming home late in the evening, loaded his board with unbought delicacies.
Virgil

I had no theories to prove. I merely wanted to try living by my own hands, independently as far as possible from a system of division of labour in which the participant loses most of the pleasure of making and growing things for himself. I wanted to bring in my own fuel and smell its sweet smell as it burned in the hearth I had made. I wanted to grow my own food, or forage after it. In short I wanted to do as much as I could for myself, because I had already realised from partial experience the inexpressible joy of doing so.

Harlan Hubbard, Shantyboat: A River Way of Life

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Tuesday 23 February 2010

Goat's yoghurt, blueberry and orange cake

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