Friday, April 16, 2010

Happy Hummingbird Cakes




My friend Helen turned 40 at the weekend and we had a treasure hunt and picnic extravaganza. It was a wonderful day and Andy worked hard on creating an excellent treasure hunt around Paddington so that we could end up at the wonderful Paperbark Grove at Centennial Park. there were wonderful salads, fabulous wheels of sourdough bread from Iggy's, delicious elderflower and passionfruit punch as well as sausages galore and sparkly wine and beer. I made Hummingbird Cakes from a recipe taken from Delicious magazine. After reading all the posts about it on their website I decided to halve the oil and the sugar, leave out the walnuts and dessicated coconut and use mascapone cheese, lime zest and juice for the icing. It was a total winner. And once again I was ably assisted by Tilly who is getting a dap hand at stirring.

Here's the link to the recipe http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6470/hummingbird+cake

Buntastic



Tilly loves the buns

Traditional Hot Cross Buns
Iced Buns