Cake and Eat it

I made a cake at the weekend and here it is. 

A simple lemon zest sponge cake, it took me 20 minutes to make the mix, 30 mins in the oven.

As the cake was cooling I dropped some Lyle's Golden Syrup into the hole at the top which gives it a lovely sticky texture that goes well with the lemon zest in the sponge. 

sweet potato pie

This is a dish recently cooked for me by my friend Dennis whilst visiting here from Australia. I didn't like the look of it at first but was pleasantly taken with the flavour and texture.

sweet potato pie

From what I remember you wrap the sweet potato in foil and bake and then peel off the skins and mash the potato into a thick mix, add some butter, 2 eggs, milk, almonds, sultanas, cinnamon and brown sugar.

You then bake it in the oven until it gets a nice toasty crust. Its an old school comfy pudding, goes well with ice cream.

It fits in well with halloween, conkers and bonfire aromas, school dinners all rolled together.