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VeteransWelcome to the veteran's page - we now have a 'Recipe of the Month' kindly provided by Aunty Carin. If you would like to submit your own recipe or comments then please email me. Enjoy... New this month is a White Chocolate Cheescake recipe from Aunty Gaynor Aunty Gaynor’s White Chocolate Cheesecake : download here
Now, now, just wait a minute: do not run from the room wailing “but I don’t like walnuts!!!” This cake is really lovely, honest. I don’t like raw walnuts either – after several years’ training I can manage to eat half of one without gagging. My snivelling brats (as experimental cake tasters) also loathe walnuts but are more than happy to eat them in cake form. This is because the baking process (not to mention all the sugar and honey) takes away any of the bitterness that walnuts usually have and just leaves a nicely mellow nutty-flavoured cake. Since the walnuts are blitzed into little tiny pieces, there’s nothing to get stuck in your teeth (if you’ve still got them) either, so it’s ideal for old people. It’s a really easy cake to make too – just some blitzing, melting and stirring before you put it in the oven. Please do make this cake; I’m sure you will enjoy it. I don’t often bother with the icing sugar, but it is nice with a slice of cheese, such as Caerphilly or Wensleydale, instead. We haven’t yet managed to wait twenty-four hours to eat it either, but the experience is none the worse for that! Pain aux Noix (Walnut Cake from The French Market by Joanne Harris & Fran Warde) 200g/7oz walnuts
Aunty Carin’s October Cake of Month: Tea Bread What do old people like? That’s right, it’s Tea and Cake, so what could be better than a cake with tea in it? This is a teabread recipe, for people who cannot get enough tea in their lives by merely drinking it and feel compelled to eat tea-flavoured things as well. Actually, the tea flavour isn’t overwhelming and I have been known to replace a tablespoon of soaking liquid with cherry brandy instead, which certainly adds to the flavour. Feel free to experiment with other liqueurs too! By the way, it’s not a mistake; there really is no butter or margarine in this cake – so it’s (relatively) fat-free, which means you can have a really big slice without feeling remotely guilty. Bun Loaf (from The Complete Farmhouse Kitchen Cook Book) 225g/8oz mixed dried fruit
Match ReportsVets tournament on the weekend of 23rd and 24th May in SwanseaA great time was had by all - and we managed to play some hockey.We came joint 3rd with Bridgend - joint 3rd because we were 1-1 at full time but because it was so hot and we are old we decided not to bother with flicks.Great to see Louise out and about for the whole weekend with us too.More old fogey things to follow.... |
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