Peach Upside down cake

I decided to do some experimenting with this cake....it is the first time I ever tried an upside down cake and it went down a treat :) I was a bit weary as I have never done it, but it was so simple that it couldn't fail

150 g plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

100 g caster sugar

100g margarine

vanilla essence

2 tablespoons Greek yogurt

Large tin of peaches in syrup

Honey

• Cream the margarine and sugar together

• Beat the eggs and pour them in gradually to the creamed mixture

• Sieve in the flour and baking powder

• Add in the Greek yogurt and vanilla essence

• Heat the peach syrup in a saucepan on a medium for about 10-13 minutes to make a thick syrup

• Pour this syrup into a greased cake tin

• Add in some honey to the syrup

• I added the remaining syrup to the cake mixture to give it some extra flavour

• Line the peach pieces over the syrup in the cake tin and then pour in the cake mixture

• The cake will take longer to cook because of all of the extra liquid, so it needs more time to absorb all the yummy juices.

• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes and then reduce it to 160 degrees in a fan assistd oven 

• Let it cool down on wire rack

• Serve with some peach syrup and greek yogurt mixed with vanilla essence.

• Perfect end to a rather indulgent day! 

• Enjoy!!

 

Macaroni and Cheese

I've never even tried making this before or even thought about it and last night I just got the idea in my head that I wanted MAC AND CHEESE!!! one bad thing is I forgot to take a photo before we gobbled it up for dinner, but there's none left so you can be guaranteed it was goooood!!!

Anyway, I figured all we need is a nice cheese sauce and seeing as I couldn't find any macaroni pasta, I just used pasta shells. It worked out pretty much the same, Simon said it tasted like mac and cheese so I'm happy!!! I used cheddar for this but I'd say it would be tasty with what ever type you prefer

3 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons flour, sieved

2 Cups of bread crumbs

2 Cups of Milk

2 Cups Cheese - 

Salt, pepper, Garlic salt, Sage, Parsley

400g Pasta, preferably macaroni, but pasta will do :)

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees

• Boil the pasta in hot water

• Melt the butter and add in the sieved flour, stir with a wooden spoon, stir until all lumps have been removed,

• Pour in the 2 cups of milk and allow to thicken over a medium heat.

• Add in some bread crumbs, herbs and the cheese, allow to melt

• Drain the pasta and add in the cheese sauce

• Add the whole mixture to an oven dise cover with some pepper and more breadcrumbs and bake in the oven at 18 degrees for 30 minutes

• Perfect for a hungry tummy :)