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TarunTaru

Oh don't worry, Taru will return!
Horace, I have PM'd you the apple cake recipe, Mrs. P, I shall do likewise with the cinnamon rolls when I find the book!
And funnily enough, I had just worked out the 'maybe i should work in the mornings' theory myself! (it worked =D)

Horace

Hi Tarun (or Taru).

Thank you so much for the apple cake recipe - its my kind of cake, I love recipes that don't have to be exact.:D

I am more of a morning person myself:D

strumpet

Good Morning!

Fear not - I have not died........but I have been busy!

Lucielle:
What a fabulous day to come to Clitheroe! Did you look round the church, castle and visit that really fabulous wine shop on the high street? Cellars and cellars of finest vintages! :beer:
I could get seriously lost (and seriously endebted) in there!!!
:doh:

Horace:
Unfortunately, I was not sunning myself - I was trying to study, which was really hard given that everyone else was out sunning themselves! But I did a little bit and I think I have the measure of the task in hand which always makes me feel a little more in control. Knowing where the finishing line is, makes all the difference! And if I fail it, then I fail it and I'll have another go in November (Mother's kind words to stop her No 1 son from stressing out!)
Thanks for the chat on Friday night - it was fun to finally get to speak to you, you totally mad, freaky, funky, hysterical barmcake!!!!!:rotfl:

Tarun:
Welcome! And get off the list and do some study!!! Like I can talk!!!:silenced:
Isn't it a bind though!:wall:
And don't keep the recipe for those cinnamon buns to yourself! My OH says he doesn't like cinnamon so I might get to eat the all myself!:dance:

Updates:
I have had 2 NSDs since I last spoke with you so I'm updating my sig in a minute.
Also lost track of myspending diary which has annoyed me but I don't think I've done that badly over the weekend. I tool out £30 and it's gone, so I'll guess at £30 + £42 to fill up the car. Now I'll make a better effort to stay on track.

Speak soon!

Strumps.

lucielle

Strumps the castle was closed but the children played in the park. I do remember the sausage man, is cowans or cowman or something on the high street?
L

Horace

Strumps - it was great talking to you too and I am glad that I gave you a bit of motivation to study. It sure is hard trying to study when the sun is out, tell you what I will swap your accoutancy studying for two assignments one on boring hen parties and the other on even more boring wedding transport:rolleyes:

I have had a relatively good day - I have found an accountant (thank you MSE:j), I did a mystery shop today for which I will get £10 (no min spend either which is fab), I nipped into Lidl and bought a few essentials such as pizza, scourers, bubble bath, cloudy lemonad [it has gone up from 36p for 2 ltrs to 47p:eek:], frozen peas, ice cream, cones and a bar of strawberry choc and spent £12.24:D I have taken a look at the complicated working tax credit application form - you need a bloomin' degree to fill it in:eek:

I am also catching up with my calls and dabbling with the assignments (yawn). Well off to phone that posh hotel in the brecon beacons who have been emailing me and yet I haven't responded - maybe I can blag a free weekend trip? I am good at blagging:D

Oh and Tarun has sent me a lovely recipe for apple cake - I am sure OH will like it, no cinnamon:D

Off to do some more work - tatty bye my old fruit xxx

lucielle

Feeling left out, please can I be greedy and have both recipes?
L

TarunTaru

by popular demand, and to save me sending three identical messages, here are the recipes:
Apple cake
Ingredients
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]3 eggs
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]3,5 dl sugar (although, in my opinion you can get away with using 3 dl- it is much nicer when it isn’t *extremely* sweet)
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]100g butter
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]1,5dl milk
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]4,5 dl flour
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]2,5 tsp baking powder
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]4 or 5 cooking/tart apples

·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Preheat the oven to 200 degrees c.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Beat together the egg and sugar
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Warm through the milk and butter, pour over the sugar and mix
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Mix together the flour and baking powder, then add it to the wet mixture.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Grease and flour a tin (a brownie tin/lasagne type dish is traditional, but cake is cake, any will do!) and pour in the cake mixture
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Peel and slice the apples (again, life is too short to worry how) and scatter over the cake mix
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Cinnamon Rolls Korvapuustit

Dough:
½ l milk
50 g yeast
150 g butter or margerine
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ dl sugar
1 tablespoon cardamom
18 dl (900 g) flour

dissolve yeast in a bit of lukewarm milk. Put on top of flour. Melt butter, mix with the rest of milk (also lukewarm), pour over the yeast/flour, add salt, sugar and cardamom. Knead strongly until smooth and elastic. Let rest until size is doubled.

Filling:

4 tablespoons butter or margerine
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon flour
1 egg for spreading
coarse/decorating sugar

mix the ingredients for filling. Roll out the dough, spread the filling, make a roll and cut trapezoid forms (ca 5 –6 cm width). Press the middle. Let rest at a warm place for a while. Spread the egg on top decorate with coarse or decorating sugar.
Bake at 275 C - probably 10 minutes or so

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*!!!!!!s off feeling guilty for taking up so much space on poor strumpet's diary*

Horace

Shouldnt worry about taking up space on Strump's diary Tarun...MrsP and I often chatter and take up space to make him feel guilty for ignoring us:rotfl: Anyway, I am sure he will appreciate the recipes especially the cinnamon buns as his OH professes not to like cinnamon and yet scoffs things containing it.:rolleyes:

strumpet

Thanks for those recipes Tarun - I shall have to attempt them.
Just one question - probably being thick but I am a man so.....

What's a dl? I can only think of deci-litre but that seems an odd unit to use with flour!

Put me out of my misery please!

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Spent £5.50 on a peal fee for Blackburn Cathedral last night, along with a sandwich and bottle of water for £2.48 (arrived at the sandwich shelf just as the lady was wielding her Whoopsing gun and rducing all the butties!!! Saved 30p!). On the dark side, we had McD's for lunch yesterday to cheer us up, which was £4 so I spent £11.98 yesterday!

Updating sig now!

Horace

Hi Strumps

Here is Tarun's definition of decilitre (never heard of them myself) and what he/she uses (from the apple cake recipe):

Sorry about the decilitre measurements, if you don't have anything that measures them, the rule of thumb 1dl = 100ml/ 100g has always stood me true

Anyway I still use pounds and ounces - you can keep this metric nonsense:rolleyes:

Sun is out, chores are being done - one line full of washing already dried, another is drying (I used the handwash programme on my washing machine for the first time and for some reason everything came out covered in sand:mad:) I had to try and wash my new top again and it is still sandy:mad::mad: I knew I should have washed it by hand instead of the machine..doh.

Did OH enjoy his trip away?