Baking ideas for allotment site open day?

floss2

My allotment site are having an open day in late July, and it's been suggested that the cakes & muffins we sell / have with tea have ingredients grown on the site, such as carrot cake....I've got a recipe for a scrummy carrot cake, and one for carrot & orange muffins, but could do with a few more ideas to share at the next site meeting?

kittycat204

beetroot and chocolate cake is meant to be good. many recipes on line. you could do a savory muffin with courgette and cheese. apple pies, apple tart tatin. plum upside down cake. apple cake.
http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/8144
http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/articles/how-to-make-cakes-from-vegetables
http://www.letherbakecake.com/2010/10/ways-with-vegetables.html

kitschkitty

MiL made courgette chocolate muffins - rather like carrot cake they were yummy without being vegetabley!

Potatoes can be used in quite a lot of sweet cake recipes too.

kittycat204

kitschkitty wrote: »

Potatoes can be used in quite a lot of sweet cake recipes too.

oh yeah i forgot about that, i've made a lemon drizzle cake with mashed potato in. it was dense but really nice.

Grimbal

could you also do savoury things like courgette & cheese muffins, onion & potato bread, spanish tortilla ?

http://www.allotment.org.uk/recipes

Callie22

Probably not in season, but if you google parsnip cake there are loads of recipes.

floss2

Thanks for all those ideas & links - I think I will be a bit busy leading up to the open day!

valentina

Some recipes here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/05/savoury-muffin-recipes-fearnley-whittingstall
The courgette muffins are fantastic!

adelight

parsnip, banana and date cakes and savoury muffins?