Tamarillo Fruit Sponge Cake

This is an amazing dish. It's sweet, and yet tart at the same time. It makes great use of those gorgeous red fruits that have become so available in the recent years.

Must be eaten quickly, though, as it will not keep.

Tamarillo Fruit Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

500g tamarillos
125g sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
50g butter
50g sugar
1 egg
milk to mix

Method:

1. Place 125g sugar and water in pan, bring to the boil, stir to dissolve sugar and allow to boil gently for 5 minutes.

2. Peel the tamarillos, slice into the syrup and cook gently for 5 minutes.

3. Place butter and 50g sugar in mixer bowl, cream until light and fluffy. Add the egg slowly until well beaten in.

4. Sift together flour and baking powder and add to creamed mixture at lowest speed, 1 Tbsp at a time. Mix in 2-3 Tbsp milk to form a dropping consistency.

5. Place hot stewed tamarillos in greased oven-proof dish and spoon sponge mixture over top. Smooth with a knife and bake at 180-190*C for approximately 45 minutes until well risen, firm and golden brown.

6. Serve hot, sprinkled with icing sugar.

Serves: 4

Rating: 4.5

Almond-Milk Banana Smoothie (Dairy Free)

With more and more people adopting a Vegan or even just Dairy-free diet these days, it's useful to have recipes like these on hand. Plus, it tastes GREAT!

Almond-Milk Banana Smoothie (Dairy Free)

Ingredients:

1 cup of water
1 cup blanched almonds
3-4 large, ripe bananas
squeeze of honey (can be left out to make this a vegan recipe)

Method:

1. Combine water and almonds in a blender and blend until completely smooth (can take about 1-2 mins)

2. Add bananas and blend until preferred consistency (I like mine really smooth, but others like theirs lumpy)

3. If not sweet enough, add some honey and blend again. Serve chilled or as is.

Serves: 2-3

Rating: 4.5