The Best Apple Cake Ever!!

My hubby loves apple pie and apple cake and I have made many different recipes for him over the years. However he pronounced this recipe the best one ever, which is the highest compliment there is. I used the recipe from Darren Purchese’s cookbook – Lamingtons and Lemon Tart, the original recipe came from his wife Cath and her Mum. It’s almost like a pie because there is such a thick layer of apple filling. YUM!!! Plus the recipe included a recipe for a wicked vanilla bean custard!! Just perfect to make in the Thermomix of course. I even bought the pink lady apples from the Huon Valley – one of our famous apple growing areas in Tassie.

Arwen’s Thermo Pics | Hobart Thermomix Consultant - Apple Cake

Apple Cake

Arwen’s Thermo Pics | Hobart Thermomix Consultant - Apple Cake

Truffle Cooking 2019

It’s one of my favourite times of the year when I spend about $50 on a fresh Tasmanian grown truffle and cook with it for a few days until it is all gone enjoying every delicious mouthful YUM!!

Freshly made truffle butter is the base for some many awesome truffle recipes YUM!!
Truffles scrambled eggs
Truffled egg yolk with fresh pasta that has been cooked in truffled butter YUM!!
Eggs in a Jar just got truffled – I used a truffled egg & truffled butter for the potato mash YUM!!

Thermie High Tea with Eloise Emmett

We had a wonderful High Tea on Sunday showcasing the delicious treats you can make in your Thermomix, I was so busy I didn’t get to take very many photos so Eloise Emmett has very kindly allowed me to share her photos of the event we held together at Little Norfolk Bay Events and Chalets. All our guests had a wonderful relaxing afternoon.

Guests started with an awesome savoury tower including recipes from Eloise’s award winning cookbooks.
I made potted hummus with veggies
I also made the salted caramel macarons, mini basque cheese cakes and chocolate ganache.
Blue Cheese Eclair recipe from In the mix cookbook with homemade quince paste
Salted Caramel Macarons

Sophia’s Kitchen Recipes

I love Sophia’s recipes they are easy to follow with ingredients we would all easily have available to us. Here are a few I have made so far 🙂

Apple Crumble Pie
Sticky Date Pudding
Jerk Chicken from the Practice Mix Perfect cookbook
Naan Bread ( I made mine garlic naan)
Easy Basic Pizza

Matt Sinclair’s Thermomix Cooking Experience

How would you like to win a trip to Matt Sinclair’s Noosa Restaurant?

YES!! All you have to do is host a Thermomix Cooking Experience between July & September 2019 with one of Matt’s menus and have 2 – 6 guests in attendance. That’s too easy and so delicious!! Find all the details here.

Menu 1 – San Choy Bau
Menu 1 – Banana Puddings with Honey Ginger Custard
Menu 2 – Pork or Vegetarian Wonton Soup
Menu 2 – Honey Ginger Custard

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

Ever since I first watched the Netflix series Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, I have wanted to make this Japanese style beef short ribs recipe, I bought the book but I couldn’t find the recipe in the book, so watched the show again and wrote down the recipe & instructions. The stars aligned where I was able to purchase the most perfect ingredients to make it too. I attended the Bream Creek Farmers market and bought the aged beef short ribs from Leap Farm and I just got the authentic Japanese ingredients too. It was worth waiting for – so delicious!!