I keep getting requests from Woozie nb Oakfield to put the recipe for "boat cake" on this blog. I had thought of saying that it is an old family recipe but this isn't true. So for those of you who would like to give this easy cake a try here it is.
1lb fruit 1/2lb marg 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 3/4 tspn bicarb 1 tspn mixed spice. Put these ingredients into a saucepan and simmer for 15 mins stirring often then cool for 25 mins. To this cooled mixture add 2 eggs and 2 cups of SR flour. Bake at Gas 2-3 for 1-2 hours. This time isn't set in stone so check the cake after an hour especially if you use two loaf tins.
Now I reduce the quantity of fruit and add some nuts so try what ever combination you like. I put the mixture into 2, 1lb loaf tins but again you can use any tin you like, also on the odd occasion I mix some alcohol (rum or whisky) with the water. This is lovely warm straight from the oven and Paul likes it with custard as a pudding. It keeps for ages in an airtight tin ENJOY.
Had a nice day out away from the men yesterday. Had never been to Northampton before so it was nice to see yet another town. Neither of us spent any money which must be a first but I did get a Jamie Oliver recipe book from Waterstones thanks for the book token kids. Now this doesn't mean I am going to be serving up a different dish every day but I will endeavor to try something new at least once a week. (that's what I say now).
The boys had a successful day, the new worktops were installed in Tranquility with Paul's new tools coming into their own, as usual cutting stuff on the towpath isn't the best idea but when needs must you have to do it. Paul now has a piece of wood that he is going to use as temporary shelving to replace the mechanism of my "Magic Corner". We have found that this magic corner doesn't really use all the available space so today it is my turn to have upheaval in my kitchen. The proper shelving will be installed when the boat in being stretched. There should be some wood that Paul can utilise. well I hope so, as I don't fancy having a manky bit of wood for a shelf for ever.
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- After years of working,Paul and I retired early. I worked in accounts departments and Paul spent 39 years as an Electrical Mechanical engineer in the industrial refrigeration industry. Paul also served time as a refrigeration engineer officer with P&O, to-ing and fro-ing to NZ. In 2001 we decided to move to Spain where we bought an old Spanish finca that needed total renovation. We took our 1500 Goldwing with us to Spain planning to explore the country. But because of the amount of work that needed doing to the finca we were unable to get full use of our lovely motorbike. So it was shipped back to England where it was sold. It took us 3 1/2 years to finish the house, by which time Paul was hankering after another bike so we bought a new Honda VTX 1300 cruiser which was a pleasure to use with our biker friends. In 2007 the writing was on the wall so we decided to return to the UK and bought our lovely narrowboat which was a big step for me as I had never dreamt of living on a narrowboat. Paul has had sailing boats in the past and regulary crewed on a Medway Bawley Gaffer and raced in many local events. We are continuous cruisers planning to explore as much as we can.
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"It keeps for ages"
No it doesn't, well ours doesn't especially when visitors have a taste.
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