Monthly Archives: September 2015

Wild Blueberry Cake with Brown Sugar Sauce

We had this cake again yesterday, it was devoured. It is my most popular post so here it is again…..

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We went to pick some blueberries, they just grow on a little hill right next to the house. We probably picked about 4 cups, theblueberries here are wild and plentiful, extra sweet and tasty too. We wanted to make something out of them, butnot muffins. We chose this recipe because I haven’t had it in a long time and Evie really likes it. This is a traditional Newfoundland recipe.

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we used about 1 and 1/2cups blueberries

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mix together 1/4 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar

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add 1 egg and mix then add about 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups of flour, 1 tsp baking powderand mixuntil combined

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add milk (about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup)while mixing so it is thick and creamy like cake batter.

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then add the blueberries and fold in

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then place in an 8 inch square baking pan and bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes…

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Berries

we picked wild blueberries and wild raspberries.
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Evie tried the black berries and partridge berries (ligonberries), they are both pretty sour.

The sod cellar is where dad kept the winter vegetables, it was next to my great grandfather’s house, which is gone now. The water pump is where they got water back then.
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Our friend Bucky, such a sweet horse.

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We had a fire and made some smores, but it was so cold outside that the chocolate was too cold to melt!!
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Freezing

yesteday morning was cold so we lit a fire.

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after breakfast a walk to the beach, just 1 minute away.

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as you can see Evie was a little chilly.

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It was about 11 degrees Celcius and windy. Over night it is supposed to go down to 2degrees Celcius.   I wasn’t prepared for it to be quite this cold, I didn’t even pack pants for me, just shorts and t-shirts. Luckily I threw a fleece into my suitcase.

In My Kitchen September 2015

I cannot believe that September is here already, summer flew by in a blink.  I am not ready for it to be any where near over and I am certainly not ready for winter, it gets pretty harsh here.

We took a trip to Niagara Falls for a week and that was fun, though the drive was long.

Evie and I are in Newfoundland for a wedding until September 14th, she is a bridesmaid.  I will post more on that after the wedding.  In addition to the wedding preparations we will be picking blueberries and hopefully doing a little bit of baking with them.

Here is a little bit of what has been in our kitchen since our last IMK post.

We went to a Ukrainian festival where we had an excellent Pierogi lunch.  We bought some paczki filled with a prune puree and they were very fresh and delicious.  Evie stuffed herself on both the pierogi and packzi.

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This Nordic Birch water is Evie’s new favourite drink, she loves it!

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We made a pizza this is a favourite, we will have to post the dough recipe soon.

It is basically a Margherita with green olives.

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We tried this Strawberry Basil and Jalapeño Lemonade, though it sounds weird it was actually really good

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On our trip to Niagara we went to St. Jacob’s and stopped into a local bakery, Evie got a little peach pie.

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at the market we got some jam made by Mennonite ladies.  There is a large population of Mennonites in the St. Jacob’s area.  The local hardware store has a separate parking section for the horse and buggies.

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We also stopped into a British store where Evie found her favourite marmalade

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Her dad got the ginger chocolate.  We also had Cadbury Flake bars that we devoured as soon as we got in the car.

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I got these Empire biscuits and as you can see I couldn’t wait to take a picture

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Evie also got these pickled onion Montser Munch.  They didn’t have any single bags, due to costs and problems with customs, only this large bag with 6 bags inside.  The shopkeeper was so nice he gave her this supply.  He told her to space them out, but now she would have some.

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Some fresh Niagara peaches

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wild blueberries from the farmer’s market

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And our lovely friend Karam, who you may remember from way back in this post where she made mug brownies with Evie, just got back from a trip to Scotland and brought Evie back this cute tin of shortbread biscuits.  It is extra special because it has a highland cow on it, which Karam has taught her is actually called a “Heilan Coo”.  She says that ALOT!

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As alway thank you to Celia of Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for hosting the monthly IMK posts, they are always fun.  Don’t forget if you want to participate you must post and let Celia know before the 10th.