Sydney’s weather has eased slightly, and I’ve leapt at the opportunity to turn the oven on!
This kamut, potato and beer bread comes from Tessa Kiros’ Falling Cloudberries. The loaf was soft and slightly cakey, with a pronounced but not unpleasant bitterness from the Guinness. It was very tasty smothered with Pete’s homemade butter, and topped with fresh tomato and sheep’s milk cheese.
The bread only used 60ml of stout, and I was loathe to waste the rest of the can, so I made a Chocolate Guinness Cake (topping up the shortfall in beer with 60ml of water). It was moist, dark and very grown-up, and baked particularly well in my extra-large bundt pan.
Some more experiments with choux pastry – this time chocolate fondant covered éclairs and mini Paris-Brest wheels…
Finally, a comment left by Deb reminded me that I had half a carton of buttermilk in the fridge that needed using up. I baked an old standby, the Buttermilk and Almond Cake, and dressed it up with a generous swirl of Pete’s freshly made white nectarine and raspberry conserve.
Pete, who was mildly miffed at only getting three slices of Guinness cake, declared that this one was all his…
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 