tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post5275520820805441842..comments2024-03-08T19:14:10.264+11:00Comments on cloth and fodder: Morning baking: Rhubarb and Walnut loafBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01698895263411758914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-2017772383766941012008-08-18T12:08:00.000+10:002008-08-18T12:08:00.000+10:00Hoppo bumpo: yes, I have had a few failures with b...Hoppo bumpo: yes, I have had a few failures with both cooking and baking in recent weeks, where I too have made dodgy substitutions, not measured anything and worse, three times in the one week I managed to forget the key ingredient in my meals (e.g. making colcannon and forgetting the cabbage, making roast vegetables for the sole purpose of using up some baby beets, then forgetting to roast the beets etc)<BR/><BR/>katiecrackernuts: I'm not sure about growing rhubarb! Unfortunately our rhubarb plant died a couple of years ago and it hasn't been replaced since. I had some leftover in the freezer from a few weeks back when I was asked to bake a cake with rhubarb in it and I had to buy frozen rhubarb. I couldn't find any fresh at the time - the guy in the green grocer snorted at me when I asked!<BR/><BR/>I currently use a comfrey salve for bruises and it works amazingly (clears up bruises overnight) but I'm always up for new bruise remedies as I'm quite prone to brusing too. Where can I get my hands on some arnica?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698895263411758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-52151583573309101382008-08-18T11:46:00.000+10:002008-08-18T11:46:00.000+10:00Is it the right time to grow rhubarb? I really lik...Is it the right time to grow rhubarb? I really like it but the rest of the family hate it. Sounds like you had a great weekend. Arnica for the bruising. I bruise a lot.Kate Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731006032499344619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-49916623605956160092008-08-17T20:34:00.000+10:002008-08-17T20:34:00.000+10:00Thanks Beth! I realise that your recipe did say "S...Thanks Beth! I realise that your recipe did say "Smart" sugar and I didn't quite click that it was a special blend. I ended up making the cake with 1/2 cup regular caster sugar and 500g frozen blueberries instead of the rhubarb (couldn't find it anywhere!). The castle was slightly structurally unsound due to my dodgy substitutions and measurements (so no pics!) but delicious all the same. And the people who couldn't usually eat cake because of dietary restrictions, seemed pretty happy with it.Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-30476307929603071802008-08-16T13:50:00.000+10:002008-08-16T13:50:00.000+10:00Looks and sounds delish..did you grow your own rhu...Looks and sounds delish..did you grow your own rhubarb too? Mine is in the garden somwhere..just have to unearth it amongst the grass and weeds!<BR/>Thanks for the recipe :DGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459177911693288201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-20882024654275809112008-08-16T08:29:00.000+10:002008-08-16T08:29:00.000+10:00Hoppo Bumpo: Oopsies - Thanks for picking that up!...Hoppo Bumpo: Oopsies - Thanks for picking that up!! I used 1/2 cup of CSR "smart" sugar (the "diabetic" sugar which is sugar + artificial sweetener). With smart sugar you only need half as much as the recipe asks for. I'll go fix it up this afternoon.. about to head out the door now. Good luck with that, I look forward to seeing how it goes.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698895263411758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-54607795794426946672008-08-16T05:32:00.000+10:002008-08-16T05:32:00.000+10:00Yum! I'll have to try that. I love love love rhu...Yum! I'll have to try that. I love love love rhubarb!Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988690520485027673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-49254552340737940102008-08-15T19:26:00.000+10:002008-08-15T19:26:00.000+10:00Looks absolutely delicious!I'm going to try out yo...Looks absolutely delicious!<BR/><BR/>I'm going to try out your rhubarb recipe from the Octopus cake tomorrow, to make up as a Castle.<BR/><BR/>Quick question, if you get a chance ... you used 1/2 cup sugar in your recipe, but the one on Recipezaar mentions the full cup. Did you reduce the sugar to make it diabetic friendly?<BR/><BR/>(I'm cooking for one diabetic, one egg-allergic and one wheat-intolerant ... not so easy for a birthday cake!)Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.com