YUMMY RASPBERRY FRIANDS

Every now and then I

have a game of

Mahjong

with friends.

Part of the fun is in

playing ladies

and indulging ourselves

in a delicious

afternoon tea!!!

Last time we played,
I made a plate of

Raspberry & Coconut Friands
(recipe as follows)

Image from here

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

½ cup self-raising flour

1 ⅔ cups icing sugar

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ cup ground almonds (almond meal)

¾ cup fine dessicated coconut

5 large egg whites

oil for greasing Friand tins

12 raspberries (I used frozen)

icing sugar to serve

Method

Preheat oven to 175˚C (330˚F)

Melt the butter and leave to cool

until just warm.

Sift together the flour,

icing sugar and baking powder

then stir in the ground almonds

and coconut.

Whisk the egg whites until

fluffy - but not stiff.

Fold into the dry ingredients,

then fold in the melted butter

and set the mixture aside

for 10 minutes.

Spray or brush friand moulds with oil.

Pour the mixture in,

add a raspberry to the centre

of each (don't push down as they sink)

Bake 20 minutes.

Cool on a rack

before tipping out of the moulds.

Dust with icing sugar
from a height to give
a fine dusting.

Bon Appétit

Thank you my dear friends for visiting my blog.

I will enjoy catching up with you all

and visiting your blogs very soon.

Be kind to one another

Shane

Je revien!!!

Bonjour dear friends!!

if any of you are still out there -

however, I won't be at all

surprised

if you've given up on me!

I would love you to stay

for a cup of tea

and a nice chat,

we've got lots to catch up on!

Do you have milk in your tea?

It's just been sooo long

I can't remember!

Let's get started!

Now tell me all your news

and don't miss out

a single detail please...

You've been on my mind

and I've thought about

you such a lot in

the last two months.

I've had the plaster removed -

what a relief that was!

And now I can drive again,

I'm no longer trapped

waiting for one of my dear friends

to call and take me out!

I'm now as free as a bird

it is just the most

wonderful feeling in the world!

This sweet miniature tea set

was my mothers

and she passed it on to me.

She loved beautiful china

and had some lovely

tea and coffee sets

which I'll show you another day.

Next time I'll share

a recipe for one of

my favourite cakes!

Thank you my dear friends for visiting my blog.

I will enjoy catching up with you all

and visiting your blogs  very soon.

Be kind to one another

Shane



ALL BLACK CHAMPIONS!!!

Over the last 8 weeks

New Zealand has hosted the

2011 Rugby World Cup

tournament.

On Sunday our team

the All Blacks

beat France

in a nail biting final

to become

WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!

This is the illustrious trophy

the Webb Ellis Gold Cup.

It will stay in New Zealand

until the next event in

four years time in

LONDON 2015!!

Huge celebrations and

our time to party!!

Auckland celebrated

with a wonderful

ticker tape parade

When the All Blacks

play an international game

it is preceded with

their tradition

HAKA!!!

(a Maori war dance intended to

frighten the opposition!)



The supporters all entered into

the spirit of the occasion.

Many New Zealand faces were

painted black and white!!

The French supporters

were out in force too!!

It has been a wonderful

8 weeks, with so many

visitors here from all over

the world.

New Zealand enjoyed hosting

everyone who made the

long journey to our

little corner of the world!!

Thank you my dear friends for visiting my blog.

The plaster has now gone - Yea!!!

I will enjoy catching up with you all again very soon.

Be kind to one another

Shane