Crumb of the Month

I love the smell of fresh lemons, especially from freshly squeezed lemon juice or from grating the rind of a lemon. Both ingredients form a part of this amazing Lemon Yogurt Cake which is incredibly moist due to the addition of fat-free natural yogurt to the batter. Add this cake to your picnic basket, and serve with fresh fruit such as strawberries, raspberries or grapes.



Lemon Yogurt Cake is well worthy of being the Crumb of the Month in this first month of a new decade. Fresh, tangy and bold - care to join me for a bite?

Sweet Mangoes

A study of fresh Mangoes (acrylic on canvas) painted by my husband, Geoffrey, earlier this year is a fitting addition to this blog, especially as it is his birthday! I will be posting his work regularly on this site as he continues to work on his collection of watercolour, acrylic and oil paintings. Geoffrey, a local Barbadian, is a landscape architect and environmental planner who paints in his spare time, primarily natural vistas, still life, and abstracts with a natural theme.

There is nothing more refreshing than a sweet mango eaten fresh off the tree. A variety of mangoes are grown locally in Barbados. Mangoes are terrific blended in fruit punches and used for chutneys, sorbets or fresh fruit salads. Mango season runs through the summer months throughout the Caribbean.

Apple Cake

Crisp, juicy apples are refreshing and healthy to eat, and baking with them can be equally satisfying. There are many things you can do with apples, including cakes, pies, tarts, applesauce, and baked whole apples. There is nothing nicer than the aroma of apples baking at home. My grandmother used to bake apple pies habitually, which became a trademark of her remarkable cuisine.

Loaded with tasty baking apples, this apple cake is best served with your favourite vanilla ice cream. With the right balance of tartness from the apples, and sweetness from the cinnamon and brown sugar, this whole wheat apple cake is delicious and a big hit in our home.