I'll have my apple tea cake and eat it too

I've never done the foodie blog before, but this apple tea cake is the most amazing thing you'll ever taste.

150g salted butter, chopped
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
1& 1/2 cup self raising flour
185g (3/4 cup) vanilla-flavour yoghurt
1 granny smith, peeled, cored and thinly sliced.
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper. Beat 130g of the butter and 3/4 cup of the sugar with electric beaters until light and creamy.

Gradually add the egg, beating well after each addition until combined. Add the vanilla essence. Fold in the flour, then the yoghurt and stir until smooth. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface.

Arrange the apple slices evenly over the mixture in a circular patter starting in the centre. Sprinkle with cinnamon and the remaining sugar. Melt the remaining butter, then drizzle over the top.

Bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake. Leave in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool. If desired, combine a little extra cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apple.

And that's all there is to it! I've never had it stuff up. And my secret ingredient is salted butter! Makes it taste 10 million times better!

Idee Fixe(s): Beetroot! In juice and cake :)

My fabulous new vintage maxi dress

Mad Men - I want to sit around all day and drink, smoke and wear pretty dresses!

melbourne festival

The Melbourne festival kicked off on Friday night with a bit of aerial theatre!

K@osmos combines rock music, acrobatics and special effects to create quite an interesting show.

While we agreed that the music could have been better in its execution, it did its part in capturing the mood of the aerial choreography. It was quite a visual treat and I would describe the acrobatics as a ball of white well choreographed tentacles!

Another act that appealed to Sam and I was the Carnival of Mysteries!

I have recently finished watching a great HBO show called Carnivale which is sent in the 1930s during the depression and involves a travelling carnival. I highly recommend! HBO do some really interesting shows. The travelling carnival in the show is basically a freak show which leads me to Carnival of Mysteries.

When you go to this show your entry ticket is exchanged for Carnival cash and allows you to taste the carnival's delights. I hope I get a chance to make it along! Go to http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/ for more details :)

"Run away to the Carnival, where circus stars and sideshow queens, poets and daredevils, painters, playwrights, aerialists and food artistes concoct a heady mix of unforgettable entertainment under a handmade starry night".

dreamin' in broome

Idee fixe(s): Sunsets
Warm nights
Mango beer
Seafood