Mia's Orange & Thyme Cake

 Absolutely divine! 💞 

Image by Foodiegirl 

INGREDIENTS

175 g butter

175 g caster sugar

175 g flour 

3 eggs

5 ml baking powder

30 ml buttermilk

Grated rind of 1 orange 

4 sprigs of thyme, finely chopped 

Sauce

4 oranges' juice 

100 g brown sugar 

100 ml water 

4 sprigs of thyme, finely chopped 

DIRECTIONS 

1.    Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 

2.     Cream caster sugar and butter and beat until fluffy 

3.     Beat in eggs 1 at a time 

4.     Sift the dry ingredients and fold in with the orange rind and finely chopped thyme 

5.    Add buttermilk and fold in gently 

6.    Bake in preheated oven until golden brown - about 20 minutes, depending on your oven 

7.    In the meantime, heat all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan

7.    Take cake out of oven, poke holes all over with a skewer and pour warm sauce over to seep in 

☝NOTES

• Use an electric beater!
• You can either make a cake or cupcakes 
• Be sure to add all of the sauce, the cake is supposed to be very moist
• Decorate with thyme and orange slices if you like 

No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Quick and easy and delicious! 

Preparation Time:    5 minutes

Total Time:              20 minutes 

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup butter

2 cups granulated sugar (white or brown)

1/2 cup milk

4 TBS unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 creamy peanut butter

2 tsp vanilla essence 

3 - 3 1/2 cups Jungle Oats

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Add the butter, sugar, milk and cocoa powder in a saucepan

2. Bring to a rolling boil, and boil for 1 minute

3. Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla essence and oats and mix well

4. Drop spoonfuls of mixture onto parchment paper (baking paper)

5. Let cool until set, about 10 - 15 minutes, or pop into the fridge 

👀NOTES

• Use quick cooking oats if preferred
• Replace the peanut butter with desiccated coconut 
• Use 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/2 cup desiccated coconut for variation