To the girl,
who wants to discover making sourdough
who will happily spend an hour discussing the intricate possible ingredients in a delectable dish
who softly sighs at the thought of a whole cellar full of her own preserved foods
that isn’t afraid to go skip diving with me (freeganing)
who will look at ceilings and bench space, wondering whether it’s possible to cure her own meat in a one bedroom apartment
who has spent the last 5 years perfecting the definitive banana bread
whose eyes would sparkle at the thought of a croquembouche challenge
who brought a watermelon to my home and now has Monkey Boy with hearts in his eyes, as there is nothing finer for him than watermelon
who has been living on the other side of the world and has been gone for far too long…
It’s wonderful to have you back my girl…
****
Lime and Coconut Cupcakes
125gms softened butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup honey
1 grated lime
juice of 2 limes
1 beaten egg
2/3 cup desicated coconut
1 1/3 cup s/r flour
Cream butter, sugar, honey, egg together. Add lime rind and juice. (Mixture will look a little curdled) Fold through dry ingredients and bake at 180C until golden.
icing
1 tablespoon mascarpone**
50gms softened butter
1 cup icing sugar
juice of 1 lime
In a mixer add all ingredients together until they combined and have a gorgeous creamy icing texture.*
* I didn’t pipe it, but it would look better if it was done that way. (Some days just aren’t piping days…not even for friends you haven’t seen for years. Sorry W!)
** I had made my own mascarpone recently so had some to spare. You could easily just keep it as a butter icing though.