I get asked quite often why I like to cook. The first reason I give is normally because I like to eat. I am Thai and food is a big factor in our culture. We greet each other with hello followed by 'have you eaten? When guests turn up at your house it's safe to assume that they will expect to be fed.

The second reason is that as I grew up in the Northeastern part of Thailand, the poorest region, food was always hard to come by. We weren't hungry as there was always rice, but it was difficult finding something to go with rice. Now I do have ingredients to go with rice, I want to cook!

Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Almond and Peach Cake.



Almond and Peach Cake.

A gluten free cake that still delivers big on flavours and texture. It's not my intention,of course, for it be gluten free but I have a big bag of ground almonds that I wanted to cook with. I love baking with ground almonds, they make the cakes moist, light and that nutty yumminess is just addictive.

Equipment:
23cm springform cake tin, lined with baking paper.

Preparation:
Cut 4 peaches into 2cm chunks.

    For the cake.
Use an electric mixer,beat,
-250g ground almonds, with
-250g butter, at room temperature,
-250g caster sugar,
-4 eggs,
-2tsp baking powder,
-1tsp vanilla bean paste,
-pinch of salt.
Beat well to combine the ingredients.
Stir through the prepared peach chunks.
Spoon into the prepared tin.

Oven 180c fan forced.

Bake 50 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean.
Leave to cool completely in the cooking tin.
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