Eleanor and Vikki have been putting their procrastination skills to use in the kitchen (they just corrected me to VERY good procrastination skills to VERY good use).
Amongst the freezer-load of muffins and cupcakes we have a variety with apple and cinammon added to the basic yoghurt cake mix (with a sprinkle topping of crystallised cinnamon sugar). Good on their own for breakfast and picnics. But they also work really well as a dessert:
Fry rounds of apple in butter/brown sugar and cinnamon until cooked and caramelised. Allow to cool a little. Assemble:
vanilla creme anglaise, slice of apple, and top with an apple and cinnamon cupcake (yes, take it out of its paper first! warm through gently in the oven or microwave). Add a dusting of cinnamon icing sugar and a sprig of somthing green from the herb garden.
I’ll be serving it to the next walking group table d’hote in a couple of weeks time.