Stalk my Weekend: Cake, Cherries and Shopping

Woohoooo stalk my weekend. It felt like I had a 2 week weekend if you know what I mean. We had a staycation in the middle but all we did was sit in the hotel bed and watch TV. We also had a movie and the boys now know what is Kath and Kim.. look at moiiiii.. Last weekend we trooped down to Mornington Peninsula. I pretty much had enough of everyone IG-ing Red Hill Cheese pics and strawberries. Heck it, we are going. I haven't been since D was in the Orbit baby stroller. This meant he was less than a year old. I remember hoisting (well not me because I WAS PREGNANT THEN!) the Orbit baby up a few steps there and feeding him cheese. I have to declare that I am not going back to Mornington until they open that bypass. What on earth is up with the roundabouts? As we went further south, everyone was more tanned the further we went. LOL! My first stop was to Flinders Shed to visit Nat. I have been saying I would go down for like more than a year. And I finally did.

Girls Top Purchase from Flinders Shed

The good thing about not having boobs - yes I do not have any and have gone past the stage of caring - is you can shop easily online without worrying about cut or whether you will have gaping buttonhole HELLO BOYS syndrome. You can also fit into childrens' clothing without worrying about boobage allowance. So the top was what I bought from Flinders Shed. They have just received their order of Alessandra cashmere and the pictures Nat showed me were divineeee. I loveeeeeeeeee them!!

Ripe n' Ready Cherry Time LOL

From Flinders Shed we went to Red Hill Cheese.. Blogger fail as we chowed down on the cheese and didn't take any pictures. HAHAH We happened to drive past a sign that said Cherries here -> and did a U-turn to go back. Can I just giggle about the name of the business? It's called Ripe n' Ready Cherry Time. They have cherry picking if that takes your fancy. But for me, I have no issues with ready packed ones. Picked up blueberries, mulberries, blackberries, strawberries and half a kg of cherries to take home. They also sold ice cream so we shared a small tub there. If we were staying there for the night, I would have made Mick go trout fishing. Unfotunately we were not prepared for this.

Bestest popcorn ever

Sunday was omgawd we have no food in the house at all madness. We went to Doncaster for our Colonial food shop. D asked for popcorn once when we were there and usually I am the grinch that says no. I thought ok fine just get this packet. It says organic plus lightly salted and slightly sweet. I thought it sounded different to the microwave packets that I usually get, so I agreed to get it for him. But now seriously get yourself a packet. You will LOVE IT. I have seen them at Nutshack as well but I just googled for you -> Stockists.

Ok let's go!

So I have not baked in ages because someone.. not naming names here ..  complained that I bake and do not eat any of it. I would also give death stares when the cakes get stale and we have to throw it out. LOL! I am a feeder and not an eater of cakes. I saw this recipe in a magazine and I cannot remember which one now. I took a picture of the recipe as I did not want to search online for it and thought this would be quickest way of saving it. Here it is! It claims to be the only Vanilla Teacake recipe you will need.

Source: Unknown

D and I made this together, but we reduced the caster sugar to say about 3/4 cup. I had no vanilla bean paste so normal vanilla would do. I did not have lemons either.. bahhhh.. I bet it would taste better with lemon rind. He shifted the flour into the mixing bowl. I have to let my "OMG do not make mess of the flour everywhere issue that I have". I think this stems from my childhood where I would get in trouble if I left a mess behind while baking.

Vanilla Teacake

D poked the cake in the middle and it cracked. Oopss.. I baked it for only 25minutes, I am not sure why my oven never requires the stated baking time. I swear it is not on fan mode and I cannot work it out. I also used 20inch springform pan instead of 22inch cake tin. I preferred it as it has more height. Everything that says 22inch cake tin, I would use a 20inch. Well really..  because I don't want to buy a 22inch cake tin. :)