Happy Pancake Day

Today is Pancake Day,  we all love pancakes in our house and I often cook them for breakfast, but Pancake Day is still a very important date on the calendar for me.

It's definitley a good idea to be in a relaxed sort of mood. So be prepared. Then a sense of fun is definitly requird for the fun of pancake tuesday. The smells in our house is unbeliveable. Because my lovely mother makes the best pancakes throughout Portadown.They are gluten-free and low cab so as you can see we are a very healthy family.But i did not tell you the best bite it's the easiest thing to make.A bit of lemon, sugar, nutella, jam, banana, and pear – whatever gets you through the bite.

And pancakes have to be flipped! I felt my flipping went pretty well (note my look of satisfaction in the photos)!  Fairly successful....not true?

Makes: Enough for even the largest family to lose a few while throwing them in the air and still enjoy a pancake or two. 

Recipe for gluten-free & low carb banana pancake; HERE 

Enojy your meal! 

7-Up Bundt Cake

I again had the chance to prove myself as a baker.

I was looking for a possible simple but delicious cake recipe for two greenhorn and two adults. I chose the 7 Up Bundt Cake, from the book of my pastry chef. Cheerful, I started looking to get all the ingredients together. Then i was ready to start . In a bowl, I stirred together cream, butter and sugar, that was so far easy,  at next  then I stirred in eggs for egg one after the other what ended with a huge tennis elbow and elbow pain! Could not know that stir dough is so stressful. But -happy faces are the reward for all the trouble, especially when everyone says: This is the best cake I have ever eaten.

7-Up Bundt Cake

INGREDIENTS

¾ lb butter

400g white sugar

5 eggs

600g all purpose flour

2 tablespoons lemon extract

¾ cup 7 Up or any carbonated lemon-lime beverage

Glaze

75g powdered sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Cooking Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar for 20 minutes. Add eggs one at a time beating after each one. Add flour and lemon extract. Fold in 7 up. Pour into a greased 12”-cup Bundt cake pan.

Bake at 325 F degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

To make glaze- in a bowl mix powered sugar and lemon juice. When the cake has cooled drizzle the glaze over it.

Hello All

Hello All

Welcome to my food, travel and lifestyle blog.  I'm Alexander, a happily thirteen guy from Northern Ireland, who share a passion for travelling, cooking and eating.  I want to share my adventures with you through my blog.  I'm fortunate to live in one of the most picturesque areas of the UK – Portadown, Co. Armagh.

My food, travel and lifestyle blog will mainly discuss recipes that we prepare in our home kitchen. I love watching cookery programmes (Masterchef Australia being our favourite), reading cook books and travelling around the UK & Ireland, and Europe when I and my family we get the chance.  Some of our favourite travel destinations include Dublin, Galway, Paris and Austria.

I hope you enjoy reading through my ideas and experiences and can find some inspiration from my blog.

Looking forward to the summer already,

See you soon!