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Hi and Welcome. I hope you enjoy my blog and hope we can share my love of cooking and making craft items which I have made for many years. Juggling motherhood and work has been fun and a learning experience. Runawaywombat is an Etsy site where I create classic items which are vibrant, practical and fun. Many items from Aprons, Tea Towels, make up and storage bags. You can see my items by going to www.etsy.com/shop/runawaywombat. On the food front I made Lemon slice and honestly I can't make enough of it as it run off the plate with my family.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Stewed apricot cake -traditional style


Hi, and as I promised I have made the cake with the left over stewed apricots. This cake turned out so good it is definitely on my make again list of cakes. I made a normal butter cake recipe and added the stewed apricots about 6 to 7 table spoons.

I added less sugar, about 1/2 cup, as I thought there would be plenty of sugar in the apricots. I was right, it really didn't need any more. The great thing about this cake is how moist it came out. The apricots were not overwhelming but there was a slight apricot taste. And not many visual signs of apricots. I did add a 1/2 teaspoon of bi-carb of soda to help it rise. I don't know if that helped but it did rise quite well. I cooked the cake for about 45 minutes or so until it was cooked through. Very moist, will definitely make it again. No complaints from the family, always a bonus.

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