When life gives you lemons....

When life gives you lemons , an abundance of autumnal apples and pears and a big bag of over ripe bananas ( well, it was a bargain) and they sit in your fruit bowls and they sit in your fruit bowls some more and remind  you of a time in the past  when you baked a lot at home and your children and husband ate it all up in such a hurry. 

Working in a hospitality environment often means I do not feel like cooking when I come home from work. It's an absolute chore. My son has asked me every single day for the past 20 years 'what's for dinner?' Sometimes I have an answer....last night it was a delicious cottage pie and steamed veg, the night before it was a very tasty chicken pie. Other nights it's a ' listen out for the front door being knocked ', this translates as I have ordered a takeway meal through an app on my phone!

Anyway, this cold autumn weather has made me hanker for home  baking and this morning I did just that, warmed up the oven , lovingly stroked my Kitchenaid and set to baking and baking.
I made a petite lemony layer cake with the lemons from next door's tree. I made banana bread from the over ripe bananas ( bargain,  they were! ) and an upside down apple  and pear cake ....just because I live in an upside down part of the world. It's such a shame that not everyone likes them. One won't eat fruit, one won't eat lemons, one won't eat cooked apples....strange ....just as well that I do like all of them, isn't it?

Kitchen is cosy, it's about the only part of the house that is. We live in a big old draughty house that bakes in summer and whistles wind in the autumn and winter. Kitchen smells delicious. Mixing bowl and beaters have been licked by an eager child ( aged 19) , all that is left to do is sample cakes and assure you that the lemon layer cake is light and delicious and was served with a dollop of Tasmanian clotted cream ....schlurp!

Happy Wednesday everyone .