Does your belly like delicious things? Well then I reccomend you give it the gift that keeps giving: HELEN"S INCREDIBLE APPLE CAKE. It is moist, fruity, and yep, guaranteed deeeeeee-licious. Here is the recipe...


2 c peeled, cored and diced apples (about 2 apples and you dont really have to peel them)
1 c sugar
125 grams melter butter
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 c flour (white, wheat, whatever)
1 tb baking soda
1tsp cinnamon and nutmeg and allspice
a pinch of salt
1/2 c walnuts (or other nuts)
1/2 c raisins (or other dried fruit)

a.) mix up the apple and sugar
b.) in a new bowl, mix up the butter and egg
c.) add the egg-butter to the apple-sugar
d.) sift (or dont sift) dry ingredients in
e.) add nuts and raisins
f.) turn mix into a greased pan (8"x8" works, proably could use 2 loaf tins or muffin tins or anything really)
g.) bake at 350, about 50 minutes (in the 8x8 pan, less in small pans)
h.) cool for 10 minutes and turn out of pan.
i.) enjoy! warm, cool, with ice cream, for breakfast, in a box, with a fox!

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APPLE & CINNAMON WINTER PANCAKES

Did you know that apple pancakes are national dishes of Croatia and Slovenia? Yep, that's the truth. Bob's your uncle.

One cold Auckland I woke up to a cold tile floor which inspired some cullinary comfort so here is the rought recipe for my new favorite breakfast.

1 egg
1 c self rising flour (or reg flour + 1 tsp baking powder)
1 apple grated
1 tb cinnamon (and nutmeg, all spice anything else delicious
a little sugar
enough milk to thin it out (1 c?)
anything else your lil belly desires: honey, raisins, dried apricots, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, cheese...

So mix it all up and cook in a hot skillet with butter. Drizzle those bad boys with a little mayple syrup and you'll be ready to face the frosty world out side. You might even be overjoyed like this Croatian gent!