Apple Cake in an Iron Skillet

First my thoughts and prayers are with all of you who are in the path of Hurricane Irene or the

 devestation she is spreading along the way.  Be safe......

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I love apple cakes and I went back to Pioneer Woman for her recipe for Skillet Apple Cake.

Cored and sliced apples cook in butter and sugar while the batter is made.  It smelled so good.

The batter is spooned on top of the apples in the skillet and baked in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

The cake came out of the oven like this. 

And after 5 minutes was flipped onto a plate.

Note to self...bake cake longer than 25 minutes - go for the definite golden brown. 

But we really thought it turned out yummy....  We served it with ice cream.

Thank you Ree for  a great recipe.... Judi xoxo

Baking and Planting at the Cottage...

We had a busy and very productive weekend at the cottage.  We baked a wonderful "No Knead"  whole wheat 7 grain bread but I forgot to take pictures.  While I put together our roast beef dinner into the oven,  Marc baked a beautiful apple pie.

We rolled the leftover dough thin and brushed the pieces with melted butter and sprinkled over mixture of cinnamon and white sugar.  After baking them for about 20 minutes they came out a lovely golden colour.  We had a little snack dipping them into strawberry preserves.  Very yum. 

 We put up a new hanging plant "Million Bell"...by the front door as we do each spring.

and planted herbs and flowers in the wheelbarrow.  I love having plants in it.  It is so mobile I can move it in or out of too much sun or rain and it can be wheeled to where we want to see it best.  We have really been using fresh herbs this winter so we're excited to grow our own.

I widened the little flower garden by the shed and  Marc dug up an old rose bush which we replaced with a  pink peony bush.  I forgot to take pictures of that AND I made new bird pillows last week for the cottage and forgot to take a picture of them too.  I will do that next weekend.

It was to be a wet kind of weekend but it turned out only to look like rain and thunder rumbled but we were able to do some planting...finally.  Now you can see how late we are around here (the unseasonal coolness and excessive rains didn't help) and how short our spring/summer growing season is to where so many of you live. 

It was a fun weekend...hope yours was fun too... Judi xoxo