Cardamom and Vanilla Scented Apple Cake

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This beautiful cake makes a great winter warmer, wafting the scent of
cardamom and apples through the house on those cold evenings. Despite it’s
exotic flavours it’s a very easy cake to make.

Lisa

Ingredients

  • 185 grams unsalted butter, softened
  • 185 gms (3/4 cup) of caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 250 grams (2 cups ) of self raising flour
  • 150 mls of milk
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • Seeds of 8 green cardamom pods, ground in a morter and pestle with a
  • teaspoon of sugar
  • 2 large apples
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • icing sugar to sift

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Enchiladas

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Patricia Ibarra
If dried chillis are unavailable use fresh red chilli with seeds removed. Add one at a time to blender and taste to check on heat.

Ingredients

  • vegetable oil
  • 10-12 corn tortillas
  • 5 dried red chillis, seeded and cleaned
  • 1/2 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 small garlic cloves
  • 1 small tomato
  • salt to taste
  • shredded cheese (fresh, chihuahua, or the one you prefer)
  • shredded lettuce

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