Quick Fruit Cake

Ingredients

4oz soft butter or margarine

4oz soft brown sugar

2 eggs

8oz self raising flour

1tsp baking powder

8oz dried fruit ( raisins, currants and sultanas)

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2tbsp milk

Method

Preheat oven to 150 degC fan/ 165

Grease and line a 7" round cake tin

Put all the ingredients except the fruit into a mixer and beat until smooth. Add the fruit and stir until incorporated. Pour the mix into the cake tin and bake for about an hour- check with a wooden skewer, cook for longer if required. Mine was ready after an hour. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.

Quick Quesadillas

This my favourite Monday lunch at the moment. It's very quick and easy to prepare and so versatile you can fill them with whatever takes your fancy.

Ingredients

2 tortillas or wraps of whichever type you like

Handful of grated cheese

1/4 sliced pepper chopped or sliced

Chipotle paste- widely available in supermarkets

Method

Heat a frying pan that your tortilla will fit in flat

Smear a small amount of chipotle paste on both tortillas

Put one chipotle paste side up in the pan, sprinkle the cheese and the peppers on top. Place the other tortilla paste side down on top and press down gently. Flip over to toast the other tortilla. Serve into a plate once cheese is melted and tortilla is crispy.

There are countless fillings you could use- even sweet like bananas and chocolate spread! 

Be adventurous! Let me know your flavour combos 😃