Anzac biscuits! I didn’t get or bake any this year. How remiss of me. Yours look delicious as do the little carrot cakes. But more than biscuits or cakes, I love the plate.
🙂 I’m so glad you like the plate. I bought two of them in an op-shop in Morrinsville recently and have been itching to photograph them.
I hadn’t baked for ages, but we had a friend visiting en route to see his parents and … well any excuse really.
I make them because they are so easy and totally idiot-proof. And quick. And delicious 🙂 Especially with a tiny bit of (totally non-traditional) ginger and lemon zest added.
Thanks Lois. I’ve been itching for a chance to photograph something on that plate. I bought two of them in a charity shop recently and I just love them.
After Halloween I always cut up the pumpkin to make pies and other desserts. I have a recipe that actually tastes a lot like carrot cake and it’s a great way to use up the pumpkin. Your photos look yummy Su.
Leslie
Thanks Leslie. It’s funny you should say that. I originally planned to make pumpkin cakes, but I ran out of time to cook and cool the pumpkin, so I make carrot cakes instead. The recipes were practically identical, except for the vegetable used.
And I also love the last “photo.” We sell quite good carrot cake at the shop where I work part time, but it’s SO rich, being not only covered with cream cheese frosting, but have frosting between the layers. Too much for me, but I’m not much of a frosting (or cake) person anyway. Now if dark chocolate is on offer…
Thanks Janet. I know what you mean about carrot cake being very rich. I halved the quantity of sugar in the recipe, as the carrots and raisins have so much natural sweetness. The frosting IS sweet though but I haven’t figured out a way round that. 🙂
With you on the chocolate — the darker the better.
Biscuits: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps = ANZAC
I saw oats biscuits….. checked them out and they ARE… 😉
Used to make them for the kids; delicious, not too sweet, crunchy! And since my sis makes the world‘s best carrot cakes, I wouldn’t dare making any statement… and I am not a sweets girl, my advice doesn‘t count anyway. Lovely pics, so v. Beautiful.
I love carrot cake – I’ll have 3 of these little ones btw please 😉 – but never heard of Anzac biscuits before, what are they made of? It looks like oats – which I totally love. 😄
😀 the cakes turned out so well. They are super-moist and have kept really well. Anzac biscuits are a kind of cultural icon in NZ and Australia. They are named after the joint military force— Australia New Zealand Army Corps — that fought in WWI. The biscuits were apparently sent to the troops by mothers, wives. etc. and survived the long trips to Europe because they keep really well. They are made of oats, flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup and water – no eggs. They are super easy to make and really yummy.
Thank you for telling me about the history about the Anzac biscuits, Su. They sound incredibly yummy and I can imagine how much joy, and how many tears as well, they must have brought those poor boys and men fighting in a war they should never had been made fighting for. I fail to come up with something similar from around here, it seems Germans have either buried these kind of memories or I might never have been told them. Although I’m sure mothers and wives have sent their men similar things.
That is interesting that you don’t know of anything similar in Germany. I do wonder how much of our (NZ, UK, etc) veneration of WWI and II is about the view that we “won” — though even to think of winning is an obscenity.
Zimmerbitch 
Great! That mini carrot cakes looks delicious 😋
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Thank you 🙏
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Yes, I agree, those little carrot cake looks yumm!
Thanks for sharing.
Regards, Teresa
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Thanks Teresa. 🙂
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Anzac biscuits! I didn’t get or bake any this year. How remiss of me. Yours look delicious as do the little carrot cakes. But more than biscuits or cakes, I love the plate.
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🙂 I’m so glad you like the plate. I bought two of them in an op-shop in Morrinsville recently and have been itching to photograph them.
I hadn’t baked for ages, but we had a friend visiting en route to see his parents and … well any excuse really.
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Are the plates Japanese?
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I’m not sure. There is no maker’s mark on the bottom.
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yummm
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🙂
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Tiny bits of goodness.
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🙂 They were pretty good, though sweet, so I’m glad I made them so small.
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Yum they look delicious. I miss my mum’s Anzacs.
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I make them because they are so easy and totally idiot-proof. And quick. And delicious 🙂 Especially with a tiny bit of (totally non-traditional) ginger and lemon zest added.
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Oooo sounds good!! I used drizzle melted chocolate on top 😋
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Yum. 🙂
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The little details on the frosting, the plate, that guy (!)…..what a great post, Su.
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Thanks Lois. I’ve been itching for a chance to photograph something on that plate. I bought two of them in a charity shop recently and I just love them.
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😋
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After Halloween I always cut up the pumpkin to make pies and other desserts. I have a recipe that actually tastes a lot like carrot cake and it’s a great way to use up the pumpkin. Your photos look yummy Su.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie. It’s funny you should say that. I originally planned to make pumpkin cakes, but I ran out of time to cook and cool the pumpkin, so I make carrot cakes instead. The recipes were practically identical, except for the vegetable used.
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I think they must taste much the same too.
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I expect so. I will probably try the pumpkin cakes next time I have some spare cooked pumpkin.
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I think they both use the pumpkin pie spices…
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Yes; and the spice flavour is probably the strongest taste in both cakes.
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Yes the cinnamon, cloves and allspice mostly…
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Exactly. I added ginger too — but then I add ginger to everything 🙂
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Yes I forgot the ginger….
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Yummm they look delicious.
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Thank you 🙂
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And I also love the last “photo.” We sell quite good carrot cake at the shop where I work part time, but it’s SO rich, being not only covered with cream cheese frosting, but have frosting between the layers. Too much for me, but I’m not much of a frosting (or cake) person anyway. Now if dark chocolate is on offer…
Have a great weekend.
janet
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Thanks Janet. I know what you mean about carrot cake being very rich. I halved the quantity of sugar in the recipe, as the carrots and raisins have so much natural sweetness. The frosting IS sweet though but I haven’t figured out a way round that. 🙂
With you on the chocolate — the darker the better.
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Great use of meme! And the baking looks delicious.
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Thanks Anabel. I do bake quite infrequently, but we had a friend visiting for afternoon tea yesterday, and it was the perfect excuse. 🙂
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Biscuits: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps = ANZAC
I saw oats biscuits….. checked them out and they ARE… 😉
Used to make them for the kids; delicious, not too sweet, crunchy! And since my sis makes the world‘s best carrot cakes, I wouldn’t dare making any statement… and I am not a sweets girl, my advice doesn‘t count anyway. Lovely pics, so v. Beautiful.
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Now you’re talking 🙂 🙂
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I love carrot cake – I’ll have 3 of these little ones btw please 😉 – but never heard of Anzac biscuits before, what are they made of? It looks like oats – which I totally love. 😄
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😀 the cakes turned out so well. They are super-moist and have kept really well. Anzac biscuits are a kind of cultural icon in NZ and Australia. They are named after the joint military force— Australia New Zealand Army Corps — that fought in WWI. The biscuits were apparently sent to the troops by mothers, wives. etc. and survived the long trips to Europe because they keep really well. They are made of oats, flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup and water – no eggs. They are super easy to make and really yummy.
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Thank you for telling me about the history about the Anzac biscuits, Su. They sound incredibly yummy and I can imagine how much joy, and how many tears as well, they must have brought those poor boys and men fighting in a war they should never had been made fighting for. I fail to come up with something similar from around here, it seems Germans have either buried these kind of memories or I might never have been told them. Although I’m sure mothers and wives have sent their men similar things.
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That is interesting that you don’t know of anything similar in Germany. I do wonder how much of our (NZ, UK, etc) veneration of WWI and II is about the view that we “won” — though even to think of winning is an obscenity.
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An obscenity indeed. So many lost lives…
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