Oh my gosh. I am in such a hurry. Busy busy busy. I nearly forgot to link up to Shae’s Things I Know this week. 
I really don’t have time to write out all the amazing stuff I know, but you can be sure that it is heaps of stuff and it’s all extremely interesting, humourous or poignant, whatever it is that you like right now.

I know that next week I will make more time to write a proper post.

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The lovely people at Dairy Australia sent me a fantastic hamper of goodies and a recipe book. They suggested two recipes and I complied… I was very excited about the Spiced Apple and Yoghurt slice.

Look at this gorgeous picture of the slice in the Good Health Recipe Book 2.

Now look at what I made.

I had high hopes. The top picture looks so lovely, and I really wanted to eat it… but I may have forgotten to adjust the oven timings for fan bake and then got busy and did not check on it until the oven timer told me it was ready, and my eyes told me it was burnt.

After typing out the recipe below I have also realised that I used all 400 grams of yoghurt in the slice instead of only 100grams… This may have contributed to the burntness.

I decided to taste it anyway… not good. I imagine it would be delicious if it wasn’t burnt. A hint of lemon, a touch of cinnamon. Yoghurt and apple-y goodness. Nom Nom

*sigh*

I am going to try it again, but it’s not the quickest recipe so it will have to be another day.

If you would like to try the recipe yourself and see if you can do it without burning it,  here it is:

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
• 200g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup reduced fat Australian milk
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 100g light Australian cream cheese
• 400g diet Australian honey or vanilla flavoured yoghurt

Method

1. Beat 2 eggs with sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon rind until pale and thick. Sift in flour, baking powder and cinnamon; fold in gently, alternately with the milk. Pour the mixture into a lined 25x18cm slice tin.
2. Combine cream cheese, 100g yogurt and remaining egg until smooth. Using a spatula carefully swirl the cream cheese mixture through the cake mixture. (I now know why this bit seemed hard with an extra 300 grams of yoghurt)
3. Press the apples into the slice and bake at 180°C for 40-45 minutes, until golden (NOT black) and set. Allow to cool 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely. (adjust for fanbake – maybe 160°C)
4. For serving, combine remaining yogurt and lemon rind. Cut slice into 12 rectangles and dollop with lemon honey yogurt.

You can also check out Marita’s unburnt and correct proportioned, finished product here.

You can download the Good Health Recipe Book 2 here and try lots of other yummy dairy rich recipes.
Only 1 out of 5 school aged kids are getting their three serves of dairy ever day.

Are you and your kids getting your three serves of dairy a day? Check out this calcium calculator to see if you are getting enough.

I will share the other recipe, which turned out much better, next week.

*Thanks to Dairy Australia and Porter Novelli for the hamper of yummy goodies. No payment was made for this post – which is good because can you imagine paying for that disaster?