Organic Box Recipes

This recipe was given to me by Jenny who works with me at Slow Living. We think that this recipe originates from the depression era where flour was scarce that people would replace a portion of the flour with potatoes. Similarly, carrots were often used in place of sugar.
200 g Butter
1 cup Caster sugar
4 Eggs
4 Medium potatoes – peeled, boiled then mashed
2 cups Self [...]

2 Medium bananas – peeled and mashed
2 cups Flour; plain, wholemeal, rye or spelt
1 ½ cups Raw sugar
2 ½ tsp Baking powder
1 pinch Ground nutmeg
1 cup Yoghurt
5 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
100 g Unsalted butter – melted
Soft butter for lining the cake tin
Silicone baking paper
Icing
250 g Cream cheese
120 g Unsalted butter
1 Lemon – zest grated and juiced
1 cup Icing sugar
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees celcius. Combine the flour, [...]

For a 24 cm Tin
4 Pears – peeled, quatered and cored
220g Spelt Flour
150g Blanched Almonds
200g Raw Sugar
20g Baking Powder
100g Natural yoghurt
120g unsalted butter – melted
5 eggs – whist lightly
ICING
3/4 cup water
1 cup caster sugar
1tsp Vanilla extract
2 tbsp Icing Sugar
 
1. Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees celcius. Grease & line a spring form cake pan.
2. Put [...]

To make in a 24cm tin
250g Spelt Flour
2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
180g Brown Sugar
120g Sultanas
1tsp Ground Nutmeg
2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
350g grated Carrots, this is about 3 medium carrots
100ml Olive Oil
3 Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
Butter
ICING
250g Cream Cheese
120g Unsalted Butter
2tsp Lemon Zest
3/4 cup Sifted Icing Sugar
 
1. Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees celcius. Line a spring form [...]