Day 2: Thyme, mushroom, and white wine loaf (With garlic...)

You know how in movies, when a character is having a bad day, the quintessential queue as to such is the said character has a cup of coffee and, while adding sugar, the lid falls off and a cascade of sugar is unceremoniously dumped into the aforementioned cup of coffee? That happened. But replace the cup of coffee with a mushroom sauce and the sugar with garlic powder. I couldn't be bothered to mince a few cloves worth of garlic and thought I'd take the easy way out - aka garlic powder. Lesson learned -shortcuts aren't always worth it! Or, next time, I'll make sure the lid is more secure. Still delicious, but I've always liked garlic. See below for the recipe!

Ingredients

For the batter:

4 eggs

1 C flour

2 t baking powder

1 t sea salt

1 t thyme (I used fresh, but dried will do)

1/3 C olive oil

For the topping:

Sliced mushrooms (use your own discretion, I used about 4 medium-sized button)

1/2 onion, diced

1/4 glass white wine

1/2 T olive oil

1-1/2 t thyme

1 t salt

Ground pepper (to taste)

Directions

1. Open the bottle of wine, enjoy a glass (or two..) (optional)

2. Preheat the oven to 180 C and prepare a loaf pan with parchment (or grease, then dust with flour)

3. Heat the 1/2 T olive oil in a small pan on medium heat

4. Add sliced mushrooms,chopped onion, thyme, salt and pepper and saute for a few minutes (optional: pour yourself another glass of wine, the recipe won't need the whole bottle!)

5. Add white wine. Saute for a few more minutes. Cover with a lid and remove from heat.

6. Whisk eggs in a large bowl, then mix in the thyme and salt

7. Sift together flour and baking powder

8. Start adding the flour mixture in the bowl, mixing in 1/3 at a time

9. Gently mix in the oil and combine

10. Pour batter into the prepared pan

11. Scatter the mushroom topping over the batter and gently (very gently!) press into the batter

12. Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 45 min (or until an inserted knife comes out clean -you know the drill)

13. Let cool, then remove from pan and enjoy!

My first post! Chocolate cake anyone?

I got carried away in the kitchen again, as one sometimes (read: always) does. My excuse? My oven was broken and I FINALLY was able to have it fixed; this cake is an appropriate celebration in due form. So may I present my first blog post: a deliciously moist, rich chocolate cake covered with a decadent yet smooth chocolate ganache. Any takers?