To ask you to show me your baking/food?

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I'm using up some over ripe bananas and have a spice banana loaf in t'oven. I'll post a pic when it's out of the tin. As long as it doesn't look like the dog produced it.

Anyone else got delicious looking pics of food they've made? Not normally something I'm into but I think some of us are probably cooking/baking more than usual.

I cook from scratch a lot but haven't made a cake for a while.

Go on then, show me your grub

Blimey we've got some fab bakers on Mumsnet

Some amazing bakes! Dd made a kinder bueno cookie dough tray bake this morning. It was lush

Oh so many wonderful baked goodies! 😍

I make a mean banana loaf (my DH’s favourite). Such a good way of using bananas. And a very good spiced carrot and orange cake, too. I’ve only got six eggs left though so using sparingly (or not using at all, for now).

I’ve got a frugal foodies thread running (making the best of every bit of food and coming up with ideas for leftovers/random bits from the cupboard or freezer), if any of you who like to bake or cook would like to post your photos and hints and tips there too, to help others.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3857078-Food-thread-Favourite-leftover-dishes-avoiding-waste-menu-ideas

Oat and raisin cookies. It was the only thing I could make with the very limited ingredients I had. Some fantastic bakes on here.

I love homemade oat and raisin cookies.

Here's my wobbly quiche Lorraine and some amazing banana and chocolate chip muffins.

I've also made cheese straws and cheese and mushroom crustless quiches.

Oh and conqueso (???sp??) dip, beef stew with cobbles and beef and mushroom pie.

I'm trying to reduce waste... I'm find we are eating way more though! Quarantine 15 will be a real thing in this house!

We've been baking loads. Chocolate cupcakes, cookies, flapjacks, pie.
All gone now...

I'm very concerned about my waistline on lockdown

I’m already resigned to getting out with at least a stone to lose, on top of the stone I was already looking to shave off in time for summer...

Made a Madeira cake which has been much appreciated and will last a few days

I've saved your frugal thread, @Ninkanink - loads of great ideas on there.

Care to share your spiced carrot and orange cake recipe? Am in the market for more ways to up my kids' veg intake... 🙄

I made banana loaf (with added cinnamon), but I like the edges best so decided to bake it in a tray rather than a loaf tin. It’s delish!

@Neepers I've just eaten the end of my banana loaf. So lush.

@Ninkanink thanks for the frugal thread.

Flapjack made with some leftover muesli. Didnt even get a chance to properly cool before they scoffed the lot!

@Neepers no worries! Hope you didn’t mind me posting here - just aware that a lot of people might not be used to cooking with so many restrictions and/or substitutes.

Homemade bread! Had to stop myself eating the whole lot!

@Chesterbelloc. Sorry can't attach but It's on Pinterest - ' Blueberry Greek yoghurt cake'.

We ran out of bread this morning and since I have a sore throat, I won't be welcome in Tesco. Made bread which is so much nicer than the sliced stuff in the shops, DS will have eaten it all by tomorrow morning.

Made some chocolate bars 🐽

@ChesterBelloc think I've got the link now. pin.it/7e1eNRV

Dh makes bread, mainly sourdough. Ds2 made a lovely loaf the other week so I might get him to make another one

@ChesterBelloc I’m sorry, I can’t be specific as I don’t remember - I have a habit of looking up recipes each time based on the exact ingredients I’ve got available to me or want to use up, and then adapting them as I go as well, so then I can never remember which one I used or what exactly I did...

I’ll try and have a look and find the one i last used but you can use any carrot cake recipe, really. I use olive oil as I like the slightly savoury element it adds, plus lots of orange zest, I usually add in an extra carrot because I normally make a carrot cake when I’m trying to use them up. I always add plenty of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom. I sometimes vary it with walnuts, and/or cranberries as I don’t like raisins in cakes. For the icing I either use orange juice, vanilla essence and mascarpone or orange juice and icing sugar. Or if it’s a loaf cake I don’t usually put icing on it at all.

You could look for carrot and courgette recipes as well, or carrot and apple.

@posterMuseumOfYou please can you share the recipe for the sourdough loaf?

We live a short walk from grassy hills and woodland, so our daily walk has involved a bit of foraging. We made wild garlic pesto, but ran out of nuts, so DD was set to work on cheese and wild garlic scones yesterday. We don't tend to bake many cakes so I was pleased to use the self-raising flour.

Banana & Nutella Muffins, & Banana, Chocolate Pecan Loaf.
Hoping to make a Mincemeat Cake & Banoffee Pie later this week.