Beetroot Chocolate Fudge Cake

I'm not a big fan of beetroot so when I came home to find Jennifer had planted loads I thought I could try a recipe I found for a beetroot chocolate cake. I'll admit I was sceptical but it was really easy to make and is tasty (you can't really taste the beetroot)! It is very moist and gooey but very sweet. I found this recipe on the channel four food website but I missed out the honey from the topping and might try halving it for the cake. The beetroot was a fantastic colour too.

Cauliflower

It got so big we couldn't cover the curd anymore so it started to go pink. Sadly we had to pick it. It was a mighty 2569g, as big as the courgette we picked last week! Now it is resting in the freezer waiting for a cooler day when we can eat it.

Trellis

We've finished the trellis for the end of the garden, good to know the neighbours like it. Now the Wisteria, Clematis etc can start to take it over.

Greenhouse progress

Nearly finished the frame, hopefully tomorrow we'll be ready for the rubbing down and painting. Pity it's over 30 degrees and no one wants to work!

Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Just hope these ripen nicely...

Vegetable patch

The vegetable patch is looking good - beetroot, lettuce, courgettes carrots, onions and parsnips.

Cauliflowers

We have two lovely Cauliflowers ready to harvest, one is for lunch tomorrow, one is for the freezer once the Broccoli are done!

Broccoli harvest

Today we picked 3 Broccoli heads, can you guess how much they weighed all together?
Good news is the plant we harvested a head from last week is growing 2 new ones. Good job we like Broccoli and have room in the freezer (although I did have to defrost it today).