"Mia" Babycakes

I've taken a liking to baking with pecans lately and thought what else could I combine it with. Looking through some favourite recipes I stumbled upon this one by Bea which sounded delish. So I used the pecans instead of walnuts which is in the original recipe and having no such luck in getting quinoa flour anywhere, I decided on a wheat and rice flour combination. I found some dark red plums at my local fruit store but as they weren't as soft as I wanted them to be, in case of tartness, I decided to add abit of sugar in the stewing process.

When they came out of the oven they looked like little baby cakes, cute, adorable and soft. I instantly thought of my little niece Mia, so I just had to name them " Mia Babycakes ".

A suprisingly moist cake with equally surprising flavours. I asked hubs what he tasted. He said " nutty, sweet, chocolaty flavours". There wasn't even any chocolate in them! I thought they had an unsual "maple" flavour through them and with the plums which weren't tart at all, a lovely combination indeed. If ever there was a "Hansel & Gretel " flavoured cake this would be it I think.

I guess we'll have to wait abit for Mia to go from her feeds to solids before she can do a taste test. But I have a feeling she'll like them!

Petit Banana and Pecan Cakes with Cream Cheese frosting topped with a caramelised banana disc

This post is dedicated to my Mums delish Banana Cake recipe. Its a fairly simple recipe but yields a very moist and light cake, packed full of banana flavour. Point though, you must use ripened bananas.

As I said its simply yummy but I wanted to try it with Pecans. So I toasted a handful in the oven, roughly chopped and tossed in at the last minute. It was a match made in heaven. The flavour can only be described as " nutty caramel ". Along with the vanilla cream cheese frosting and caramelised banana discs one can only describe these little lovelies as scrumptious!

My beautiful Niece...

Hi all, not my normal post today but I just had to share this photo of my pretty as a button niece. She was born first of Spring and we are all hopelessly in love with her. I sent her a new best friend also named "Mia" the other day from this gorgeous online store. They have so many beautiful things for little bubs it was hard to resist buying just the one!