Chicken to Frittata to Banana Cake. mmm!!!!!!

Sophia our nearly 10 year granddaughter rang to ask if she could interview me for her ‘Rich Task’ homework. “Is Life Easier for Children today than in The Olden Days”?
This was related to chores. Now bring the rather spoilt youngest child of older parents (siblings in their 20’s when I was born)… chores were not heavy on the list of things I had to do on a day. I even got out of the dishes by slotting in piano practice at that time. But of course I did make my bed and of course there was no problem getting me to do anything regarding food. I had to slightly stretch the truth for the amount of work I did.
Anyway she observed that really nothing much has changed in the chore line except for the equipment.
When I was 10 we didn’t have a washing machine or dryer. No fridge or vacuum cleaner.
I may not have done much but my Mother was pretty busy.
Sophia’s next interview will be with her other Grandma Lucy who was brought up in the country. A different kettle of fish from my easy life.

Sophia thought she could come over for lunch and we could conduct the interview whilst a delicious lunch was being prepared.It was a good idea. During the week I had seen on Huey’s Cooking Adventures an interesting banana cake. Highly recommended for a 10 year old to make.
We loved it, ate it warm with a drizzle of caramel sauce.
Heat oven to 170C
Grease and flour a 23cm baking tin

1 ¾ cups self raising flour sifted
Pinch salt
1 cup caster sugar
¼ cup brown sugar

1 cup mashed bananas (3 large ripe bananas)

¾ cup sour cream
3 eggs lightly beaten
125 gms melted unsalted butter

Mix the dry ingredients together

In another bowl mix together the wet ingredients
Whisk lightly to blend these

Pour dry into wet ingredients and just mix till blended.
It is quite a wet batter
Pour into prepared tin

Bake 30- 40 minutes till a skewer poked in comes out clean.

So for the rest of our meal first we had Jamie’s Caesar Salad

Sophia made the dressing.

For the second course we made a
Spanish Tortilla
Sophia cracked the eggs and beat them.
I sliced the potatoes and onions and cooked it.
This is so easy.
I like poaching the potatoes and onions in olive oil.
This takes about 15-20 minutes and the flavour is superb


So for 3 -4 people
2 med potatoes peeled & sliced thinly
1 onion peeled and sliced thinly
1-2 cups olive oil (you don’t need extra virgin olive oil)

8 eggs
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Beat the eggs with the seasoning
Heat oven to 200C
You need a pan that will go into the oven

Heat the oil to medium heat
Don’t let the oil get too hot we are poaching not frying.
Add the potatoes and onions
Make sure they are submerged

Poach until tender about 15 minutes
Drain and add to eggs.

Put pan back onto stove and pump up the heat
You don’t need to add any oil the pan is pretty well oiled.
Add egg mixture

Let bottom brown, lifting at the edges like cooking an omelet.

As it starts to set place in oven
Should take about 8-10 minutes.
It will have puffed up and be a nice golden brown colour.

Our family love to have Grandma’s Tomato sauce on the side

Amazingly enough there was enough cake leftover for Sophia to take home unfortunately not for her brother Joseph "The Little Prince"...he is allergic to eggs and can't eat this cake but here he is having his eyes tested. Cute yes!

and also a little package for the new baby Cleo’s family.
Below Cleo and her big sister Mia...already the little one is adoring her big sister...I love this shot.

Photos and Title courtesy of Sophia.