Rants of a Rebecca

Cooking With Bec. Vol 1

Hi Everybody and those with missing limbs, Well in todays blog, something a little different, we're going cooking. For those of you not quite up with what a kitchen is, we are going to start off with something easy, a Boston Bun. The Boston Bun gets its name from times not too long ago, when the frozen bodies of homeless people, were picked up in the Boston area by local council workers. Often these people had fallen out of the trees they lived in, and ended up face first, bum up in the snow. With fresh snow covering their brown stained clothes, as they lay, the idea was spurred for a wonderful afternoon tea. As it is quite hard to get the mixture to rise in the shape of a skyward bound anus, the name was changed to Boston Bun, instead of Boston Bum. But enough of the history, lets get cooking. Ingredients 2 Cups of Self Rasing Flour 1 Cup of Mashed Potato 1 Cup of Sugar 1 Cup of Dried Fruit 1 Cup of Milk Cinnomon to taste (about 1 table spoon) Firstly combine the Flour and Sugar in a mixing bowl. Then add in the mashed potato, until a nice thick paste forms. Then add in the milk, and finally the Dried Fruit and Cinnamon. Mix it all to a nice consistancy. Preheat an oven to about 180 degree C. Grease a high sided baking tin, and tip in the mixture. Place in oven. Cooking time takes about 2 hours. To test if it is all cooked, poke the bun with a wooden skewer. if it comes out clean, then it is cooked right through. Place the bun on a cooling tray, and let it get nice and cold, this will take a while. While this is in the latter stages of cooling, it is time to make the icing. Ingredients About half a cup of Icing sugar. About two table spoons of butter. A few drops of warm water. Coconut Shavings As you can see the amounts for the icing are not very scientific, what you are trying to create is a nice thick layer of icing, that is creamy in texture, not hard icing you would put on a sponge cake. What you are looking for is enough icing to give a nice thick coating to the bun Mix everything together (except the coconut shavings), and mix and mix and mix. If you find it is too runny, add more icing sugar. If you find it is too hard, add more butter. In the end you will get it to the point where it is a bit like whipped cream. Spread the icing over the top of the bun, then sprinkle with the coconut shavings. The bun can be served on it's own, or sliced and spread with a little butter. While it may seem like a heavy cake, it is very moist and light to eat. Enjoy. Blog Out, HooRoo Bec

posted by Rebecca @ 3/03/2005 09:07:00 pm