All posts tagged: seasonal recipes for september

Gluten Free Courgette Cake with Lemon Poppyseed Icing

Gluten Free Courgette (and Stripy Beetroot) Cake with Lemon Poppyseed Icing  This is a gorgeous recipe I have been meaning to share with you for quite some time now! Its been sat in my drafts folder, but now is the time to share. So if your home-grown courgettes and zucchini’s need a suitable recipe to be incorporated into, look no further. This rustic country courgette cake, can be made with either gluten free or regular flour, perfect for baking for yourself, or for a friend with intolerances.  I baked this cake with a fellow photographer friend of mine after having a glut of courgettes in the garden (she took the shots of me baking – rather handy!) When I bake, this is the typical kind of cake I bake – quick, rustic but full of flavour. I grow most of the vegetables for me and my husband, so courgette or beetroot cakes are a regular delight. Adding courgette to a cake ensures it is moist, and you can therefore do without some of the butter. I …

Bramble Bomb Cocktail

                Bramble Bomb Cocktail There is a cocktail for every season – and for September I give you the Bramble Bomb. A delicious mix of fresh bramble berries, gin and syrup. Here at Camera and Clementine I work with the seasons, even with regards to cocktails! There is always a twinge of sadness when we realise summer is coming to an end, but nature gives us gifts with every season, and for September the top seasonal gift has to be Brambles! Sweet, juicy and just beautiful to look at, they are amongst my top fruits. I foraged for these brambles just down the lane from my cottage, adding to my love of brambles (they’re free!). Every year I collect enough for a large batch of homemade bramble jam, and found I had a little left over for a cocktail or two..perfect!   Bramble Bomb Cocktail Serves 1 40ml/ 1 ½ oz gin a squeeze of lime juice 15ml/ ½ oz monin syrup (sugar syrup) 20ml crème de mûre brambles …