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Lemon cake rusk

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BCake rusk is a crunchy dry biscuit and a popular teatime snack in

India

it by bit, I find myself bringing out one fleece at a time to the lounge whilst sitting watching telly. Just today, I took out light blankies for the kids to wear at bedtime and the past few days I have been putting them in longer pants and sweaters just before tucking them in. The seasons are shifting. My scratchy throat and the crisp breeze I feel early morning through midmorning daily completely confirm this. It’s time to get ahead of it now and reduce the struggle for everyone. Get all the moi mois cleaned and on stand-by, move winter fashion closer to the front of the closets, find the missing sock in all the pairs and start processing winter meals. It is school break in about a week, so there’s that, because the kids are home they innately eat more. I love cooking over winter because the food is so comforting and warm.

Stews, beans, not forgetting two ingredient Nutriday dumplings, cinnamon buns, phaphatha enjoyed with a soup or hot cup of laager Rooibos tea. Winter has its palate perks.

Personally, I will be taking Laager Rooibos tea and Chai more frequently during winter. Coffee will have to miss me this coming season although it is my guilty pleasure. I recently had a heart to heart with my husband about getting our bodies healthy and perhaps it’s time I slowly cut away some things. Big emphasis on Sloooowly (lol). This is also an opportune time to experiment with baking. First on my list is a lemon cake because our lemon tree is doing well and has a couple of ripe lemons I’ve asked the boys to harvest. I told them that I’ll be grateful to whoever does it first, and make sure their slice of cake is a teeny weeny bit bigger than the others.

Cake rusk is a crunchy dry biscuit and a popular teatime snack in India and Pakistan. Similar to biscotti, these crispy biscuits are perfect for dunking in your tea. Not your convention­al or generic rusk, but does the trick either way. I decided I would give these a shot after feeling like my preparatio­n took a left turn on me, and because I am not one to put anything to waste, I fast moved into contingenc­y mode and here we are.

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