I've spent a fair chunk of my weekend writing drafts for text panels for the Bedford exhibition we're working on. Ugh.

On the bright side I now have 12 new articles of clothing and accessories for the price of a squash! Myself and two friends had a clothing swap and potluck tonight, so I made a new recipe that I've been meaning to try for a while, ginger squash soup. It was excellent, but I only took one picture of when the leeks were cooking, so it's not the most visual blog post. I also have no pictures of the actual swapping and subsequent dress up we were playing, although there was a fair amount of partial nudity happening, so that might be a good thing.

I did, however, actually remember to photograph the dessert I made on Friday night, so here's a Lemon sponge pudding for two! This was part of Canadian Living's annual Valentine's day recipe round-up, which had the extra bonus of only highlighting recipes for two servings. Sometimes recipes don't scale well, as I've learned the hard way.

Lemon Sponge Pudding for Two

Ingredients

1/3 cup (75 mL) granulated sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
1/3 cup (75 mL) milk
1 tbsp (15 mL) butter, melted
1 egg, separated
1 tsp (5 mL) finely grated lemon rind
2 tbsp (30 mL) lemon juice

In large bowl, whisk together 2 tbsp (25 mL) of the sugar, flour and salt; whisk in milk, butter and egg yolk. Whisk in lemon rind and juice.

In separate bowl, beat egg white until soft peaks form; beat in remaining sugar, 1 tsp (5 mL) at a time, until stiff peaks form. Stir about one-quarter into lemon mixture; fold in remaining egg white. (I used an electric mixer, because hand mixing eggs to this degree sucks.)

Scrape into two 3/4-cup (175 mL) ramekins. Place in 8- x 4-inch (1.5 L) loaf pan. Pour enough boiling water into pan to come halfway up sides of ramekins.

Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) toaster oven or oven until top is lightly browned and set, about 20 minutes. Remove from water. Let cool on rack for about 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool.
(I found this cooking time to be incredibly inaccurate. I ended up leaving them in the oven for almost 40 minutes. I'd say to keep a close eye on them after the 30 minute mark depending on your oven.)