nanopolitics handbook - Minor Compositions

ingredient variations:play around, mix it up, improvise!You can make these cakes with your favourite berries, and/or with a lemonzest flavour. The easiest way to go with this is to use sunflower oil and brownsugar, but try whatever oil or fat you have handy (coconut butter included!), beexperimental! Same for making it sweet, have a play!You may have enough fruit to give it a gentle sweetness, or use some honey,or try Stevia (in that case, use a bit more polenta/amlond to make up for thesticky dry content, else your cakes may be a bit too moist). Or of course, takechocolate instead of sugar – small chocolate cubes to give the cakes a nicetexture, or melting chocolate into the mass makes for creaminess throughout.Upon repeating, have a go at changing the ratios of ingredients; find yourfavourite match, stick in some spices (Cardamom? Cinnamon? A hint of Coriandereven?). If you’re feeling experimental and curious, split the mass intoa few containers and try different ingredients in each of them. The more loveand curiosity you mix in with your foodstuffs, the more likely you are to getdeliciousness out.processIn a big bowl, cream the butter/oil and sugar/syrup together.Mix the polenta, almonds and baking powder.Beat the eggs until in a creamy peach coloured state (a fork and some patiencewill do!).Mix the eggs in with the oily-sweet mass in the big bowl. Then add the dryingredients to the mix.And don’t forget to stir in your beloved fruit, or some lovely lemon zest (grateit finely)!Fill up your cupcake containers (remember to grease ‘em up if necessary!)Pop into pre-heated oven (180 degrees Celsius).After 20 minutes, stick a skewer into the middle of a cake to see if it’s ready – ifnothing much sticks to it, your cakes are ready. Leave the cakes to cool forsome minutes while you make tea for the others.icing variationsPlain icing: If you fancy plain icing, mix some icing sugar with bits of water(and whatever else... rose water, fruit syrup) until you get an icing.Luscious creamy icing: get hold of a small packet of plain cream cheese and262