Well what a weekend it has been already and its only mid Sunday!

Hubby and daughter joined forces with friend and commonwealth swim champion from a few years ago, Mel, to do the South Island Half Marathon in Lake Hood on Saturday. They did extremely well coming in second in the mixed team category, calling themselves 'Two girls and a cyclist'. Our other male friends, Ant, Greg, Clarky, Marty and Richie also did the event as individuals and they were just awesome, achieving individual life goals.

Today, we are meeting up with a family cousin from America. Hubbys father Cor, is calling her, his cousin, but we are not so sure....we think it could be his cousins daughter.....what do you call your cousins daughter? We have decided that she should be called just that. Cousins daughter.

Anyway, we are all having dinner at sister-in-laws place tonight and I thought that we should really have a kiwi type of cake on offer for dessert. Enter, the Treasury of New Zealand Baking again and on page 118 a recipe by Lauraine Jacobs, Hazelnut Meringue Cake with Kiwifruit.

The cake is very similar to a pavalova but no soft marshmellow. It crumbles when cut but the taste is exquisite with a lovely hazelnut crunch.

Barbara the 'cousins daughter', absolutely loved the dinner and dessert and she is off on the Trans Alpine to Greymouth today and the Trans scenic to Picton and beyond, tomorrow.

This is the type of dessert that is so easy and quick to make and bake. Will certainly be made again!