Apr 28
Wholemeal Chocolate Cake (page 57). Well, what can I say? If you are wanting to be healthy, I’m thinking there are easier ways than trying to “healthy up” chocolate cake. This cake is easy to make. It’s also not that bad flavour wise, in fact it’s really nice. It does have extra texture due to …
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Apr 18
I spent a quiet Sunday this weekend making four sponge recipes. It was a really nice way to spend an afternoon – I am one of those odd people that finds cooking relaxing. The first recipe I made was the Edmonds Fielders Classic Sponge on page 71. This recipe is straight forward to assemble. …
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Apr 18
Ingredients 4 eggs Pinch of salt ¾ cup caster sugar 1 cup self-raising flour 4 tblsp milk or water (or a combination of both) 1 dessert spoon butter Method Preheat oven to 170°C fan forced. Grease two 20cm sandwich tins and lightly dust them with flour, shaking out any excess. Beat the eggs and salt …
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Apr 14
I think most people, when thinking of custard, think of making it with custard powder for pouring onto a dessert or for trifle or something, but this recipe makes the custard itself the hero. My confession for the day is that I actually had to make this recipe twice. For some reason the first time …
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Apr 11
Is there anything better in the world than the smell of fresh bread straight out of the oven? I reckon it’s pretty hard to beat, although fresh biscuits out of the oven might almost do it. This week has been a little bit stressful. There has been sickness in the family (thank you unpredictable autumn …
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Apr 11
Ingredients 225 g butter ¾ cup white sugar ¾ cup brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 eggs 2 ½ cups flour 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ½ cups chocolate chips Method Cream butter, sugars and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add sifted dry ingredients, …
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Apr 05
I must confess I am one of those annoying people that watches shows like Come Dine With Me and Masterchef. Okay, there isn’t really any surprise there I know 🙂 One thing that pops up on the menus of these kinds of shows often is scalloped potatoes but usually it’s been renamed dauphinoise potatoes to …
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Apr 05
Ingredients 30 g Butter 1 kg floury potatoes 400 ml cream 2 large cloves garlic, crushed ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg Salt and pepper Method Rub the inside of a gratin dish with the butter. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Peel the potatoes and slice them thinly. In a large bowl mix the cream, garlic …
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Apr 03
The idea of Chocolate at Easter is for me way better than the reality. I mean chocolate is great and all, but I am more of a savoury girl so I find it really hard to get through Easter bunny’s offerings. As I was mournfully staring at the pile of chocolate I was thinking through …
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Apr 03
Chocolate Sponge 4 eggs 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 cup corn flour 1/2 cup custard powder 1 teaspoon cream tartar 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda 1 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder Filling 650 g jar morello cherries 2 tbs caster sugar 1 tbs cornflour 600 ml cream ¼ cup grenadine 200g dark chocolate (I used a huge …
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