Jul 03
Marble cake! Marble cake is so pretty with its swirls of brown, pink and yellow. The recipe on page 54 is a typical marble cake recipe, but here are my two issues with it. Firstly, the recipe doesn’t say to ice it – and if ever there was a cake crying out for a …
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Jun 09
Often when people think of gingerbread they picture gingerbread men – soft ginger flavoured biscuits lovingly decorated with icing and other treats. Indeed, in most countries that’s exactly what you will get. There is a huge amount of history behind this kind of gingerbread but alas the gingerbread as described in the Edmonds on page …
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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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Feb 25
Tosca cake is a deliciously light buttery vanilla sponge type cake with a caramel and almond topping. Tosca cake or Toscakaka or Toscakake is claimed as a traditional cake by numerous Scandinavian countries but the one thing each country has in common is its love of this delightfully delicious cake. The topping soaks slightly into …
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Feb 13
For me Sultana cake kind of fits into the same category as fruit cake. It makes me think of afternoon teas at grandmas. I am definitely not a fan of fruit cake and I’m quite fussy when it comes to sultana cake too. The recipe from the Edmonds has been included in every edition since …
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Feb 13
Ingredients 450 g sultanas 225 g butter, chopped in to small pieces 3 eggs 1 ¼ cups sugar 350 g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp almond essence 1 tsp lemon essence 1 tsp vanilla essence Method Cover sultanas with water. Bring to the boil then boil for a further 5 minutes. Drain the …
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Jan 15
Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 3 teaspoons instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon of water (add more coffee if desired) 1 large cup flour 1 teaspoon Baking powder 30 g butter 4 Tablespoons milk Method Preheat oven to 200°C Before you begin line and grease a 20-22 cm cake pan. Heat milk until the …
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Jan 11
It was such a busy weekend for cooking in other ways that I realised I had nothing in the baking tins for hungry tummies, so I thought that it was the perfect opportunity to make the chocolate cake recipe on page 49. One thing that puts me off some recipes when I’m not really in …
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Jan 11
Serves 10 Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 3 eggs 2 cups Sugar 2 cup flour ¾ cup sifted cocoa 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup sour cream ¼ tsp salt 1 cup strong black coffee (I make my cup with 2 tsps of good instant coffee eg: Maccona) Before you begin, preheat …
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