Sticky Date Pudding, Toffee Sauce & Ice-cream
Ingredients:- 1¼ cups plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 300g pitted dates, chop roughly 100g butter, diced 1 cup water ½ cup packed brown sugar ¼ cup golden syrup ¼ tsp salt 2 large size 7 eggs, lightly whisked To Serve: - Toffee sauce (as below) Vanilla ice cream Toffee Sauce: - 1...
Raspberry Souffle
Ingredients: - Raspberry Sauce: - 150 g fresh or frozen raspberries, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 tsp lemon juice - Souffle Batter: - 4 large eggs, separated, 300 ml milk, 50g flour, 3 Tbsp sugar for egg yolks, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp salt, 3 Tbsp sugar for egg whites Coating the Ramekins: - Softened...
Anyone for a cup of tea and Sultana Loaf?
Ingredients: - 1 cup (130g) sultanas or raisins, 30g butter, diced, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 cup (250ml) boiling water, 1 cup (205g) sugar, 2 cups (260g) plain, white flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon Pinch of salt, 1 egg, well beaten, 1 Tbsp (15ml) golden syrup 1 tsp (5ml) vanilla essence -...
Tea & Sultana Scones
Ingredients: - 250g all-purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder, Pinch salt, 60g cold butter, cubed, 1 Tbsp castor sugar, ⅓ cup sultanas, 1 egg, beaten lightly, ½ cup milk, Milk or egg, for glazing - METHOD: - Preheat oven to 220 C. Line a baking tray with grease-proof paper. Sift the flour, baking...
Festive Season Apple Pie with Raisins & Cinnamon
Ingredients: - Dough Mix: - 300 grams flour 200 grams cold butter (cubed) 125 grams sugar 1 egg 1 pinch of Salt Apple Filling: - 7 apples 80 grams raisins 50 grams sugar 3 tsp cinnamon 2 Tbsp custard 50g fine breadcrumbs METHOD: - Filling: Peel, core and thinly slice the apple then put it in a large...
Nana's Xmas Cake (Submitted by Barb)
Ingredients: 500g butter 2 cups sugar 9 eggs 1 Tbsp coffee essence Wineglass of brandy/sherry Salt 1 dsp spice 1 dsp cinnamon 4 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 x 1kg packets mixed fruit 2 x 70g packets blanched almonds METHOD: - Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs in very well. Add coffee and brandy...
Christmas Cake (Submitted by Lyn)
Ingredients: 1kg mixed dry fruit 600 mls chocolate milk 2 cups self-rising flour- METHOD: Soak fruit in chocolate milk over-night. Next day, fold through the two cups of flour and put in a 21cm/8 in tin. Fan bake two hours at 175 °C. Poke to see if cooked and let cool, Yum! So easy!! You can add...
Traditional Yule Log Cake (Buche de Noel)
Ingredients: Chocolate Cake: ¼ cup flour ½ cup corn flour ½ cup cocoa powder 5 large eggs ½ cup granulated sugar 2 Tbsp butter Mascarpone Whipped Cream Filling: 1 cup mascarpone cheese ½ cup icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ¾ cup + 1 Tbsp cream Whipped Chocolate Ganache: 200g chocolate, finely...
Lumps of Coal Cookies (For those on Santa’s Naughty List) (Submitted by Jo)
Ingredients: - 1½ cups plain flour 1¼ cups black cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar ¾ cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 cup chocolate chips METHOD: Preheat oven to 200⁰C and line an oven tray with baking paper. In a medium bowl, whisk the...
Easy Chocolate Truffles (Submitted by Glenys)
Ingredients: - 1 cup of dates 1 cup Raisins 1 cup nuts 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 tablespoon marg or butter 1 1/2 tablespoons of coconut METHOD: Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until the mixture is sticky so you can roll into balls. With wet hands roll spoonful’s of mixture into...
Festive & Fun Gingerbread Men
Ingredients: 2 cups Plain Flour 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 tsp mixed spice, 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 150 g butter, cut into cubes 1 egg 1 cup icing sugar Food colouring METHOD: Preheat the oven to 180°C fan bake. Line two large baking trays with baking paper. Place the flour...
Margaret's Pavlova (Submitted by Margaret)
Ingredients: - 6 egg whites add 1tsp boiling water pinch salt 1 teacup sugar 1 dsp cornflour Pinch cream tartar (another) tsp boiling water (another) 1 teacup sugar 1tsp vinegar 1tsp vanilla METHOD: Beat egg whites until they peak, then add other ingredients in order, allow a short time between...
Berry Cheesecake (Submitted by Vanessa)
Ingredients: 1 packet of chocolate biscuits 125g butter, melted 200 ml cream 400 g cream cheese, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup of icing sugar 1 punnet of fresh raspberries Handful of freeze-dried raspberries and crumbled Chocolate to decorate METHOD: Grease a 20cm springform...
Janet's Pavlova (Submitted by Janet)
Ingredients: 3 egg whites 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 tsp corn flour 1 tsp malt vinegar 1 tsp vanilla essence 4 Tbsp boiling water METHOD: Put all ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for about 10 minutes until thick and glossy. Turn onto a tinfoil lined baking sheet. Bake 10 mins at...
Pam’s Easy Peasy Pavlova (Submitted by Dennis)
Ingredients: 2 egg whites 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon corn flour 1 teaspoon vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 4 tablespoons boiling water METHOD: Let eggs reach room temperature. Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat for 10 minutes. Bake on old round microwave glass...
Lemon Cheesecake (Submitted by Aileen)
Ingredients: Lemon Curd: Egg yolks Caster sugar Lemon juice Base: Gingernuts Dates Butter Salt Filling: Sour cream Caster sugar Vanilla Lemon Eggs Curd METHOD: Make the curd, process base ingredients, put in tin and flatten. Process everything else except the curd, together and pour on base, dollop...
So Easy Xmas Cake (Submitted by Alme)
Ingredients: 1kg mixed dried fruit 400g tin of condensed milk ¾ cup Baileys Irish cream 2 cups self-raising flour METHOD: In a bowl, place all ingredients except the flour, mix well and cover over and place in the fridge overnight. Next day remove from the fridge and stir well allowing the mixture...
Sweet Berry Brownie (Submitted by Janine)
Ingredients: 250g of butter 1 1/2 cups of sugar 1/4 cup of cocoa 6 eggs 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1/2 cup ground almonds 1/2 cup gluten free flour 275g of melted chocolate 3/4 cup of fresh berries or frozen METHOD: Melt butter and sugar on medium heat. Leave to cool for a few minutes. Then add eggs one...