I had way too many eggs so make these sponge cakes to go into the freezer for future use. Ingredients: 6 eggs 180 g sugar (200 ml) 180 g cake flour (350 ml) 1/2 -1/4 teaspoon baking powder Method: 1.Whip the eggs until light and fluffy, gradually adding the sugar, until thick 2. Fold in the sieved flour (I often don't bother to sieve flour, but in this recipe it … [Read more...] about Sponge Cake
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Fruit Tea Loaf
Another request from James! Ingredients 500 g cake mix 250 g brown sugar 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) black tea 1 tsp vanilla essence 500 g self-raising flour 1 egg If you don't have self-raising flour, you may use regular cake flour but add 1 rounded tsp baking powder per cup of flour. Method In a bowl pour black tea onto the fruit, sugar and vanilla essence and leave … [Read more...] about Fruit Tea Loaf
Banana Loaf
This is an all time family favourite, especially requested by James. Ingredients 3 bananas 120g butter 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk vanilla essence 2 cups flour 1/2 t salt 3/4 t bicarb 1/2 t baking powder Method Cream butter and sugar, add bananas until mashed. Add eggs, milk and vanilla essence. Then add the dry ingredients. Pour into greased loaf … [Read more...] about Banana Loaf
Black Forest Roulade
Ingredients 200g dark chocolate 5 eggs, separated 200g castor sugar 500ml cream, whipped 2 cans black cherries, pitted and drained and soaked in Kirsch 200g dark chocolate, grated Method Melt 200g dark chocolate in microwave or over low heat until thick and creamy. Beat egg-yolks until thick and light then slowly add castor sugar while continuing to beat. Add … [Read more...] about Black Forest Roulade
Norwegian Tosca Cake
Ingredients 2 eggs 150g sugar 75g melted butter 140g flour ½ tsp. (2 ½ ml) baking powder Method Beat the egg and sugar, until thick. Add the flour and baking powder, and finally the melted butter. Bake at 180C. When nearly cooked, after about 20-25 minutes, cover the cake with the hot glaze and bake for approximately another 10 minutes until light brown. (Total baking … [Read more...] about Norwegian Tosca Cake