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Recipe for my Soothing Blue & Green Cake
“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.” Pearl Bailey SOOTHING BLUE & GREEN CAKE Here’s one I did for my Dad’s birthday. I ran out of ideas; was just browsing around, and saw this design on some linen. My love for the blue-green combo reflects in this cake. The basic cake is from the Hershey’s website, and the icing is of whipped cream with vanilla essence and sugar. Ingredients: The basic cake recipe is Hershey’s Deep Dark…
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MINI VANILLA CUPCAKES
“When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.” Laiko Bahrs MINI VANILLA CUPCAKES This recipes was passed on to me by a friend’s mother who had been using it for almost 20 years. This is a popular cupcake recipe, which is easy to make, and is very light and spongy. You will find many versions like this one… Ingredients:Flour – 2 cupsBaking Powder – 2 tspSalt – ½ tspButter – ½ cupSugar 1 ¼ cupEggs – 2Milk – 1 cupVanilla Essence – 1 tspMethod: Preheat the oven to 190deg C. Grease well or line 2 mini-muffin trays. Sift together flour + baking powder + salt 3 times.…
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CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP POUND CAKE
“Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.” Anonymous CHOCOLATE & CHOCOLATE-CHIP POUND CAKE Another recipe I tweaked to suit the ingredients available on hand. I have great fun playing around with recipes…and always have eager testers on hand. The daughter is always the first one to check and grade a new experiment, with the son not far behind. This one got a THUMBS UP!!! Ingredients:Butter- 1 cup or 200gmsEggs – 4 (large)Sugar – 1 cup, granularFlour – 1 1/2 cups Whole-wheat flour – 1/2 cupCocoa – ½ cup (dissolved in warm milk to form a pasteBaking powder – 1 tspSalt – 1 pinchChocolate chips – 1/2 cupVanilla Essence…
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CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE for HUNGRY KIDS!!
“Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don’t need an appointment” Anonymous CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE FOR HUNGRY KIDS… Here’s a chocolate cake recipe I conjured up for the kids for when they come home after school. I was working on a cake without frosting…and while doing the lemon cake, thought I could give it a shot in chocolate. The results were very welcome indeed!! I used big chocolate chips which sank to the bottom…maybe smaller ones will suit this one better, but the kids liked the taste of the big, gooey, chocolate chips at the bottom. Here goes… Ingredients:Butter – ½ cup/100gmsEggs – 3Sugar – 1 ¼ cupsFlour – 1…
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CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP MUFFINS
“I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation” Madame Benoit One of the kids fave muffins. I keep playing around with the combos…sometimes mocha & choc-chip; or brown-sugar & walnuts; or plain vanilla and choc-chips and walnuts. Kids love ’em!! CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP MUFFINSIngredients:Flour – 1 1/4 cupsWhole-wheat flour – ½ cupBaking Soda – 1 tspSalt – 1pinchCocoa – ¼ cupYogurt – 2/3 cup/thickMilk – 4 tbspEggs -3 / smallButter – ½ cup (100gms), at room tempSugar – ¾ cupVanilla essence – 1 tspChocolate chips – ½ cup (I like to use Ghirardeli dark chips) Method: Sift flour + whole-wheat…
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Kiwi Fruit Dessert Cake with Orange Marmalade & Fresh Cream
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story Here’s a mouthwatering, scrumptious and totally refreshing combination. An almond sponge cake,sandwiched with orange marmalade and chopped kiwi-fruit tossed in whipped cream. Then it gets better. Smother it with an icing of whipped almond cream, shower with ground almonds, top with sliced kiwi-fruit, and drizzle with melted white and dark chocolate!!! ….IngredientsSpongeEggs – 5 (250gms)Almonds – 100gms (grind in dry grinder with skin; be careful it doesnt get pasty)Flour – 2 tbs ( almonds…
