Baking Cakes (Page 1 of 2)

Fruit Loaf

1 Cup Water
1 Cup Suger
2 Cups Self Raising Flour
1 Large Egg(Beaten)
1 Cup Mixed Fruit(Sultanas, or whatever)
4 oz Margarine
1 Tsp Bicarb Soda

Put Water, fruit, sugar, marg and bicarb soda into a med. saucepan. Bring to the boil & simmer for 15min, until thick & brown.
Allow to cool slighty, beat in flour & egg.
Put into a lined loaf tin.
Cook at 190C for about an hour, probe with a skewer...if it comes out clean it;s done(and maybe cover the top with tinfoil if it's getting too burnt)

Wat makes this soo great is the simmering of the fruit etc before u bake.....brings out the natural sugars, & give the cake a sticky, moreish quality

let it cool before u cut it(difficult to slice when its hot).....serve a slice buttered, with a nice cuppa.

trust me on this one....

preheat oven to 150C

300g dark chocolate
300g butter
300g caster sugar

melt choc and butter on low heat and stir in sugar and set aside....

beat 8 eggs (that's right, 8!) and stir into the warm mix.

finally add 8 rounded (same above and below rim of spoon) tablespoons of plain flour and some vanilla extract and mix it all in..

brush a round deep cake tin with melted butter and coat the butter with cocoa powder making sure to shake out the excess powder.

pour in the mix and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes. it will appear sort of jelly like in the middle when it's done.

allow to rest for a few minutes then turn it out on a plate by placing the plate on top of the tin first as it will still be far from solid in the middle.

let it cool completely then into the fridge for 4 - 24 hours.... i'll leave out the decorating part.
it does need to be cold as it needs to set.

the rest you will thank me for i'm certain

The secret ingredient is LOVE.

^ no "schaartjes" ?

i didnt even need to read to know what would be in the menschmaschine cake

Chocolate and Chilli Cake.

With sweet sugar icing.

There is nothing better than Coffee and Cake.

i was anticipating menschmaschine would have a good recipe to post.

as much as i love millionaire's shortbread, it's a bit of a pain to make......and i would say it;s a biscuit not a cake

i apologies for my pedantry

that was the famous jaffa cake tax evasion case wasn't it... stuff of folklore that one.

carrot cake with chocolate is the best

hehehe, a loaf of bread, unsliced and some milk usually fills that void

[b]my fave chocolate cake