Cakes

This is another of my great bakes which is simple to do. INGREDIENTS 175g / 6oz Butter - softened 175g / 6oz golden caster sugar 3 medium eggs 200g / 8oz self-raising flour 1 tbp baking powder 2 tsp ground cinamon 4 tbsp milk 2 rounded tbsp chocolate hazlenut spread (Nutella) 50g / 2oz hezlenuts - roughly chopped METHOD Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees celcius or gas mark 4. Baste with butter the inside of an 8inch round baking tin. Place the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinamon and milk into a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. A tip would be to add the ...  Read the complete review

I know it is only September but this is the time of year when I bake my Christmas cakes. Not everyone likes the rich fruit cake but in my family it would not be Christmas without Christmas cake. By baking it so early, the cake has time to mature before it is eaten and is a rich, moist cake for Christmas. There are various stories associated with the origins of Christmas cake. Some say that the cakes were originally baked as puddings, others say they were prepared from all the ingredients found in the kitchen that could be added together to make a rich and substantial cake for the festive season. My mother used to make her Christmas cakes on a ...  Read the complete review

These are home made jaffa cakes. Use marmalade to be authentic but apricot jam is a tasty version too. The great thing about these is you can put as much chocolate on as you want to! 90g/3½oz caster sugar 2 eggs 50g/2oz plain flour 75g/3oz/6 tbsp orange marmalade or apricot jam 125g/4¼oz plain chocolate 1.Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/Gas 5. Grease a muffin or cake tin. 2.Stand a mixing bowl in very hot water for a couple of minutes to heat through, keeping the inside dry. Put the sugar and eggs in and whisk with an electric mixer until light and frothy and the beaters leave a ribbon trail when lifted. Sift flour ...  Read the complete review

With Christmas and Halloween fast approaching. It's a great time to make some seasonal treats. When I was little, I used to love making biscuits and different cakes. Here are some ideas, you could make them by yourself or get your children to help! Gingerbread Santas/ People/ Witches etc : This is a fairly simple recipe, but you can alter it in hundreds of different ways! First, you make gingerbread mixture : (I got the recipe from allrecipes.com) INGREDIENTS 1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 ...  Read the complete review

Greetings Puny Earthlings! Time for another instalment of Baking wih the Dalek Chef. (This whole recipe section is playing up - I don't know how many it will let me do!) Today I shall be constructing Raisin Spice Cake for which you shall need the following ingredients. The Topping: 25g/1oz Butter, 25g/1oz Demerara Sugar, 1tsp Mixed Spice, 25g/1oz Chopped Nuts. For the Cake: 175ml/6fl oz Orange Juice, 175g/6oz Raisins, 175g/6oz Butter, 175g/6oz Light Muscovado Sugar, 250g/9oz Self Raising Flour (Elevate!), 1tsp Mixed Spice, 1tsp Ground Cinnamon, 1tsp Ground ...  Read the complete review