Friday, 21 December 2012

Easy Pound Cake by shireen

                               Easy Pound Cake

Ingredients

Butter 8 ounces

Fine sugar 2 cups

Eggs 4

...Flour 3 cups

Baking powder 4 tsp

Milk 1 ½ cup

Icing sugar to dust

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method

Pre heat oven to 180 degree C beat 8 ounces butter and 2 cups sugar till fluffy add 1 tsp vanilla, sieve together 3 cups flour and 4 tsp baking powder in your beaten sugar and butter mixture, beat in eggs one at a time alternating with sieved mixture of flour and 1 ½ cup milk, beginning and ending with flour, pour mixture in a greased pan, bake for 45 minutes, cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto wire rack to cool completely, dust with icing sugar.

Orange Cake by shireen

                                               Orange Cake

            Ingredients

            Eggs 6

            Yogurt 1 cup

            Walnuts chopped 1 cup

            ...Butter 12 ounces

            Water ½ cup

            Sugar 2 ¼ cup

            Flour 3 ½ cups

            Salt 1 tsp

            Orange essence 1 tsp

            Baking soda ½ tsp heaped

            Orange powder 2 tbsp

            Ingredients for Topping

            Marmalade 4 tbsp heaped

            Orange juice 4 tbsp

            Method

            Sieve together 2 ¼ cup flour, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp baking soda. Keep aside. Grease and flour a 10 inches tube pan, beat 12 ounces butter, 2 ¼ cup sugar, 1 tsp essence and 2 tbsp orange flavor powder, mix with water on low speed till blended, increase speed and beat till light and fluffy, again lower speed and add 6 eggs one by one adding in ¼ cup sieved flour, at intervals, now add 1 cup yogurt, 1 cup walnuts and fold in the reaming flour, pour mixture in the tube pan, bake on 170 degree C for 1 hour, un mold after 5 minutes, pour topping.

            Method

            Cook together 4 tbsp marmalade and 4 tbsp orange juice in a pan for 5 minutes, pour on top of cake when unmolded.

Cornflakes Macaroons by shireen

                Cornflakes Macaroons

  Ingredients

            Egg whites 2

            Sugar 1 cup

            Desiccated coconut 1 cup heaped

            ...Corn flakes 1 cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Salt ½ tsp

            Method

            Pre heat oven to 180 degrees, beat 2 egg whites stiff, add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp coconut essence, gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, fold in 1 cup desiccated coconut and 1 cup corn flakes, drops from tea spoon onto a greased baking tray, bake for 20 minutes till golden and firm, remove with spatula.

in this we use  brown sugar.....if u want more sweetness then u can add 1tbsp caster sugar along wid brown sugar

Chocolate Chip Short Bread by shireen

                      Chocolate Chip Short Bread

            Ingredients

            Flour 1 cup

            Chocolate chips ½ cup

            Butter soft ½ cup

            ...Brown sugar ¼ cup

            Vanilla essence ½ tsp

            Method

            In a bowl, put together ½ cup butter, ¼ cup sugar, ½ tsp vanilla and 1 cup flour, mix slightly until it forms a ball, add ½ cup chocolate chips and roll into 1 inch balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet, press with fork, bake on 160 degree C or No: 3 for 15 minutes.

Orange oats crisp by shireen

                               Orange oats crisp


                        Ingredients

Oats 1 ½ cup

Flour 1 cup

Oil ½ cup

Egg 1

Granulated sugar ½ cup

Brown sugar ¼ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp

Baking soda ¼ tsp

Orange peel 1 tbsp

Orange juice 1 tbsp

Method

Beat 1 egg in a bowl until frothy, add in ½ cup granulated sugar and ¼ cup brown sugar, also add in ½ cup oil with 1 cup sieve flour, ½ tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp baking soda, mix in 1 tbsp orange peel, 1 tbsp orange juice and 1 ½ cup oats, drop by spoon full onto greased cookie sheet, bake for 15 minutes on 180 degree C.

Orange Ring by shireen

                            Orange Ring

Ingredients

Evaporated milk chilled 1 tin

Caster sugar 6 ounces

Fresh cream 8 ounces

Fresh cream for decoration 2 ounces

Egg whites 2

National orange jelly crystals 1 packet

Orange juice ½ cup

Gelatin powder 2 tbsp

Method

Dissolve 2 tbsp gelatin in ½ cup orange juice, beat chilled evaporated milk very thick, add in 1 packet orange jelly crystals and dissolved gelatin mixture, beat 8 ounces cream with 3 ounces of caster sugar, beat 2 egg white stiff with 3 ounces of caster sugar, fold cream lightly in the beaten milk mixture, also fold in the egg white, pour mixture into a ring mold and chill till set, decorate with whipped cream and orange segments.

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Fried Cheese Sandwiches by shireen

                                             Fried Cheese Sandwiches

Ingredients

Bread 8 slices

Cheese slices 4

Eggs 2 to 3 beaten

Mustard paste as required

Plain flour as required

Corn crumbs as required

Method

Remove crust from 8 slices of bread, spread slices with mustard paste, place a slice of cheese on top, cover with another slice of paste, dust sandwich lightly with flour, dip in 2 to 3 beaten egg, roll in corn crumbs, fry in fry pan till light golden, cut into quarter, serve hot.

u can also add mozrella cheese in it