Christmas Slices
Ingredients for Base
Flour 6 ounces
Butter 4 ounces
Sugar 2 ounces
...Currents 2 ounces
Glazed cherries red and green finely chopped 2 ounces
Ingredients for Topping
Eggs 2
Butter 4 ounces
Sugar 4 ounces
Almonds ground 1 cup
Vanilla essence ½ tsp
Method for base
Beat 4 ounces butter well, add in 2 ounces sugar and beat till light and creamy, add in 6 ounce flour and form into a soft dough, keep in fridge for 30 minutes, take a 8 inches square pan, greased with butter and line with butter paper, spread the dough evenly, sprinkle 2 ounces currents and 2 ounces chopped cherries on top.
Method for Topping
Beat 4 ounce butter and 4 ounce sugar well, add 2 eggs one at a time, beat well, add in 1 cup ground almonds with ½ tsp vanilla essence, mix well, and pour this filling mixture on top of the base, bake on 180 degree for 30 minutes. Remove and cool, cut in slices and serve
Friday, 21 December 2012
Christmas Trifle
Christmas Trifle
Ingredients
Plain cake ½ pond
Glaze red and green cherries finely chopped ½ cup
Coconut macrons 8 to 10
...Mix peel 1 tbsp
Flaked almonds 2 tbsp
Raisons 2 tbsp
Currents 2 tbsp
Orange slices for decoration
Fresh cream for decoration
Ingredients for Custard
Milk 3 cups
Cream ½ cup
National Custard powder 3 tbsp
Sugar 6 tbsp
Method for Custard
Combine 3 tbsp custard powder and 6 tbsp sugar. Gradually add in 3 cups milk, cook over medium flame for 10 minutes till custard thick, remove and cool.
To Assemble Trifle
Crumble ½ pond plain cake in a large serving bowl, spread with ½ cup orange juice, top with ½ cup chopped glazed cherries, 2 tbsp raison, 2 tbsp currents and 2 tbsp flaked almonds, pour cool custard over cake and fruits, decorated trifle with orange slices, tiny macrons and fresh creams.
Ingredients
Plain cake ½ pond
Glaze red and green cherries finely chopped ½ cup
Coconut macrons 8 to 10
...Mix peel 1 tbsp
Flaked almonds 2 tbsp
Raisons 2 tbsp
Currents 2 tbsp
Orange slices for decoration
Fresh cream for decoration
Ingredients for Custard
Milk 3 cups
Cream ½ cup
National Custard powder 3 tbsp
Sugar 6 tbsp
Method for Custard
Combine 3 tbsp custard powder and 6 tbsp sugar. Gradually add in 3 cups milk, cook over medium flame for 10 minutes till custard thick, remove and cool.
To Assemble Trifle
Crumble ½ pond plain cake in a large serving bowl, spread with ½ cup orange juice, top with ½ cup chopped glazed cherries, 2 tbsp raison, 2 tbsp currents and 2 tbsp flaked almonds, pour cool custard over cake and fruits, decorated trifle with orange slices, tiny macrons and fresh creams.
Crown bread by shireen
Crown bread
Ingredients
Flour 1 pond
Butter melted 2 ounces
Egg 1
...Salt 1 tsp
Instant yeast 1 tbsp
Dry milk powder 2 tbsp heaped
Sugar 1 tsp
Luke warm water to knead the dough
Method
In a bowl, mix together 1 pond flour, 1 egg, 1 tbsp dry yeast, 2 ounces melted butter, 2 tbsp heaped milk powder, and 1 tsp sugar mix all well and knead into a soft dough with Luke warm water, leave to rise in a greased pan, covered for 1 hour, take the dough out, punch down, and make 7 balls of equal weight, grease round pan, and arrange 7 balls in it. In the base and one on top of the balls, apply little oil on it and leave it to rise again for 1 hour, brush with beaten egg, bake in hot oven, 200 degree C for 20 minutes, till light golden, remove cover immediately with damp napkin
Ingredients
Flour 1 pond
Butter melted 2 ounces
Egg 1
...Salt 1 tsp
Instant yeast 1 tbsp
Dry milk powder 2 tbsp heaped
Sugar 1 tsp
Luke warm water to knead the dough
Method
In a bowl, mix together 1 pond flour, 1 egg, 1 tbsp dry yeast, 2 ounces melted butter, 2 tbsp heaped milk powder, and 1 tsp sugar mix all well and knead into a soft dough with Luke warm water, leave to rise in a greased pan, covered for 1 hour, take the dough out, punch down, and make 7 balls of equal weight, grease round pan, and arrange 7 balls in it. In the base and one on top of the balls, apply little oil on it and leave it to rise again for 1 hour, brush with beaten egg, bake in hot oven, 200 degree C for 20 minutes, till light golden, remove cover immediately with damp napkin
Coconut macrons by shireen
Coconut macrons
Ingredients
Desiccated coconut 2 cup
Egg whites 5
Sugar 1 ½ cup or 12 ounces
...Pink color few drops
Method
In a sauce pan mix together unbeaten 5 egg whites, 1 ½ cup or 12 ounce sugar and 2 cup coconut, cook on fire till it boils and becomes thick, remove add color, spread the cook mixture over wooden base and leave it till it cools, grease the baking tray and dust with flour, put 1 tbsp of batter each on tray and bake in pre heated oven on 150 degree C for 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Desiccated coconut 2 cup
Egg whites 5
Sugar 1 ½ cup or 12 ounces
...Pink color few drops
Method
In a sauce pan mix together unbeaten 5 egg whites, 1 ½ cup or 12 ounce sugar and 2 cup coconut, cook on fire till it boils and becomes thick, remove add color, spread the cook mixture over wooden base and leave it till it cools, grease the baking tray and dust with flour, put 1 tbsp of batter each on tray and bake in pre heated oven on 150 degree C for 30 minutes.
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.
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.
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
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
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