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Cooking
Guide
Caramel Banana Cake
Makes: 1 x 20 cm ring cake
Ingredients:
125 g
butter, softened
3
/
4
cup
brown sugar
2
eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup
mashed banana
1
1
/
2
cups
self-raising flour
1 teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
3
/
4
cup
sour cream
1 tablespoon
milk
1
/
2
cup
pecans, roughly chopped
Caramel Icing:
40 g
butter
1
/
2
cup
brown sugar
2 tablespoons
sour cream
1
/
4
cup
pecans, roughly chopped
1
1
/
2
cups
icing sugar
Method:
Preheat oven to
Convection 170°C
. Cream
butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs
until combined. Stir in banana. Fold in sifted dry
ingredients alternately with sour cream and milk. Stir
in pecans. Pour into greased and lined 20 cm ring
pan. Place on Low Rack and cook on
170°C
for
45 minutes
or until cooked. When cool, spread with
caramel icing.
To Cook by Auto Menu:
Prepare as above. Place on Low Rack.
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Caramel Icing:
Melt butter and brown sugar on
HIGH
for
1 to 2
minutes
. Heat until well combined. Do not boil. Add
sour cream, stir in icing sugar. Spread over cooled
cake. Decorate with pecans.
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Quick Mix Chocolate Cake
Makes: 1 x 20 cm ring cake
Ingredients:
1 cup
self-raising flour
1 cup
caster sugar
2 tablespoons
cocoa
3 tablespoons
butter, softened
2
eggs
1
/
3
cup
milk
Method:
Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl, add butter, eggs
and milk. Beat with a wire whisk for
1 to 2 minutes
.
Grease a 2-litre plastic ring mould and line with
paper towel. Pour mixture into mould and cook on
MED HIGH
for
5 to 7 minutes
. Stand covered for
5 minutes
before turning out. Cool on a wire rack.
Tip:
To soften butter cook on
MEDIUM
for
10 to
15 seconds
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Vanilla Poppy seed Cake
Makes: 1 x cm loaf pan
Ingredients:
125 g
butter
1 cup
caster sugar
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
2
eggs
1
1
/
2
cups
plain flour
1
/
2
cup
sour cream
1
/
4
cup
poppy seeds
Lemon Icing:
40 g
butter
1
1
/
2
cups
icing sugar
1 tablespoon
lemon juice
Method:
Preheat oven to
Convection 170°C
. Grease and
paper line a 1 x cm loaf pan. Cream butter, sugar
and essence until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs,
one at a time until combined. Stir in half the sifted
flour and sour cream and then remaining flour,
sour cream and poppy seeds. Spread mixture into
prepared pan. Place on Low Rack and cook on
170°C
for
50 minutes to 1 hour
. Stand for
10 minutes
before turning onto wire rack. Spread
cold cake with icing.
Lemon Icing:
Beat butter until light, before beating in icing sugar
and lemon juice.
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Makes: 1 x 20 cm round cake
Ingredients:
1 cup
chopped dried apricots
1 cup
apricot nectar
125 g
butter, softened
2
/
3
cup
raw sugar
2
eggs, separated
1
1
/
2
cups
self-raising flour
1
1
/
2
cups
coconut
Method:
Preheat oven to
Convection 170˚C
. Place apricots
and nectar in a small bowl. Cook on
HIGH
for
3 to
5 minutes
. Grease and line a deep 20 cm round
pan. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg yolks, one at a time until combined.
Stir in coconut and half the sifted flour and apricot
mixture. Stir in remaining flour and apricots. Beat
egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into mixture
and spread into prepared pan. Place on Low Rack
and cook on
170°C
for
40 to 50 minutes
. Allow to
stand for
10 minutes
before turning onto rack to cool.
To Cook by Auto Menu:
Prepare as above. Place on Low Rack.
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