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Baking
Ingredients
150 ml (
1/4
pt) sunflower oil
250g (9oz) wholemeal self-raising flour
10 ml (2tsp) baking powder
10 ml (2tsp) cinnamon
5 ml (1tsp) nutmeg
150g (5oz) light muscovado sugar
50g (2oz) walnuts, coarsely chopped
125g (4oz) carrots, grated
2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, beaten
Cream Cheese Topping:
75 g (3 oz) butter
100 g (4 oz) cream cheese
225 g (8 oz) icing sugar
chopped walnuts to decorate
Carrot Cake
Dish: 20 cm (8") square tin, base lined Oven Accessory: glass tur metal tray
1. Place all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
2. Spoon into tin. Place tin on metal tray and cook on
CONVECTION 170°C + SIMMER
MICROWAVE
for 20 mins. or until cooked and well risen. Allow to cool in the tin.
3. To make the topping Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in sieved icing
sugar.
4. Decorate the cooled cake with the cream cheese topping and walnuts.
Ingredients
100g (4oz) currants
100g (4oz) sultanas
100g (4oz) raisins
50g (2oz) whole almonds, blanched and
chopped, reserve 6 whole for decoration
225g (8oz) butter or margarine
225g (8oz) soft brown sugar
grated rind of one lemon
4 eggs
275g (10oz) plain flour
100g (4oz) chopped mixed peel.
Dundee Cake
Dish: 20 cm (8") round tin, greased and lined
Oven Accessory: glass tur metal tray
1. Mix the chopped nuts, fruit, peel and flour together.
2. Cream the fat, sugar and lemon rind until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
3. Fold in the dry ingredients. Spoon mixture into tin and hollow out the centre slightly. Split the
reserve almonds, and arrange on top.
4. Place tin on metal tray and cook on
CONVECTION 160°C + WARM MICROWAVE
for 35-40
mins.
Ingredients
Basic Cookie Dough:
100g (4oz) butter
100g (4oz) caster sugar
1 egg, beaten
175g (6oz) plain flour
Variations:
White Chocolate and Pistachio Nut:
100g (4oz) white chocolate, chopped
50g (2oz) pistachio nuts, chopped
Marzipan and Cherry
100g (4oz)glace cherries
50g (2oz) marzipan, chopped
Peanut Butter:
100g (4oz) peanuts
50g (2oz) peanut butter, crunchy
Chocolate Chunk:
75g (3oz) white chocolate, chopped
75g (3oz) dark chocolate, chopped
American Cookies
Dish: 2 baking sheets 30 x 21.5 cms (11
1/2
" x 8")
Oven Accessory: glass tur low wire rack on metal tray
1. Preheat oven on
CONVECTION 170°C
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale, then beat in the egg.
3. Mix in the flour until well combined and add the chosen additions.
4. Place walnut-sized spoonfuls of dough well apart on greased baking trays, flatten slightly
with a fork. Place one tray on low wire rack and cook on
CONVECTION 170°C
for 10-15
mins. or until golden. Repeat with remaining tray.
5. Remove from baking sheets and allow to cool on a wire rack.
BAKING GUIDELINES