Cooking
Guide
Sour Cream Chocolate Bars
Makes: 1 pieces
Ingredients:
100 g
butter, softened
1
⁄
cup
caster sugar
1
egg
10 g
sour cream
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
1 cup
plain flour
1
⁄
4
cup
cocoa
1
⁄
teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
pinch salt
Chocolate icing:
⁄
3
cup
dark chocolate melts
0 g
butter
cups
icing sugar mixture, sifted
tablespoons
milk
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
Method:
Grease a square (0 cm base) microwave-safe dish.
Line the base with non-stick paper allowing the paper
to extend up and over two sides of the dish. Place
butter and sugar into a medium size bowl and beat
with an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in
egg, sour cream and vanilla until mixed thoroughly.
Sift together, flour, cocoa, bicarb soda and salt.
Stir into creamed mixture with a large metal spoon
until well mixed. Mixture will be firm. Spread evenly
into the prepared dish using the back of a spoon to
smooth top of mixture. Cook on
MEDIUM
for
7 minutes
or until centre is just cooked.
Spread with icing while still warm and allow to cool
completely before slicing.
Chocolate icing:
Place chocolate and butter into a medium microwave-
safe bowl. Cook on
MEDIUM
for
1
1
⁄
2
minutes
, stir
halfway through cooking. Stir in remaining ingredients
and beat with wooden spoon until smooth.
Apple Spice Muffins
Makes: Approximately 1
Ingredients:
cups
self-raising flour
1 cup
plain flour
1 teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
1 cup
brown sugar, firmly packed
eggs, lightly beaten
1
1
/
cups
milk
3
/
4
cup
oil
teaspoons
ground cinnamon
1 cup
finely chopped apple
Method:
Preheat oven to
200°C
.
Grease a muffin tin. Sift dry ingredients into a
bowl, stir in sugar, then combined eggs, milk and
oil, do not over mix, batter should be lumpy. Stir in
cinnamon and apple. Pour into muffin tin.
Place on Low Rack and cook on
200°C
for
18 to 20
minutes
. Stand
2 minutes
, remove from tin, cool on a
wire rack.
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Blueberry Muffins
Makes: 6
Ingredients:
g
plain flour
1
/
4
cup
brown sugar
1
/
4
cup
caster sugar
1
eggs
1
/
cup
milk
1 g
melted butter
tablespoons
baking powder
1 tablespoon
cinnamon
1 g
blueberries
Method:
Preheat oven to
Convection 190°C
. In a 4-litre dish
mix all ingredients. Spoon mixture into a greased
6 muffin tin. Place on Low Rack and cook on
190°C
for
18 to 20 minutes
.
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Cakes, Slices and Biscuits
Lemon Friands
Makes:
Ingredients:
10 g
unsalted butter
0 g
icing sugar
0 g
plain flour
1 g
almond meal
lemons, zested
6
egg whites
1 tablespoon
lemon juice
1 teaspoon
vanilla
Method:
Lightly grease a 6-hole friand pan. Place the butter in
a -litre dish and heat on
MEDIUM
for
2 to 3 minutes
.
Set aside to cool. Preheat oven to
Convection 180°C
.
Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the almond
meal and lemon zest.
In a clean bowl whisk the egg whites until just frothy.
Add the dry ingredients along with the butter, lemon
juice and vanilla. Fold the mixture to combine. Fill the
moulds
3
⁄
4
full. Place on Low Rack. Bake at
180° C
for
16 to 20 minutes
or until golden and skewer when
inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool for
5 minutes
before turning out. Serve completely cooled, dusted
with icing sugar.
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