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Cakes, Slices and Biscuits
C
HOCOLATE
C
AKE
C
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
100
g
plain
chocolate
100
g
butter
4 eggs
100
g
icing
sugar
50
g
self
raising
fl
our
50
g
ground
almonds
Topping:
50
g
butter
25
g
cocoa
powder
30 ml
milk
225
g
icing
sugar
Method:
Place chocolate and butter in a bowl. Place on
the base of the oven and melt on 1000 W for 1-2
minutes. Cool slightly. Whisk eggs and sugar until
pale and
fl
uffy and then fold in the chocolate mixture.
Fold in the
fl
our and almonds. Spoon the mixture into
the tin. Preheat oven on Convection 180 °C. Place
tin on enamel shelf in lower shelf position and cook
on Convection 180 °C for 40 minutes or until cooked.
Leave to cool. To make the topping, place butter in
a bowl on the base of the oven and melt on 1000 W
for 30-40 secs. Stir in the remaining ingredients and
beat well until smooth. Spread the topping over the
top of the cake.
V
ICTORIA
S
ANDWICH
C
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
175
g
butter or margarine
175
g
caster
sugar
3 eggs
175
g
self-raising
fl
our
Method:
Cream butter and sugar until pale and
fl
uffy. Add the
eggs a little at a time beating well after each addition.
Fold in half the
fl
our, using a metal spoon, then fold
in the remaining
fl
our. Spoon the mixture into the tins
and level with a knife. Preheat oven on Convection
180 °C. Place one tin in the centre of the enamel
shelf and one tin in the centre of the wire shelf. Cook
on Convection 180 °C for 20-25 minutes or until
cooked. Sandwich together with cream and jam and
dust with icing sugar or with a
fi
lling of your choice.
S
TREUSEL
M
UFFINS
C
Makes: 6
Streusel topping:
50
g
butter
75
g
plain
fl
our
30 ml
granulated sugar
15 ml
ground mixed spice
Muf
fi
ns:
200
g
plain
fl
our
3 ml
bicarbonate of soda
10 ml
baking powder
pinch
salt
75
g
caster
sugar
75
g
butter
200 ml
buttermilk
1
medium egg, beaten
100
g
fresh
berries
Method:
Make streusel topping by melting the butter on
1000 W for 10-20 secs. Add the remaining topping
ingredients and combine to make a soft dough. Chill.
Sift together the
fl
our, bicarbonate, baking powder
and salt. Stir in the sugar. Melt butter for the muf
fi
ns
on 1000 W for 30 secs - 1 min. Cool slightly then mix
in the buttermilk and egg.
Preheat on Convection 170 °C with the enamel shelf
in the lower shelf position. Lightly stir the buttermilk
mixture into the
fl
our mixture. Fold fruit in gently.
Divide mixture equally between 6 muf
fi
n cases.
Crumble small amounts of streusel topping over
each muf
fi
n. Place muf
fi
n tin on enamel shelf and
cook on Convection 170 °C for 20-25 mins or until
browned and well risen.
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