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Cakes, Desserts and Slices
M
OCHA
C
ARROT
C
AKE
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
1 cup
self-raising
fl
our
½ teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
½ cup
caster sugar
½ cup
crushed pineapple
1 cup
grated carrot
¾ cup
chopped pecan nuts
60
g
chocolate
2 eggs
⅓
cup
oil
Icing
60
g
cream
cheese
20
g
butter
1½
cups icing sugar
1 tablespoon
lemon juice
¼ cup
chopped pecan nuts
Method:
Place
fl
our, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, pineapple,
carrot and pecan nuts in a bowl. Place chocolate
into a small bowl and cook on Medium for 40 to
60 seconds. Stir halfway through. Add melted
chocolate, eggs and oil to
fl
our mixture. Mix until
well combined. Grease a microwave safe ring dish
and cook on Med-High for 6 to 8 minutes. Let stand,
covered, for 5 minutes before turning out to cool.
Beat together all icing ingredients except pecan nuts.
Spread icing over cooled cake and sprinkle with
pecan nuts.
C
HOCOLATE
S
ELF
S
AUCING
P
UDDING
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 cup
self raising
fl
our
1 tablespoon
cocoa powder
⅓
cup
caster sugar
¾ cup
milk
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
50
g
chocolate
100
g
butter
¾ cup
brown sugar
2 tablespoons
cocoa, extra
½ cup
water
Method:
Sift
fl
our and cocoa into a bowl. Add sugar, milk
and vanilla essence. Mix well and set aside. Melt
chocolate and butter in a separate microwave safe
container and pour it into the mixture while hot. Mix
well. Combine brown sugar, cocoa and water in a
jug. Spread mixture into base of a 2-litre casserole
dish. Cook on High for 4 to 6 minutes. Do not use
plastic wrap or lid.
S
TEAMED
J
AM
P
UDDING
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons
jam
100
g
butter
⅔
cup
caster sugar
2
eggs
¾ cup
self raising
fl
our
¼ cup
milk
Method:
Spoon jam into bottom of a 2-litre pudding bowl.
Cream butter and sugar in a separate bowl until light
and
fl
uffy. Add eggs (one at a time), beating well after
each addition. Fold in
fl
our alternately with milk. Mix
until well combined. Pour mixture over jam. Smooth
top and cook on High for 6 to 7 minutes. Let stand,
covered, for 5 minutes before serving.
B
READ AND
B
UTTER
P
UDDING
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
⅓
cup
sultanas
¼ cup
rum
70
g
butter,
softened
10 slices
fruit loaf
4
eggs
1
⅓
cups
milk
300 ml
cream
⅓
cup
brown sugar
Method:
Grease a 1.2 litre microwave oven safe dish.
Combine sultanas and rum in a small bowl. Heat
on High for 1 minute. Set aside. Butter both sides
of all bread slices. Remove the crusts and cut into
triangles. Beat together eggs, milk and cream, add
liquid from drained sultanas. Layer one third of
the bread evenly over the base of the 4 cup dish.
Sprinkle with half the sultanas and one third of the
brown sugar. Repeat with another layer of bread,
sultanas and brown sugar and top with the remaining
bread. Pour about two thirds of the egg mixture over
the bread and allow to stand for 20 minutes until
the liquid is absorbed. Pour over the remaining egg
mixture and sprinkle with brown sugar. Elevate on a
microwave safe rack and cook on Med-High for 30
to 35 minutes. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before
serving with cream or ice cream.
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