Showing posts with label Quick desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quick desserts. Show all posts

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Orange Cake Recipe - Afternoon tea Cake

10 minute Processor Orange Cake

Reminescing about my Danish Grandmother who always used to cook a fresh Orange cake for Sunday afternoon tea, I remembered how, as children,
my brother and I looked forward to visiting her house as the aroma of fresh home bake would come wafting out the door, when we arrived.
It is important to anyone can abandon convenience food a.k.a. supermarket style prepared cakes, in favour of a mouth-watering freshly baked treat for afternoon tea,  and know that it is not difficult nor time consuming. I think this cake took me less than 10 minutes to cook, due to speedy preparation in the processor. Then you simply wait for the oven timer to ring, and voila!
Just perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon tea, this quick and easy recipe will have your family's mouth watering for more. Apart from the sugar content, and a small amount of necessary butter,there are no extra unhealthy ingredients; plus it has the advantage of a bit of Vitamin C and delightful orange flavour.
A cake that is good for you! Yay!
No need to add any frosting or topping, just eat it warm out of the oven.
Of course, if you wish a dusting of vanilla/icing sugar, or a cream cheese frosting would be a nice option,if you aren't counting calories.
Ingredients:
1 cup Castor or fine grain sugar
1 Cup Self Raising flour ( or 1 cup plain flour and 2 tsp baking powder)
2 tablespoon extra of plain flour
2 tsp grated orange rind
1/2 cup orange juice
60 g soft butter
2 eggs
Method:
1. Combine sugar, flours, and orange rind in processor with butter. Process till just combined.
2. Pour Orange juice through the chute with motor on.
3. Add eggs and blitz till smooth.
4. Pour into well greased bar tin ( base 12 x 22cm or 5 x 9inch) that has base lined with greaseproof paper.
5. Bake Moderate Oven 40 minutes or till top springs back when lightly pressed.
Cool 5 minutes in tin before turning out on wire rack to cool.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Mel's Chocolate Slice

Decadent and Simple Chocolate Slice - what more could you want?

This slice is great for desserts, lunch boxes and especially kids parties....easy and so quick. For those cooks, like me that have no success melting chocolate.You can not stuff this one up if you buy the block cooking chocolate (do not use those useless chocolate buttons - they never work)

Mel's Chocolate Slice



Ingredients:
1 cup Brown sugar
125 g unsalted butter
1 cup Plain flour, sifted
2 eggs, whisked
1 Block of dark cooking chocolate
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
Preheat Oven to 180 degrees celsius. Line a slice tray with baking paper.
Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over low to medium heat. When close to melted, add the sugar and vanilla essence and stir until dissolved.
Remove from the heat and quickly stir in the whisked eggs 
(must stir quickly to prevent the eggs from cooking) 
Stir through the sifted flour until all mixed through.
Pour in to lined baking tray and cook for 20-25 minutes.

Might be nice dusted with Icing sugar to serve.
Enjoy!!
Mel...

Something to ponder about whilst eating and savouring the chocolately decadent taste!!