Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, February 16, 2012 In : big cakes
I adapted a recipe
for 'Fresh Plum Cake with Yoghurt' by Amanda Laird that appeared in Viva
recently (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10781284) Serves 8-12 (1 x 24 cm cake)
500g plums (ish)
1 cup caster sugar
250g butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk + 1/4 cup yoghurt
Finely grated zest of 1 large lemon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1+1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup semolina
4 tsp baking powder
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a 24cm springform tin
(if no springform... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, February 16, 2012 In : desserts
 
6 egg whites
1 ½ c caster sugar
1 c chopped hazelnuts
Preheat oven to 100
C. Trace 3 x 20cm round circles onto baking paper. Turn over and place on
baking sheet.
Beat eggs for 1 min. Then add sugar and beat further 6-8 mins until peaks form.
Add the hazelnuts or any other kind of nuts or almond meal.
Divide mixture in 3 and spread over circle shapes. Bake at for 3-4 hours until
crispy.
Assemble together
with sweetened cream and berries. Our bottom layer was strawberri... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 In : cookies
 
Coffee and snaps.
Two lovely words that go together. So when I saw this recipe on Shirleen’s
Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice blog I had to make it (http://sugarandspice-and-allthingsnice.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/coffee-snaps_11.html). Shirleen said she had a ‘hankering’ for some
cookies – I know exactly how she feels!
125g butter, softened
1 1/4 cups (275g) firmly packed brown sugar [next time I would just use 1 c]
3 teaspoon instant coffee, the stro... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Monday, February 13, 2012 In : slices
 Ruth bought this along to a little afternoon tea we had - it was still warm! Love her duck-shaped measuring cups as well. 8oz flour 1 tsp baking powder 4oz butter 1 egg 1 dessert spoon sugar milk - a few spoonfuls cooked (or tinned) apricots - maybe 10 small ones Rub butter into flour and baking powder. Mix in egg and sugar. Add a spoon or two of milk to make a light pastry. Cut the dough into two parts and roll out each. Place one on a tray and spread the coked apricots on top. Lay the second bit ... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Sunday, February 12, 2012 In : big cakes
  Welcome to Bake Club, Nerida! She explains this German specialty: I fell in love with this kind of poppy-seed
pie on my first visit to Germany. The poppy-seed filling is not adulterated
with flour. And the crumble or streusel topping is the delicious finishing touch!
Filling:
375 ml milk
50 g butter
50 g sugar
250 g poppy seed
50 g semolina
50 g almond slivers
1 large egg
3 TB raisins soaked in rum
Heat milk, butter and sugar stirring
constantly until butter is ... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Friday, February 10, 2012 In : savoury
Okay, this isn't baking but as I have previously posted gazpacho, one of my favourite soups to
make in summer (http://bakeclub.yolasite.com/index/frances-s-favourite-summer-soup-gazpacho-), I had to also include ‘white garlic’ soup from the Spanish, which is equally easy to
make and tasty.
4 oz (1/2 cup) blanched,
peeled almonds*
3-4 slices stale baguette or
white bread
3 cloves garlic
4 cups water
5 Tbsp extra virgin Spanish
olive oil
3-4 Tbsp Spanish sherry... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Friday, February 10, 2012 In : bread
Rosie says she adapted this from many recipes.
3 1/2c flour
1 small tbsp sugar
2 1/2 large tbsp tomato paste
1c warm water
1 sachet yeast
handful or more sun-dried tomatoes
handful of sunflower seeds to sprinkle on top
Combine all ingredients
except sunflower seeds, mix thoroughly, leave to rise in hot water cupboard for
at least one hour - I left mine for two.
Preheat oven to 200c.
Knead dough well on a
floured surface. Shape into a loaf, sprinkle with seeds.
Bake for 20 minutes... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, February 9, 2012 In : big cakes
 Here's a banana nut loaf baked good... It is not the most
beauteous thing to look at, but it is very very simple and healthy and
delicious (and a good use for overripe bananas!). I used about 1/3 C
sugar instead of 3/4 and it was not super sweet but still nice. It has
no butter, so is an excellent dairy-free recipe. But then it is nice
eaten with butter!
The recipe is from "A Second Helping: More from Ladies, a Plate" by Alexa Johnston. Oven to 180C grease a med-sized loaf tin, line the ... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Monday, January 30, 2012 In : desserts
Nothing like a steaming hot date pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream!
Recipe from Toast: http://www.toast-nz.com/2010/09/supper-club-4.html
Sticky Ginger Date Pudding with
Caramel Sauce
200g dates, chopped
1 1/4 cups boiling water
60g butter
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup golden syrup
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
50g crystallised ginger, finely chopped (I added powde... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Saturday, January 21, 2012 In : small cakes
   On the last day of deadline week I made
these for the work team, hence their new name – ‘deadline cupcakes’. This easy
recipe is from Annabel Langbein’s Free
Range in the City.
120g butter, in small cubes
½ c neutral oil
1 c water
100g dark chocolate, chopped
½ c cocoa, sifted
1 ½ c caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 c yoghurt or buttermilk
2 c flour
¾ c raspberries (or any fresh or frozen berries)
Preheat oven to 180C. Line 24 m... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Friday, January 20, 2012 In : sweets
 This recipe is from the Mindfood website... I
tried it, I would make it
differently if I did it again. Notably, it has a strong honey flavour,
so I would use less honey or perhaps a really mild one (I used white
rata) and perhaps increase the amount of rosewater.... I also made it
without that rice paper, but used icing sugar/cornflour to combat the
slight tackiness of the crust... it's incredibly sticky. Would be hard
without a stand cake-mixer! http://www.mindfood.com/at-recipe-craisi... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Friday, January 20, 2012 In : savoury
  Thanks Jamie Oliver for this recipe, which doesn't include a white sauce, you just grate the veg into the dish - simple and use less pots! I added a puff pastry top to impress our dinner guest. He had 3 helpings. 1kg potatoes 1 carrot 2 sticks celery 150g Cheddar cheese 1 lemon 1/2 fresh chili handful fresh parsley 300g smoked fish (I used terakihi, Jamie used salmon and haddock) 125g king prawns (optional, I didn't have any) olive oil salt and pepper chopped spinach, optional couple of ripe tomatoes, opt... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Saturday, January 7, 2012 In : cookies
 Oh my these are died-and-gone-to-heaven delicious for the chocolate
lover... easy peasy to make (just don't plan on cooking after mixing;
read recipe to end before setting out on this adventure...). I really
don't know how I lived without these in my life!
They don't spread that much so they can be placed relatively close together on the tray. Again, another recipe from simplyrecipes.com- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
-
2 teaspoons vanilla ex...
Posted by Bake Cub on Friday, January 6, 2012 In : small cakes
Welcome Rosemary to Bake Club! This looks like a simple and sweet recipe. You could also use dried lavender flowers infused with milk overnight to add the lavender taste and fragrance.
1c flour
1c brown sugar (loose not packed)
1/2c milk
1 free range egg
3tbsp lavender syrup (available from Cosset, corner of Great North Rd and Woodward Ave, Mt Eden)
1.5-2tsp baking powder
40g melted butter
Combine all ingrediants - throw batter in muffin tin... Continue reading...
Posted by Bake Club on Friday, January 6, 2012 In : big cakes
From the good ol’ Edmonds Cookbook
3 eggs
175 g sugar
1/8 tsp salt
125 g flour
1 tsp baking powder
50 g butter
2 tbs boiling water
Beat eggs with salt , add sugar and beat
until thick. Fold in sifted flour and BP lightly. Add melted butter in boiling
water. Bake in greased 20cm tin or sandwich tins for 25-30 mins at 190 C.
Serve with cream and strawberries. I also
spread strawberry jam in between the layers.
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