Browsing Archive: June, 2021

Pears poached in red wine

Posted by Bake Club on Monday, June 28, 2021, In : desserts 

For some reason we get given bottles of red wine. Funny that, cos we don't drink! So I have to resort to cooking with wine, which I don't mind, specially when it comes to pears and ice cream. Wine reduces down nicely to a thick sweet syrup.

4 beurre bosc pears

2 c red wine

1/2 c coconut sugar

1 orange peeled into strips

juice of 1 orange

1 cinnamon stick

2 star anise

6 whole cloves

1 tsp vanilla extract or sliced vanilla pod 


Place all the ingredients except the pears into a small saucepan and bring to...


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Date & cinnamon cookies

Posted by Bake Club on Saturday, June 26, 2021, In : cookies 

Using dates in these cookies gives them a chewy texture - a good dunking candidate.

Makes around 32
55g white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
200g dates, chopped or date paste
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g brown sugar
100g butter, softened
1 egg
260g flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 beaten egg for egg wash

Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
If you're using whole dates, put them in a food processor with 1 Tbsp boiling water, vanilla and 50g of the brown sugar and blitz until a paste forms.
Put paste, brown ...
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No-bake chocolate slice

Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, June 24, 2021, In : slices 

This is one of the easiest sweet treats you could make - aka chocolate biscuit slice or fridge slice Just melt and mix. It's not a health food though! Went like hot cakes at the school bake sale.


150g dark chocolate

100g butter

395 g can condensed milk

250g plain biscuits

1/2 c chopped walnuts

1/2 c desiccated coconut

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 c cranberries, optional


Icing: 

1 c icing sugar

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

pinch salt

50g butter, melted

2-4 Tbps boiling water

sprinkles of choice


Line a 20cm square tin or br...


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Ginger cardamom gems

Posted by Bake Club on Friday, June 11, 2021, In : small cakes 

You can use this batter in any-sized tin - I used stars and mini muffins here. If you're not keen on the cardamom flavour just leave it out.

2 c flour (I used gluten free)

1 tsp baking soda

1 c granulated sugar (I used organic golden)

3 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cardamom

2 Tbsp maple, golden or rice syrup

100g butter (I used non-dairy Olivani)

2 eggs

1 c milk (I used rice)


Preheat oven to 200C. Grease your tins - equivalent of 12 muffins/gems or 24 mini muffins.

In a large bowl mix all the dry ingr...


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Chocolate orange mousse

Posted by Bake Club on Thursday, June 10, 2021, In : desserts 

This mousse couldn't be easier: melt the chocolate, whisk the aquafaba and mix; refrigerate then tszuj it up with toppings. Strangely, my husband is averse to chocolate and orange together. I found this out when I got him a classic Terry's Chocolate Orange for Xmas. The look of disappointment on his face when he opened the wrapping! Followed by the joy on mine when I realised I could eat the whole thing myself! So now it's a running joke when I make chocolate-orangey things.


100g chilled water...


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Vegan coffee cake with cashew cinnamon icing

Posted by Bake Club on Monday, June 7, 2021, In : big cakes 

Some people call 'coffee cake' any kind of cake that's served with coffee. But this is an actual coffee-flavoured cake that's made with wholefoods and is vegan to boot. Also easy to use gluten-free flour. The coconut sugar gives it a gorgeous dark caramel colour. It's a light, fluffy cake great with a cuppa, of course. It's from Deliciously Ella: A Plant-based Cookbook (Yellow Kite, 2018). 


3 Tbsp instant coffee granules (or strong espresso coffee)

2 Tbsp boiling water

450g flour (I used wholeme...


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