Tuesday 17 January 2012

Choc covered crunchies

Ingredients

 

2 cups of cake flour

2 cups of oats

2 cups of coconut

1 and a half cups of brown/dark sugar

1tsp of baking powder

(mix all the above together in a mixing bowl)

 

MELT -

230gr butter

2 table spoons of syrup

1tsp bicarb

 

Add the melted ingredients to the dry ingredients - mix well & place in greased dish

 

Bake in the oven on 180'c for 15 - 20 minutes

 

Chocolate icing - mix cocoa, icing sugar & water together to form a smooth icing...

 

Once cooked leave to cool and then evenly cut into squares

 

Thursday 5 January 2012

Cool Cupcakes

Ingredients:

120gr Butter/Marg
180ml castor sugar
(beat together in a mixing bowl)

Whisk 180ml Milk and 3 eggs together
430ml self-raising flour
1 Tsp vanilla essence
(Add to mixing bowl and mix altogether)

(Divide mixture into 24 cupcake cases and bake for 13 minutes on 180' degrees)

Top with desired icing such as: 
Caramel treat, butter icing and/or melted chocolate...





Butternut and feta quiche


Easy and quick butternut and feta quiche

Ready-made Short crust pastry - rolled and placed in a tart dish

Filling -

Fry: 1 chopped onion, a handful of mushrooms and diced butternut cubes...

Egg mixture - mix/whisk together: 3 eggs, 250ml milk, 125ml of fresh cream, 15ml lemon juice and spices...

- Blind-bake the pastry using baking paper and dried beans for 10 minutes, remove baking paper and beans and continue to bake for an extra 5 minutes.

- Place filling and egg mixture onto ready made pastry and add 250ml of grated cheese and a handful of crumbled feta cheese...

Bake for 30minutes or until the top is golden brown...

Also try making small bite-sized quiche's for special occasions - same recipe as above - evenly separated into small pastry cases...

Alternative combinations: Roasted vegetables, Butternut and Caramelised onion, spinach and feta...the list is endless!