Ingredients: 260g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp allspice 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp salt 100ml olive oil 120g caster sugar 120g light brown muscovado sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 300g pure pumpkin puree 120g sour […]
Carrot Cake with Pecans and a Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: 155g butter, melted, plus extra for greasing 230g soft light brown sugar 3 free-range eggs 230g self-raising plain flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp grated nutmeg ½ tsp allspice ½ tsp ground ginger Zest of 1 […]
Spiced Chai Layer Cake
Ingredients 450ml Whole Milk 4 Chai Tea Bags 560g Plain Flour 3 tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Salt 3 tsp Cinnamon 2.5 tsp Cardamom 2 tsp Ground Ginger 1 tsp Ground Allspice 1 tsp Ground Cloves 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg 570g Caster Sugar 6 Large Eggs 1 tbs Vanilla Extract 300ml Vegetable Oil Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting 225g Cream Cheese, at room temperature 225g Unsalted Butter, at room temperature 750g Icing […]
French Apple Tart
A Traditional French Tartes Aux Pommes Recipe using a frangipane filling and an apricot glaze Ingredients: For the Pastry: 150g plain white flour 2 tablespoons caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 7 tablespoons cold butter 3 tablespoons cold water For the Filling: 3 tablespoons butter (softened) […]
Chocolate Cupcakes or Mini Loaves
Ingredients For the cake: 200g caster sugar 125g plain flour 60g cocoa powder 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 100ml buttermilk 3 tablespoons hot coffee 65ml vegetable oil or light olive oil 2 teaspoons vanilla extract […]
Chocolate and Orange Marble Mini Loaf Cakes
Ingredients: Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Whisk the butter, sugar, flour and eggs together in a bowl until smooth, and then transfer half the mixture into a separate bowl. 2. Beat the milk and cocoa powder into one bowl of mixture. […]
Chocolate and Whiskey Cake
This is definitely more of a grown up’s cake than my other Chocolate Bundt Cake https://lulugraubart.com/2013/05/12/chocolate-and-beetroot-cake/ with all the lovely booze in it Ingredients: 2 large eggs 2 cups caster sugar 1 cup whole buttermilk 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla 100g chocolate pieces 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup brewed coffee – warm / or warm […]
Chocolate and Beetroot Bundt Cake
Ingredients: For the Cake: 250g plain chocolate broken up 3 large free range eggs 200g light muscovado sugar 100ml sunflower oil 1tsp vanilla extract 100g self raising flour 1/2 tsp bicarb 1/2 tsp baking powder 50g ground almonds 250g raw beetroot – finely grated For […]