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 […]
Carrot Cake With Pecans
Ingredients: 150g butter, melted, plus extra for greasing150g soft light brown sugar3 free-range eggs200g self-raising wholemeal flour1 tsp bicarbonate of soda½ tsp salt1 tsp ground cinnamon½ tsp grated nutmegZest of 1 orange100g sultanas or raisins200g carrots, peeled and grated100g pecans, toasted and roughly chopped, plus […]
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 […]