Thursday 15 October 2015

Rich Chocolate Cupcakes!


These cupcakes are so simple to make but so delicious! Here's how I make them...

Ingredients...

125g softened butter
125g golden caster sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
a pinch of salt
125g Plain flour
1 teaspoon of  baking powder

Cupcake cases
Cupcake tray
Icing sugar to make them look pretty - optional

Method...

Preheat your oven at 175 degrees C

Cream the butter and sugar together until the mix becomes lighter in colour.

Slowly add one egg at a time and beat into the butter and sugar well.

Add the cocoa powder.  I add a lot because I love the rich chocolate flavour it gives.

Sift in the flour, salt and baking powder together.

Fold the flour and baking powder mix in with a metal spoon. until you have your cake mix.

Spoon your mixture into 12 cup cake cases set in your tray. Put in the oven for 15 minutes.

You are done, try to let it cool before eating - although it can be difficult to avoid the temptation to eat them hot.

Once cool sift some icing sugar over them to make them look pretty.

Sunday 26 July 2015

Gooey marshmallow sugar cookie recipe

Gooey marshmallow sugar cookie recipe



Ingredients:

125 g butter 

200g brown Demerara sugar

300g flour

1 egg

Makes about 20
 
How to make your marshmallow sugar cookies...

Preheat oven - 200 c

Place grease proof baking paper over two baking sheets.

Soften the butter with a wooden spoon. 

Add the demerara sugar.

Mix in the marshmallows and a teaspoon of salt.

Add the flour and mix well.

Add the eggs and mix into a dough.

Roll golf ball size chunks into mini spheres.

Place them on your baking sheet and put in the oven for 10 minutes.

Allow to cool. 


Chocolate raisin Nutella cake!

This is such a yummy cake!  I love to serve it with Cream and a Cherry compote but it's great as it is too!



Ingredients:

  • Cocoa powder 25g
  • Butter, salted 125g
  • Sugar - golden caster 125g
  • Rasiins 150g
  • 5ml vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 125g Plain flour
  • 5ml baking powder
  • Nutella

Preheat oven at 170 degrees C

Grease a 10 inch round cake tray


Mix the butter and sugar together until creamed well.

Add the eggs and beat well.

Add the vanilla, cocoa powder and raisins

Fold in the flour mixed with the baking powder

Pour half your mix into the greased tray and then generously dollop nutella in the centre.  One or two good table spoons of it.

Add the other half of the mix on top.



Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until the cake feels sponge when you press down on the top of it.

Leave to cool or eat warm!  Both ways are delish!

Sunday 8 March 2015

Buttermilk Cheese Scones




Scones always taste better, in my opinion, when made with buttermilk.  This is my recipe tweaked over the years and they rise so well.  

Ingredients:

450g plain flour
7.5ml in other words 1 and a half teaspoon of baking powder
75g salted butter
150g strong cheddar cheese 
1tspn of mustard 
284ml carton of buttermilk 
2 eggs beaten


Method:

Thursday 5 March 2015

Nutella cookies!!!

These are crunchy chocolate nutty yumminess! Here's how to make them...



Ingredients:

100g sugar
100g butter
2 tablespoons nutella
300g flour
1 egg

Optional: Peanut butter

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 200 C or 180 C for fan ovens.

Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.

Add the Nutella, stirring it in well.

Add the egg and beat into the mix until smooth.

Mix in half the flour and then add the rest of the flour.  Mix it in until you have a ball of cookie dough!


All you have to do now is lightly flour a clean surface, roll it out until it's about 5mm thick and find your favourite cookie cutters.

This made about 25 cookies for us.

Put in the oven for 10 minutes.  Leave to cool then enjoy.

Optional, but delicious: once cooled spread some peanut butter on one cookie and then sandwich it with another cookie.  It's scummy!




Saturday 21 February 2015

Swirly chocolate biscuits

These are really fun to make and fill the biscuit tin for the week too! 




Ingredients:

Monday 9 February 2015

Easy Milk Loaf Recipe




Ingredients:

15ml dried Yeast

10ml golden caster sugar

500g Strong white flour

40g butter

350ml of milk


You will also need a 2lb loaf tin.  To prepare, grease and dust with flour so your bread easily falls out when cooked.


This makes one very rich and tasty milk loaf, here's the method...

First pre heat your oven to 200 degrees C

Now measure your flour into a large bowl, add the butter and rub it into the flour.

Now heat a pan of water.

When the water is bubbling vigorously, put your milk in a pyrex measuring jug and place the jug in the water, a bain marie, and leave for 5 minutes or until the milk is warm.

In a small bowl, or cup, add your yeast and sugar.

Pour in some of the warm milk about 50ml -100ml of it.  Wait for the yeast to begin to grow.

We used a mixer with the kneading tool to make our bread.

Pour the yeast, sugar and milk mix into your bowl and knead on a slow speed.

Add the rest of the milk and knead for another 5 - 10 minutes.

Shape your dough and place in your loaf tin.  Leave for 45 minutes.

Put your loaf in the oven for 30 minutes.

It should turn golden brown.

Leave to cool and enjoy.