Mary
Ingredients
- 2 eggs separated
- pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup castor sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup cornflour
- 2 tablespoons plain flour (level)
- , 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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Author Archives: Helen Jackson
Banana Chocolate Cake
This is a family favourite. With 3 boys to fill up (one loves chocolate cake, the others banana), it does the job in one easy mixture and they all love it. It can easily be doubled and has been used on numerous occasions for ‘birthday cakes’.
I ice it with a simple chocolate icing.
Red Capsicum and Apricot Relish
Katherine
Ingredients
- 16- 18 apricots peeled and chopped
- 2 red chillis
- 12 red peppers
- 1 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 lemons halved
- 5 cups sugar
Very Moist Chocolate Cake
Jude
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tspn baking powder
- 1 tspn baking soda
- 2 tblspn cocoa
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons treacle
Peach Spice Cake
Maree
Ingredients
- 150 g butter
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup of cooked peaches- drained and mashed.(reserve 1/4 cup of juice)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon each of ginger, ground cloves, and cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Lazy Daisy Cake
Morven
It makes a lovely large cake for a crowd but the recipe is very easily halved.
If this cake happens to last more than a day it actually improves on keeping.
*note from Helen – I halve the recipe and make this cake in a 23cm (9 inch) round spring form cake tin, as photographed.
Lemon Yoghurt Cake
This cake seems to pop up everywhere – this particular recipe is from an old community cookbook.
Chocolate Mint Slice
Orange Cakes
These moist little orange cakes are lovely served with a dollop of Greek yoghurt.
Dark chocolate chips can be a mixed through or alternatively you can ice with dark chocolate icing.
Date and Apple Cake
Carol
Ingredients
- 1 heaped cup peeled and chopped apple
- 1 cup sugar
- 125g butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup wholemeal flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 good teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup chopped dates
- 1/2 -1 cup chopped walnuts
Banana Cake (Liza)
Liza
It doesn’t need icing – it’s very moist and moreish! Freezes extremely well too.
Ingredients
- 250 g self raising flour
- 180 g caster sugar
- 125 g dates, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of baking soda
- 60 g melted butter
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
Ginger and Feijoa Cake
Maggie
This recipe can be done in a pretty rough manner. If you have no raw sugar white will do the trick, the spices can be changed to suit tastes and it can be made in non ring pans with no ill effects. Its a great recipe for kids to learn on as it always come out fine.
Ingredients
- 500g peeled and chopped feijoas
- 2 -3 tablespoons chopped crystallised ginger
- 125 g butter
- 3/4 cup raw sugar
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Caramels
Bev
These are wicked but a nice treat. I generally make these at Christmas. I roll them into balls and dip them into chocolate….they are very popular, my Uncle requests them every year! If you are going to dip them, pop the balls into the freezer for a little while first.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of golden syrup or corn syrup
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups thickened cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Spicy Apple Cake
Bev
This cake is easy to make, always successful, cuts beautifully, feeds many, good warm with cream or custard for dessert or cold with tea or coffee. Tastes even better the next day.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 cup sultanas
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 4-5 apples, roughly chopped
- 250 g butter, melted
