Category: Cakes
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EASTER ICE CREAM CAKE
With Easter only weeks away, this simple and delicious ice cream cake will be a winner with the kids and anyone that loves ice cream and chocolate eggs! It is so easy to create that the children can even help (however expect a few eggs to be eaten in the process). If you haven’t see…
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TIM TAM & HONEYCOMB CRUNCH ICE CREAM CAKE
See here for the basic homemade Ice-cream cake recipe!
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No time to prepare or make a cake for someone’s birthday?
Or it is your birthday and you would rather not make it yourself? Here is a simple idea; prepare all the ingredients earlier or the night before, place them in separate containers – then inside the fridge with the recipe and instructions. These ingredients below are for the No Excuses BEST EVER CHOCOLATE CAKE; and ladies if you would like hubby or even…
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MAKING SELF RAISING FLOUR
Making Self-Raising Flour 2 x teaspoons of baking powder to 1 cup of plain flour or 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to 1 cup of plain flour Both options give the same result.
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CHRISTMAS PUDDING – EASY CROCK POT RECIPE
500 – 600g dried and/or crystallised fruit Use what ever fruit you like, ¼ -½ cup each of prunes (dried plums), crystallised pineapple and ginger, dried cranberries, raisins, currants and apricots. Otherwise the easiest option is to buy a 1kg packet of mixed dried fruit which can be purchased at any supermarket. ¼ cup sherry, rum or stout (beer)…
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ITALIAN LIQUEUR TRIFLE
Cake Ingredients: 1 cup self raising flour 1 tablespoon corn flour 5 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla essence ¾ cup caster sugar ⅔ cup Marsala (or sherry) 80g butter – melted 2 x 250g Strawberries punnet 2 tablespoons plain or rice flour 600ml thickened cream – whipped (½ cup needed for custard). Grated chocolate Custard…
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SIMPLE SPONGE CAKE
For the filling I used Nestle Top N Fill Caramel and a 600ml whipped thickened fresh cream. I spread a small layer of caramel onto the left cake (this is the lid or top of cake). The right side I put a good covering of caramel. I left about a 1/8 of caramel in…
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Handy Hint – Lining a Spring Form Tin
Here is a simple way to to line a spring-form cake tin without having to drawer around the circle shape with a pencil or pen. All you will need is: Grease proof paper,scissors and canola / non-stick cooking spray. Remove the base of the tin and place it underneath the crease proof paper. Then place…
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Jungle Cake
This cake was made with my EASY BUTTER CAKE and I doubled the recipe. Chocolate Vienna Icing Green food colouring for the coconut Chocolate Wafer Sticks for the trees
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EASY BUTTER CAKE
Ingredients: 125g Butter (cut into small cubes) ¾ Cup Caster Sugar 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence 2 eggs 1 cup self raising flour ½ cup milk
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