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Bicotti – low fat easy base recipe

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2t baking soda
  • 1/2t Baking Powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 Large eggs Icing sugar for rolling it in
  • Optional: nuts, ginger pieces, cherrys, cocoa etc

Instructions

  1. Put all ingrediants in a blender and turn on low until mixed and doughy (or mix by hand)
  2. Turn out into board and roll in icing sugar (this can be messy/sticky, do your best)
  3. Split into 2 long thing rolls, put on baking paper on an oven tray.
  4. Cook at 180C/350F for 15 minutes or until cake like (occasionally a little longer to firm up in the middle)
  5. Slice into slices finger width thick lay slices on their side and re-bake for another 10-15 minutes at 150C/300F or until toasted/crisp on the outside.

Quick Notes

Most recipes contain a cup of oil or butter, I especially hunted down and tested this recipe which is low fat and easy.

These make an excellent gift wrapped in cellophane with a bow for christmas, or served with coffee. You can dress it up with a dunk in chocolate, or leave them as they are.

Additional Ingrediants:

Spices: 1/2 to 1t cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom or ginger all seem to taste great
Citrus zests and juice: 1t of lemon or orange zes and up to four T of juice can be added to the mix
Extracts: 1/2 to 1t of almond, pepermint, or vanilla extract can be added
Dried Fruits: cherries, cranberries,apricots,raisins, or currents can be rehydrated in water, fruit juice or alcohol, drained and added to the mixture.
Nuts: 1/2 to 1 cup shelled, peeled, chopped nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, etc) can be added to the mix
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Dark Chocolate Cake – Womans Weekly Cook Book

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

This one came from the Womans Weekly Cookbook and was submitted by Vanessa. She says its great for birthday cakes.

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 Cups Self-Raising Flour
  • ½ Tsp Bicarbonate of soda
  • ¼ Tsp salt
  • ½ Cup Cocoa
  • 1¼ Cups Sugar
  • 125g (4 oz.) butter
  • 1 Cup Milk
  • 1 Tsp vanilla
  • 2 Eggs

Chocolate Icing

  • 1½ Cups Icing Sugar
  • 2 Tsp Cocoa
  • 2 Tsp Butter
  • 2 Tbs Water

Instructions

  1. Sift dry ingredients into large bowl;
  2. Add sugar.
  3. Add melted butter gradually; mix well.
  4. Add milk and vanilla; beat well.
  5. Add lightly-beaten eggs gradually; beating well after each addition.
  6. Put mixture into greased and greased-paper lined deep 20cm (8 in) round cake tin.
  7. Bake at 180C (350F) oven for 65 minutes or until cooked when tested.
  8. Top with Chocolate Icing when cold.

Chocolate Icing:

  1. Sift together icing sugar and cocoa
  2. mix in meltedbutter and water
  3. beat until smooth.
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Lemon Loaf Recipe

Monday, October 26th, 2009

This is a great lemon loaf for every day lunch boxes, morning teas, and similar. Does not do overly well in fan bake oven apparently. This was submitted by Vanessa Liddell :)

Ingredients:

  • 100g Butter
  • 1 Cup Caster Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Self-Raising Flour
  • ½ Cup Flour
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • ½ Cup Milk
  • Rind off one Lemon

Topping

  • ¼ Cup Caster Sugar
  • Juice of one Lemon

Instructions

  1. Add butter and sugar together and beat until creamy.
  2. Add eggs one at a time, beating quite well between each one.
  3. Add sifted flour (normally I use Self-Raising flour and add 1 heaped teaspoon of baking
    powder).
  4. Add salt, milk and rind of one lemon
  5. Put into a greased loaf tin with a lining in the bottom,
  6. place in a hot oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.

Topping:

  1. Mix Caster Sugar and lemon together until dissolved (I
    usually put in more juice from another half lemon).
  2. Pour over cake when you take it out of the oven (should be quite hot).

Cooking time (duration): 1 Hour

Number of servings: As many as you need

Meal type: Snack

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