13 November 2010

Quick self crusting quiche

This was passed onto me by my past supervisor "Mrs P" and is perfect when you want quick & easy!

4 eggs
1/2 cup flour
4oz melted butter
2 cup milk
1/4 tsp baking powder

Beat all together & then add:

1 small tin tuna (or salmon)
1 small sliced onion (I prefer red or a few spring onions chopped)
chopped parsley
1/4 cup grated cheese

Bake at 350oF for 40 minutes

14 February 2010

Blueberry and Apricot Upside-down Cake

This recipe comes from Annabelle White's Best Recipes - this is one of my favourite cook books as everything is easy but sensational. This is an easy cake & is so light & tasty!



Topping: 

50g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 400g can apricots, drained
1 punnet blueberries

Melt butter on low heat and sprinkle brown sugar on top, leave for a few minutes on low. Remove from heat. pour into your cake tin and arrange fruits.

NOTE: You can use any assortment of fruit & nuts.

Batter:

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
125g soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add vanilla essence, then eggs one at a time. Beat well.
  3. Add buttermilk, mix.
  4. Sift in dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Pour over fruit evenly.
  6. Bake 350oC for 40-45 minutes until the top springs back.
  7. Run knife around the side immediately - turn over with plate

28 January 2010

Helen's ice cream birthday cake

Helen Williams another fabulous SU! demonstrator has just made the cutest cake for her son's birthday - it's a homemade ice cream cake with frozen cream. I love ice-cream birthday cakes! She kindly has shared the recipe & some fabulous pictures of the Stargate cake (another one of my favourite TV shows).

So do go check it out in it's glory - you can see the post HERE.

Recipe:
Whip 500ml of cream, fold in tin of condensed milk then fold in 2 king sized Crunches crushed with rolling pin. Put in to silicone mould and freeze.

You can put in any filling, I have sometimes put in marshmallows, block of chocolate broken into pieces.