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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

VEGAN BROWNIES

here is another go at a vegan brownie recipe. i used wheat and gluten free flour too, so it is all inclusive of any allergy sufferer.

the ingredients:

2 cups of plain white flour
2 cups of caster sugar
3/4 cup of cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
3/4 cup of apple sauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup of water

this is another one of those recipes where you just chuck everything in a food processor. ugh. anyway, add the flour.

and the sugar.

baking powder and cocoa.

vegetable oil.

apple sauce.

vanilla extract and water. NOW mix it all together thoroughly. at this juncture, you can add any extras like nuts/fruit and whatnot.

introduce it to a greased baking tin of some kind.

then bake for 30min at 175c. but that can vary depending on your appliance, so just use the cake test and INTUITION.

while that is basking in the oven, maybe you could hone your hand-eye coordination and swear at the television with geometry wars: galaxies.

it is done i think.

cool it on a wire rack and then give it to your allergic friends.

oh and go see the diving bell and the butterfly!

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Monday, February 11, 2008

SOUR CREAM CAKE

the ingredients:

200g unsalted butter
250g caster sugar
2 large eggs
200g sour cream
300g plain flour
3 level tsp baking powder

25g soft light brown sugar
1 tsp cocoa
2 tsp cinnamon

first, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

add the eggs one at a time and beat those through.

then mix in the sour cream.

and then the flour/baking powder.

and beat/mix/whatever until well combined.

spoon half of the mixture into your baking tin. it goes well into 18cm square tins or 20cm round tins, although i have these weird rubber baking things. i don't even know.

BUT ANYWAY, after half the mixture is gone, compile the cinnamon/sugar/cocoa in a cup.

beat that into the remaining cake mix.

THEN add this new mixture to the tin as well. bang the tin to remove any air bubbles and use a skewer to swirl the mixture.

bake at 180c (160c fan-assist) for 45 minutes (shallow tin) to an hour (deep tin with collar).

don't remove the cake from the tin too quickly, otherwise it will crumble. patience is a virtue.

and keep it in storage overnight, so it does'nt go hard.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Peanut Butter Cookies with Homemade Peanut Butter

these cookies generally go down well with young children and i'm sure most people are inundated with such folk at the obligatory christmas family gatherings.

also late merry christmas TO YOU. please pray that i move out soon. thank you.

the ingredients:

1 medium egg
100g unsalted butter
100g soft light brown sugar
100g peanut butter
150g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
50g puffed rice cereal

first, you want to buy a load of roasted peanuts and stick them in a blender thing.

as they're blending, add a little bit of groundnut oil.

you should end up with something that resembles peanut butter, which is quite easy to identify really.

measure your sugar and butter.

then beat them until creamy.

add the egg a little bit at a time to stop it going lumpy. you could do this by hand which would be the nicer option, or just use a food processor - the soulless option.

add the peanut butter and beat that in too.

then add the flour and baking powder and make sure everything is mixed together.

as such.

put the cereal in a bowl and take a small ball of the cookie mixture.

roll it around in the cereal to ABSORB it like that orb from the prisoner.

then flatten it out.

place on a greased baking tray.

put them in the oven for 20 minutes at 190c/375f/gas mark 5. reduce time/temp for fan-assisted ovens. i checked mine at 13 minutes and they were pretty much done.

leave on the trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

they're not too sweet, but please don't give any to people who are allergic.

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Monday, November 12, 2007

100 year old Parkin

the ingredients:

225g plain flour
3 1/2 tsp ground ginger
3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
pinch of salt
125g medium oatmeal
100g softened unsalted butter
125g light soft brown sugar
zest of 1/2 lemon
100g treacle
75g golden syrup
50ml milk
50g mixed peel

sift the flour, spices, soda and salt into a bowl.

then add the oatmeal and stir that in.

in another bowl, beat the butter/sugar/zest until light and fluffy-ish.

or as light and fluffy as brown gunk can look.

then add the treacle and golden syrup to this mixture.

both are highly viscous, so you may want to dip your spoon in boiling water while spooning it out.

so yeah, mix that in again until CREAMY AND SMOOTH.

then you will want to add the dry ingredients and the milk. if the mixture doesn't go smoothly, add more milk until it starts to look like actual smooth brown stuff. careful not to overmix it.

then fold in the chopped peel.

and evenly spread it out into a buttered (preferably deep) non-stick cake tin.

insert into a pre-heated oven at 180c/350f/gas mark 4 (160c for fan ovens). cover with tinfoil and bake for 40mins. then remove the tinfoil and bake for 20mins, or until a skewer comes out clean.

this recipe is from 1907, by the way. radical.

best enjoyed with a glass of milk.

bye!

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

	i haven't found a new place to live that isn't a house that my mother owns. not for lack of trying, anyway. but i did make my bedroom less geeky. so since i have not moved out yet, expect another baking post to come shortly. it could be the last one if i am lucky!
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