Banana and Walnut Tea Loaf

Ingredients :
 Butter, softened – 100 gms, plus
extra for greasing
 Sugar 140 gms
 Eggs, lightly beaten – 2
 Walnuts – 100 gms
 Bananas, mashed – 2
 Milk – 2 tbsp
 Self-raising flour – 225 gms

METHOD:
 Heat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Grease and
line a 900g loaf tin.
 Cream the butter and sugar, and then
add the eggs.
 Set aside 25g walnuts, then fold the rest
into the creamed mixture with the
bananas and milk.
 Fold in the flour. Spoon into the tin and sprinkle over the reserved
walnuts.
 Bake for 55 mins-1hr until risen. Let stand for 10 minutes, then turn out,
remove the paper and leave to cool.

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients :
 Refined flour – 60 gms
 Cocoa powder – 60 gms
 Baking powder – ¼ tsp
 Soda bi-carb – a pinch
 Sugar – 120 gms
 Eggs – 4
 Melted butter – 120 gms
 Vanilla essence – 2 drops
For decoration:
 Whipped cream – 200 gms
 Grated chocolate – 15 gms
 Walnuts or broken cashew nuts
or cherries – 50 gms

Method :
 Line and grease two 175 mm diameter cake
tins.
 Sift flour, cocoa, soda bicarb and baking
powder together twice.
 Beat eggs and sugar over hot water till thick
like custard sauce. Add vanilla essence.
 Fold in lightly the sieved flour and melted butter, adding a little water to
get pouring consistency.
 Put the mixture in the tins and bake at 400º F for about 20 minutes.
 Cool and sandwich together with the fresh cream and put a thick layer of
cream on top

 Finish off the decoration with chopped nuts on the sides and grated
chocolate on top.

Almond Apple Cake with Apple Sauce

Ingredients :
 Eggs – 2
 Sugar – 150 gms
 Plain flour – 140 gms
 Baking powder – 1 ½ tsp
 Orange juice – 60 ml
 Slivered almonds – 30 gms
 Apple sauce – 350 gms
 Orange marmalade – 2 tsp
 For the filling:
 Apple – 1
 Blanched almond, roasted and
chopped – 130 gms
 Orange marmalade – 4 tbsp
 Egg white – 1

Method :
Method for the filling:
 Grate unpeeled apple.
 Mix apple, almonds and marmalade
together.
 Lightly beat egg white and mix into apple
mixture. Keep aside.
Method for the cake:
 Line the base of a 20 cm round cake tin with parchment paper.
 Beat eggs and sugar together until light and thick. Sift flour and baking powder together.
 Fold into egg mixture, alternately with orange juice. Spoon half the
mixture into tin.
 Spoon over filling, spreading to cover cake mixture.
 Spread remaining cake mixture over the filling.
 Sprinkle with slivered almonds.
 Bake at180° C for 45 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
 Mix apple sauce and orange marmalade together.
 Serve cake warm or cold with apple sauce.

Apple Cake

Apple Cake

Ingredients :
 Butter – 175 gms, plus extra for
greasing
 Eggs – 3
 Self raising flour – 350 gms
 Ground Cinnamon – 2 tsp
 Sugar – 175 gms
 Apples – 3 medium
 Dates, halved, stoned and finely
chopped – 100 gms
 Blanched hazelnuts, roughly
chopped – 100 gms

METHOD :
 Heat oven to 180°C. Lightly butter a deep
20cm loose-based or spring form round
cake in, then line the base with baking
parchment.

 Melt the butter by heating it and then
cool it for 5 minutes. Crack the eggs into
the butter and beat well. Mix the flour
with the cinnamon and the sugar.

 Core and cut two apples (unpeeled) into bite-size chunks. Mix the apples
into the flour along with the dates and half of the chopped hazelnuts.

 Pour the egg and butter mixture into the flour mixture and gently stir
together. Spoon into the tin, smooth the top.

 Thinly slice the remaining apple (unpeeled) into circles, discard the pips,
and then arrange over the top of the cake. Sprin