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

MAY BLOSSOM FIZZ

As sweetly intoxicating as springtime flowers. Your guests
just may frolic around the May Pole.
1 teaspoon grenadine
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce club soda
2 ounces Punsch

METHOD
1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add grenadine, lemon juice, club soda, and Punsch.
3. Shake.
4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass.
5. Top with soda