Desserts Recipes (39)

1. Preheat the oven to 425° F. Wrap the outside of an 8-inch springform pan in a double layer of aluminum foil to prevent seepage. Butter the pan and line the bottom with a round of parchment or waxed paper. Butter the paper.
2. Combine the chocolate and butter in a large metal bowl over a pan of hot--not simmering water. (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water). Let stand, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is smooth and melted, or you may melt it in a glass bowl in a microwave oven on high (100%), stopping and stirring every 15 seconds; remove the chocolate when there are still a few lumps and stir until completely smooth.
3. Put the eggs in a large mixer bowl set over simmering water and stir constantly until warm to the touch, about three minutes; remove from the heat. With an electric mixer, beat the eggs until they triple in volume and form soft peaks when the beater is lifted, about 5 to 8 minutes. (to ensure maximum volume if using a hand held mixer, continue to beat the eggs over simmering water until they are hot to the touch, about 5 minutes, then remove from the heat and beat until cool.)
4. Fold half the eggs into the melted chocolate until partially incorporated. Add the remaining eggs and fold until they are just blended and no streaks remain.
5. Pour at once into the prepared springform pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Place in a larger roasting pan and add enough hot water to the pan to reach about 2/3 of the way up the springform.
6. Bake for five minutes. Cover the top of the springform pan loosely with foil and bake for 10 minutes longer. Remove the cake from the oven and let cool on a rack for 45 minutes, then cover and refrigerate until chilled and very firm, about 3 hours.

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with baking spray with flour.
2 In large bowl, beat cake mix, apple cider, 1/2 cup melted butter, the eggs, 2 teaspoons cinnamon and the nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in apples. Pour into pan.
3 Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Let stand 20 minutes; run metal spatula around outer and inside edges of pan to loosen cake. Remove from pan to cooling rack; place cooling rack over waxed paper.
4 Brush top and sides of cake with 3 tablespoons melted butter. In small bowl, mix sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon until blended. Press 2 tablespoons cinnamon mixture up side and top of cake with hand. Let stand 20 minutes. Repeat with remaining cinnamon mixture. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
5 Store loosely covered.

Making Truffles

Equipment:

Tempering box
Truffle molds
Small paint brush
Marble slab, or other cool surface for working on
Bowl large enough for the ganache
A good thermometer

Procedure:
First, make the shells. Chop up the bittersweet chocolate into small bits and put them into the tempering box, reserving ¼ teaspoon of chocolate chopped very fine. Set the box to about 115 degrees F. When the chocolate is all melted and about 115 degrees, turn it down to about 95 degrees F. When it gets there, take some of the chocolate and put it on the marble slab and stir it around until it gets thick, then pour it back in. When that is mixed in, pour in the reserved chocolate and stir it in. That will provide seeds for the chocolate crystals to form around. After a few hours, the chocolate is ready for the molds.
Use the small paint brush to paint the chocolate onto the inside of the molds. I use three layers to make sure there aren’t any gaps or holes. Let them cool overnight.
Now you can make the ganache. Chop up the semisweet chocolate and put it in the large bowl. Heat the cream in a small heavy saucepan until it is almost simmering, then pour it over the chocolate and stir it in. It will take a couple of minutes to get it smooth. Add the butter and one teaspoon of vanilla to the chocolate. Let it cool for an hour or so. It should be the consistency of soft margarine.
The easiest way to put the ganache into the molds is to pipe it in, using a pastry bag or two gallon-sized plastic bags set one inside the other, and one corner cut off. Pour the ganache into the bag, and squeeze it into the molds. Fill them to a bit below the top, to allow space for the bottom.
When they are all filled, use the paint brush to paint the bottoms onto the molds, same as doing the shells. Let everything cool overnight. Turn the molds upside down and remove the truffles.

Pre-heat your oven to 160 degrees Celsius with hot air, and line a 20 x 30cm baking tray with baking paper.
Put a pot on low heat and melt the butter, chocolate and sugar together. Once the butter and chocolate are melted, take off the heat. Add in the sugar bit by bit. Stir the mixture well with a wooden spoon or spatula, to ensure there are no lumps of sugar left.

Leave for approx. 5 – 10 minutes off the heat, so the mixture cools down a bit. This is to ensure your eggs will not “cook” in the heat of the mix, once we add these in one by one and stir again, until you have a smooth mass.

Transfer to a bowl and mix in the flour and cocoa powder, folding these in, in parts.
Poor the mix into the baking tray, and bang it a few times on the counter to level out the mixture, and get rid of any air pockets.

Break the biscuits in small pieces and push them into the dough.
Bake for approx. 25 minutes

First, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, mix spices, baking powder, baking soda and flour in a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine applesauce and maple syrup and add the eggs, one at a time. Mix well and add apple pieces and pumpkin/sweet potato puree. Add in dry ingredients and mix until smooth. Pour batter into a 10 inch Bundt cake pan sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for 60 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the milk, 1 tablespoon butter and egg; mix well. Add flour and salt; beat until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Brush griddle and 3-in. metal rings or open-topped metal cookie cutters with remaining butter. Place rings on griddle; heat over low heat. Pour 3 tablespoons of batter into each ring. Cook for 7 minutes or until bubbles begin to pop and the top appears dry. Remove rings. Turn crumpets; cook 1-2 minutes longer or until the second side is golden brown. Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack and toast before serving.

Beat eggs and caster sugar until thick and creamy......sieve in the flour in small batches and gently fold in.....finally add the lemon rind and juice......same applies to chocolate cake......just to mix the choc powder with the flour before folding in.......most people would probably make smaller versions so just use tins that you would normally use......larger one for the lemon and smaller for the chocolate........

I used a tupperwear thingie were I mixed the 4 eggs with the Canola Oil and the Vanilla extract using an electric hand mixer. Slowly and sexily I added the sugar and the flour.

Threw the mix in the oven for 27 minutes.

I decorated with sweet of milk/ caramel in the middle.

On top I added Instant Custard Cream.

Mix the butter and the sugar until you they've formed a soft cream.
Add the grated lemon peel and next the eggs one by one mixing with a wooden spoon.
Bit by bit add the flour.

Lastly fill the 2/3 parts of the cupcake molds.
Cook for 20 minutes in the oven.

Remove them, let them cool and eat up!
Yum yum :)

Chopped Strawberries

Whipped Cream

Pound cake and cut it in half.

Spread both halves with whipped cream and one of the halves place a couple tablespoons on one and then put the top piece on top and then spread some whipped cream and top with chopped strawberries.