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Post by Angie on Jul 17, 2008 14:13:07 GMT
i got an easy food mag once...its got receipes for cookies in it...a nice easy one..kids love them..... i like annabel karmels cook books..she does great stuff for kids..i use her banana bread receipe & the muffins....& minstrone soup..
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Post by franmt on Jul 19, 2008 16:29:21 GMT
I have a whole collection of them and still haven't managed to cook one dish out of them!! LOL I'm hopeless. Mind you I'm making a nice dinner tonight. I have chicken breasts marinading at the moment in a spicy marinade and I'm have them with pita bread and salad and chile mayonaise dip and homemade wedges. Not bad for me!!! LOL
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Post by hannah24 on Jul 19, 2008 20:47:35 GMT
Oh YUM Fran!!! am drooling here! ...could you repeat that when I arrive ;D
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Post by Shirley on Sept 17, 2008 23:18:10 GMT
I made this today, and it's only gorgeous - too gorgeous!!! Novelty Hedgehog Cake Ingredients Cake o 125g/4oz Odlums Self Raising Flour o 125g/4oz Margarine (room temperature) o 125g/4oz Caster Sugar o 2 large Eggs Icing o 25g/1oz Bournville Cocoa o 60ml/3 tablespoons Boiling Water o 175g/6oz Butter (room temperature) o 250-350g/9-12oz Icing Sugar Decoration o Chocolate Buttons (for bristles) o Glace Cherry (for nose) o 2 Smarties (for eyes) Method 1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and base line a 19cms / 7 1/2” Sandwich tin. 2. Place all the cake ingredients into a bowl and beat until smooth. Transfer to prepared tin, smooth top with back of spoon. 3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until risen and when gently touched it springs back! 4. Turn onto wire tray, remove paper and allow to cool. To make icing: 1. Dissolve the cocoa in the boiling water, making a paste. Beat the butter until softened, then, add icing sugar and beat really well until mixture becomes pale in colour. 2. Finally, beat in the cooled cocoa. To make hedgehog: 1. Cut cake in half vertically and sandwich the two halves together with some of the icing. 2. Cut off pieces from one end of the cake to shape the head. Now spread remaining icing liberally all over the cake, smooth it neatly around the pointed end for his face and mark all over with a fork. 3. Stick the buttons into the icing all over the ‘hedgehogs’ body to resemble bristles. 4. Transfer to serving dish. Place the eyes and nose in position.
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Post by susanmay on Sept 18, 2008 8:54:42 GMT
That looks gorgeous Shirley.
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Post by claire on Sept 18, 2008 11:34:21 GMT
and did you eat all that!!
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Post by Shirley on Sept 18, 2008 12:18:30 GMT
Nope, it was for guests, there's more of it in the fridge literally staring at me with Smarties eyes though!
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Post by claire on Sept 18, 2008 12:19:56 GMT
yum yum
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Post by Angie on Sept 18, 2008 12:36:06 GMT
Shirley that is absolutely fantastic looking...wow!!Well done!!! i'll have to show keina when she gets home.... ;D
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Post by susanmay on Sept 18, 2008 13:08:05 GMT
Nope, it was for guests, there's more of it in the fridge literally staring at me with Smarties eyes though! I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing that cake was in the fridge! I'd have scoffed it all! I'm a glutton for sweet things!
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Post by Shirley on Sept 18, 2008 13:14:40 GMT
Shirley that is absolutely fantastic looking...wow!!Well done!!! i'll have to show keina when she gets home.... ;D It's the kind of thing that would be fun to make together, Angie - I was wishing yesterday that the little missus was old enough to come out to the kitchen baking with me!
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Post by Shirley on Sept 18, 2008 13:26:13 GMT
Nope, it was for guests, there's more of it in the fridge literally staring at me with Smarties eyes though! I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing that cake was in the fridge! I'd have scoffed it all! I'm a glutton for sweet things! I have just eaten a big slice of it, Susan - the sooner my husband gets home, the better - he is having hedgehog for dinner, whether he likes it or not!
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Post by krystal on Sept 19, 2008 3:09:59 GMT
that really looks good Shirley! i wish i could do it too..heheh
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