Marble Cake:-
220g Butter
250g Castor Sugar
3 Eggs
1 Cup Plain Flour
1 Cup S.R. Flour
¾ cup Milk (Room Temp)
Vanilla
-Cream butter and sugar very well, add vanilla. Add eggs one a time. Then well sifted flour alternately with milk. Divide mixture into 3 equal parts. Leave one part natural, colour one chocolate and one pink. Place alternate spoonfuls of mixture into prepared 20cm round tin. Tap tin on bench and run knife through mixture four times to give the marble effect. Cook in moderate oven approx. 50 mins. When cold, ice with pale pink icing.
Choc-Chip Cookies:-
125g butter, softened
½ cup caster sugar
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 x 59g egg, lightly beaten
1 ¾ cups S.R. Flour
¾ cup (125g) choc bits
Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add eggs and beat until combined. Stir in sifted flour and choc bits and mix well. Roll level tblsp of mixture into balls, place about 5cm apart on lightly greased oven trays and flatten slightly with fingertips. Bake in an 180c preheated oven for 15-20minutes of until cookies are lightly browned.
Pumpkin Fruit Cake:-
1 cup masked pumpkin
½ cup (125g) Margarine
2 tblsp syrup
1 cup sugar
1x375g packet mixed fruit
2 eggs
2 cups S.R. Flour
2 tspn mixed spice
Place pumpkin mashed, margarine, syrup in a bowl mix well. Stir in fruit then add beaten eggs. Fold in flour and mixed spice. Place in lined tin and bake in moderate to slow oven 170c for approx 45mins.
Orange Cake:-
125g butter
½ cup sugar
Grated ring of 1 orange
2 eggs
1 ½ cups S.R. Flour
¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup milk
Grease loaf tin and set oven 180c. Cream butter and add sugar beat until pale and fluffy. Add grated rind and then eggs one at a time, beat well. Fold in flour alternately with orange juice and milk. Spoon into tin and bake 45-50mins. When cool ice with orange frosting.
Orange Frosting-
1 cup icing sugar
30 grams butter
3-4 tablespoon orange juice
Sieve icing sugar into bowl, beat in butter add juice beat until fluffy.
ANZAC Biscuits:-
1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup caster sugar
1 cup coconut
125g butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
2 tablespoon boiling water
1 teaspoon bi-carb soda
Combine flour, oats, sugar and coconut in large bowl, make well in centre. Place butter, syrup and water in small pan, stir over heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat, stir in bi-carbsoda. Pour butter mixture into well in flour mixture, mix until well combined. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls, flatten slightly and place onto ungreased oven trays 4cm apart. Bake at 180c for 20-25mins or until golden brown.
Jam Drop Biscuits:-
125g butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2teaspoon salt
1 ¼ S.R. Flour
Raspberry Jam
Cream butter and sugar to light consistency. Add egg, vanilla and salt then beat again until blended. Fold in sifted flour. Form into small balls, the size of walnuts, and place on greased oven tray. Make an indentation in the centre and place a small quantity of jam in each. Bake in a moderately slow oven for 15mins.
Chelsea Buns:-
Dough- 3 cups SR Flour
½ teaspoon salt
45g butter
1 cup milk
Filling- 60g butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 ½ cups mixed fruit or sultanas
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Glaze- 1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon gelatine
Rub butter into flour ands salt then mix to a firm dough with milk. Roll dough out to 30cm x 23cm (12”x9”). Cream butter and sugar and spread over dough. Sprinkle with fruit ad cinnamon and roll dough up lengthways. Cut into about 10 thick slices. Pack into 20cm greased round tin. Bake in moderate oven approx 30 mins or until buns are cooked. Glaze- stir sugar, gelatine and water over low heat till dissolved. Brush buns with glaze while still hot.
Banana Muffins:-
1 ¼ cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon bi-card soda
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup mashed VERY ripe banana (3med)
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
½ cup sultanas
½ teaspoon vanilla
Prepare tins and oven 190c. Sift dry ingredients into a medium size bowl. Add wheat germ, sultans to dry ingredients and mix well. Make a well in the dry ingredient. Beat eggs, add oil and mashed bananas. Add the wet ingredients and stir until the dry ingredients are just moist. The batter will be lumpy. Do not over mix. Bake approx 20 mins.