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jaxma - 2006-01-03 19:35:00

Hi Jaxma, thanks for that Have got auction 44349837. I really appreciate you doing this. Many thanks

jennyp2 - 2006-01-03 22:46:00

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fly04buy - 2006-01-04 00:57:00

fly04buy Hi :-) Can you put a buy now on your auction please.

jaxma - 2006-01-04 07:19:00

hi jaxma, could you please use the buy now on my auction id love to be able to get a copy too please.

shyly - 2006-01-05 10:51:00

I've lost my chocolate courgette cake recipe! I used to have a wonderful recipe for chocolate cougette cake but it disappeared when we shifted house. All I can remember is that it had real chocolate in it ( not cocoa) and grated courgettes (or zucchini). It used to come out quite bumpy on top and didn't need icing as it was so rich and moist.I've tried googling it but no luck. Can anyone help?

akqua - 2006-01-05 12:48:00

Sorry not I akua but good luck. And Wow, thankyou jaxma what alot of effort that mustve taken!!!

shyly - 2006-01-05 14:05:00

I salute you Jaxma, and so do many others, thank you for putting the time and effort into compiling these fantastic recipes for us to enjoy

suz0303 - 2006-01-06 01:52:00

Thanks :-) I'm putting together another book compiled from any of the threads that take my fancy. It could be a wee while away though but I'll let you all know when it's available.

jaxma - 2006-01-06 08:06:00

bumpity bump

karen165 - 2006-01-08 10:02:00

Bump for ocean

babysister - 2006-01-09 11:54:00

Thanks So many good recipe ideas in here

ocean - 2006-01-09 19:28:00

Snickerdoodles (from the American Heritage bk) I think the kids liked the name almost as much as these cookies! Very yummy.
3 ¼ cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda,
1 teaspoon cinnamon, 225g butter, 1 ½ cups sugar,
3 eggs, 1 cup chopped walnuts, ½ cup raisins,
½ cup currants.

Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Cream butter and sugar and add eggs one at a time. Stir in dry ingredients, nuts, currants and raisins. Teaspoonfuls on greased tray, 180o, 12 mins. Makes heaps!

libby51 - 2006-01-09 21:52:00

bump ...

luckygirl28 - 2006-01-13 20:21:00

Double Chocolate Courgette Cake for 'akqua' 4 large eggs,
1-1/2 cup canola oil,
2 c sugar,
3 c finely grated raw courgettes,
3 c flour + 1 tablespoon, divided,
1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder,
1 tsp baking soda,
1 & 1/2 tsp cinnamon,
1 tsp salt,
1 tsp vanilla extract,
1 c chopped walnuts,
55g cooking chocolate, melted,
Preheat oven to 180 c.
Melt squares of chocolate in microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove and stir. Repeat, until chocolate is barely melted. Set aside to cool. In a large bowl, beat eggs at medium speed until creamy and light yellow. Add oil and sugar, and beat another minute. Add the courgettes, 3 c. flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla and melted chocolate. Beat on low speed for one minute or until combined. Toss nuts and chocolate chips with a tablespoon of flour to coat. Fold into batter. Pour into a greased and floured 12-cup pan. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until wooden skewer poked into center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto serving plate and cool for

whitetrash32 - 2006-01-14 00:05:00

Double Chocolate Courgette Cake cont... for at least two hours before icing.

whitetrash32 - 2006-01-14 00:06:00

that sounds interesting whitetrash32 might have a crack at it.....:)

abbey_magick - 2006-01-17 09:53:00

wow this thread has been going almost a year!! great ideas!

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gordy8252 - 2006-01-17 11:35:00

Thankyou so much Whitetrash32 ! This is one of my favourite recipes and I was devastated when I lost it. I found it was a great cake for when I had to take a plate to anything. Un-iced it doesn't look that exciting so it would sit on the table uneaten for a while....until someone tried it and then word would spread and it would disappear. I can remember one time at a party, a few of my closest friends trying it for the first time and deciding not to tell anyone else how yummy it wsa so that they could eat it all themselves!

akqua - 2006-01-17 11:58:00

Thank you too whitetrash32 ...but please tell me, approx what size is a 12-cup pan? Would a 9x13in pan do or do I need a tube pan?

lennyb1 - 2006-01-17 13:18:00

lennyb1 re 12- cup pan You need a cake tin that holds 12 cups of cake batter, so if your 9x12in pan is deep enough would assume if yours is around 3 & 1/2 " deep it would do the trick. I use a round Bundt tube pan which measures 10 & 1/2 inch diameter and 3 & 3/4 inch deep.

whitetrash32 - 2006-01-17 19:31:00

bumpity bump

babysister - 2006-01-19 07:40:00

Thank you for that I've gotten used to all sorts of conversions but that was a new one on me. Now to try that cake (hmmm, no birthdays 'til May... and I don't have my own garden with zucchini this year... never mind, I'll think of a reason)!

lennyb1 - 2006-01-19 09:16:00

FREEZING STUFF I tend to always double (or triple) recipes. As far as freezing goes, freeze buns or cakes uniced, ice when they have thawed and they look like they haven't been frozen - the cake seems to taste great too, nice n moist!

fee1965 - 2006-01-19 11:40:00

BUMP? Have just joined this thread, what is all this bump stuff about?

fee1965 - 2006-01-19 11:41:00

Fantastic Thread Hi there. Just wanted to say AWESOME THREAD. I love baking, actually instead of reading novels before I go to bed, I read cook books!!! I was shown this site the other day and I'm so glad. I haven't baked anything yet but your recipes are magic. GREAT STUFF

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lisa202 - 2006-01-19 20:06:00

Double Chocolate Courgette Cake recipe above The quantity of chocolate chips is 1/2 a cup!

whitetrash32 - 2006-01-19 22:49:00

Well I've just put the wedding cake in the oven... the middle tier, I usually start with that - listen to me! Usually! Well it's the third daughter married in 12 months, and the third wedding cake! And I do start with the middle one cos it's more like Crhistmas cake size and a good "mood-setter". All going well, the other two next week. Whew! Time for some fresh tomatoes with basil and angelica out of my garden for lunch!

libby51 - 2006-01-21 12:05:00

Oh and fee1965 the bump thing is about moving this thread up to the top so that it isn't deleted when it gets to the bottom and no one has posted a message in a week.

libby51 - 2006-01-21 12:07:00

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYY this thread is still here and still getting yummo recipes great stuff everyone we might make the 2 years , I wonder if theres an award for the longest running thread

kob - 2006-01-22 07:33:00

Easter Tea Ring (breadmaker recipe) DOUGH: 90ml (6T) milk; 1 egg; 2C white flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 Tbsp caster sugar; 2 Tbsp butter; 1 tsp dried yeast. FILLING: 1/2 C dried apricots; 1 Tbsp butter; 1/4 C muscovado (brown) sugar; 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp allspice; 1/3 C sultanas; milk for brushing. DECORATION: 3 Tbsp icing sugar; 1-2 Tbsp orange liqueur or orange juice; pecan nuts & candied fruits.

koru_designs - 2006-01-23 17:53:00

Cont... DOUGH: Put ingrediants into your breadmaker in the order specified by the manufacturer. Use basic dough setting, press start. Then lightly oil a baking sheet. When dough cycle has finished, remove the dough from the bread pan, put on lightly floured surface & gently knock the dough back (punch it down). Roll dough out into a 30x45cm rectangle. FILLING: Chop the dired apricots into small pieces. Melt the butter & brush it over the dough. Then sprinkle the dough with the muscovado sugar, cinnamon, allspice, sultanas, & chopped apricots (variation: try other dried fruits, eg dried peaches, mango, melon, cherries & raisons...I made this with apricots, dates & sultanas & it was very yummy. Just make sure that the total quantity stays the same as the recipe). Starting from one long edge, roll up the rectangle of dough (like a swiss roll). Turn the dough so the seam is underneath. Curl the dough into a circle, brush the ends with a little milk & seal. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Using a pair of scissors, cu

koru_designs - 2006-01-23 17:53:00

cont... cut through the circle at 4cm intervals, each time cutting two-thirds of the way through the dough. Twist the sections so they start to fall sideways (they look like they are sort of stacked onto each other...bit hard to describe without showing you a photo). Cover the ring with lightly oiled gladwrap & leave in a warm place for about 30mins, or until the dough is well risen & puffy. Preheat oven to 200 deg C. Bake for 20-25 mins or until golden. Turn out on to a wire rack to cool. DECORATION: While the ring is still warm, make the decoration by mixing together the icing sugar & liqueur/juice. Drizzle the mixture over the ring, then arrange pecan nuts & candied fruit on top. Cool completely before serving (I never bothered with the decoration as it's quite sweet & yummy without it).

koru_designs - 2006-01-23 17:54:00

And now for something a bit different! (oooh koru that sounds divine! will try!)
FIVE SPICE BISCUITS. These have quite a definite taste of Fivespice, reduce the quantity of this ingred first time you make them if you want to try the taste first....
1 cup sugar, 250 g softened butter, 2 eggs,
½ teaspn vanilla, 3 cups flour, ½ teas baking soda,
¼ teaspn salt, 2 teaspns Chinese five spice, 1 teaspn nutmeg,
To top – 4 – 5 tblspns milk (optional), almonds.

Preheat oven to 180.
Cream sugar and butter until smooth and creamy, add eggs and vanilla. Beat. Gradually add dry ingredients which have been mixed together. Drop rounded teaspoons on to the baking tray. Brush with a little milk, and press an almond (or several slivered almonds) into the centre. Bake 10-12 mins until golden.

libby51 - 2006-01-23 19:21:00

Bump hehehe Thanks for the info Libby51

fee1965 - 2006-01-24 08:48:00

bump bumpy

karen165 - 2006-01-26 13:25:00

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catlike - 2006-01-28 12:15:00

this afternoon i made some choc chip bikkies off here and the choc peppermint bikkies. the choc chip bikkies made heaps! but lil bro said they were great, would explain why half are missing already! the choc peppermint bikkies were good but a lil chalky, may be over done

warriorkim - 2006-01-29 21:47:00

Green Mountain Green Tomato Bread I used to make this a lot when I had a garden in Michigan. Makes 1 9in loaf, doubles easily. 2-3/4c flour, 1-1/2t baking powder, 1t baking soda, 3/4t cinnamon, 1/2t ground ginger. 1/4c chopped crystallised ginger, 3/4c chopped walnuts. 2 eggs, 1/3c maple syrup, 1/3c melted butter or oil, 2/3c cider (not the alcoholic kind), 1 or 2 green tomatoes, chopped to make about 1-1/4c. Mix dry ingredients together, then toss ginger pieces & walnuts to coat & separate. In a larger bowl, beat the eggs until light & slightly thickened, add syrup, butter & cider & mix well. Fold in dry ingredients, then stir in the tomatoes, until just mixed. Pour in to greased tin & bake in preheated 175C oven for 60-65min, until starts to leave the side of the pan. Cool in the pan for 10min, then turn out onto rack to finish cooling. Best the next day, freezes well. (I just posted this on another thread, figured I'd post it here, too.)

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lady_dirt - 2006-01-30 10:20:00

Boysenberry Cheesecake Tried this yesterday. Crushed biscuits and butter for the base. Chill Drain a can of boysenberries, keep the juice. Mix them in the cheesecake mix bought from the suppermarket and add to base. I used gelatine to then make a "jelly topping" for the top and when quite cool I topped the cheesecake with it.
Also made plain muffins, added a few boysenberries to the mix, then when filling the pans I put a wee spoon of the plain cheesecake mix in, they were lovely. Both recipes originally off here, thanks

jennyp2 - 2006-01-31 21:05:00

Orange Cake - also good as a dessert with sauce ORANGE CAKE
175g flour, 2 teas baking soda, 1 teas baking powder,
50g butter, 2 tblspns marmalade, 75g sugar,
2 eggs,¼ pint boiling water, 2 teas grated orange rind.

Sift dry ingredients together. Melt butter, sugar, marmalade. Pour onto dry ingredients beating well. Add eggs and lastly boiling water and orange rind. Beat until bubbles appear on the surface. Pour into lined tin, 170c 50 mins.

libby51 - 2006-01-31 22:58:00

Just made peanut brownies, thanks bams! haven't made them for years! Was inspired by seeing your recipe on this thread - they're looking good, don't taste too bad either!

libby51 - 2006-02-01 17:10:00

Corn muffins 1c corn meal, 1c white flour, 1/2c sugar, 1/2t salt, 1T baking powder (or could use 1c self-raising flour for the white flour & leave out the baking powder). 2 eggs, 2T oil, 250ml milk. Mix dry ingredients together, mix wet ingredients together, & add wet ingredients, mix just to moisten. Pour into greased muffin tins (I use extra-large ones) & bake in preheated 215C (425F) oven for 20-25 min. We often like to add a goodly pinch of cayenne pepper and/or some frozen corn.

lennyb1 - 2006-02-03 14:16:00

who needs Edmonds!! I just want to say you guys are terrific and the amount of recipes posted just wonderful.... I look forward trying them out!!! Look out Edmonds!!!

roihana1 - 2006-02-03 15:16:00

firm icing for fridge storing I have to place my baking in my fridge,because of ants(my area has a real bad ant problem),and my iced items go soft and gooey in the fridge.I store the baking in a tupperware container sometimes with lid on/off.I use a basic icing mixture of i.sugar,water and butter.Please any suggestions to fix my problem.Great to see that Home Baking is still alive and kicking.

gandmwatts - 2006-02-04 01:08:00

Bump Bumping

kezza28 - 2006-02-05 22:02:00

Magical Orange Cake 1 whole orange, washed and processed to a pulp, 125gr melted butter, 1 cup sugar 2 med-lge eggs, 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour. YES, IT"S AS EASY AS IT LOOKS! If you have a food processor, just throw everything in together and mix till all combined. Now, I don't have a FP so I did it the old-fashioned way (LOL) Mix together the melted butter and sugar, add egg then orange pulp. Stir to combine then fold in sifted SR flour. Pour into lined loaf tin and bake at 180C for approx 35-40 mins or ready when tested with skewer. I doubled this recipe - made a lovely ring tin cake which I iced with orange icing and also a loaf which I left plain. Such an economical recipe! Couldn't believe how yummy such a simple recipe could be.

smiley_cherub - 2006-02-05 22:47:00