I made the sponge cake mix from the edmonds cookbook and put it in the slow cooker as posted above and left it for 1 hour and 40 mins. Just finished having it with ice cream. YUMMY

whiskey13 - 2009-11-28 20:38:00

Whiskey13 can you please post the Edmonds sponge cake mix that you used to make the strawberry cake it sounds so nice and l would love to try it.
Did you use the sponge cake from Edmonds book in place of the box of cake mix? TIA

griffo4 - 2009-11-29 10:10:00

sponge cake from Edmonds Cookbook

3 eggs
pinch of salt
3/4 cup of caster sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
50gms melted butter.

Beat eggs and salt, add sugar and beat til thick. Sift flour and baking podwer together, add to egg mixture, fold in butter. Pour into a oven proof type dish that will fit into slow cooker bowl.

Shape some tinfoil into a circle, put in the slow cooker bowl( that has been preheated on high), place the oven-proof dish on top, boil the jug and carefully pour the boiling water into the slow cooker bowll to half way up the side of the cake dish.I didn't have any paper towels to put over the cake dish so i just put a clean tea towel over the top of the cooker bowl then put the slow cooker lid on then folded the towel back over the lid(so it wasn't touching the sides of the hot slow cooker) This catches the condensation from the lid.DO NOT lift the lid for the first hour. I never touched it for the full 1 hour and 40 mins. I thought it was a bit dry but partner said no cos it soaked up the cream we had with it.

whiskey13 - 2009-11-29 13:32:00

Hi griffo, i never bothered with the strawberry cream cake recipe at all. I just did as i mentioned above. But you can still cut it horizonally and ice it etc.

whiskey13 - 2009-11-29 13:48:00

Thank you whiskey13 l will give that a try

griffo4 - 2009-11-30 13:04:00

Hmmm. I don't make cakes much. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year. But then we don't eat that sort of think much either.
Made some passionfruit muffins yesterday. Other than that I make bread most days and that's it.

lythande1 - 2009-11-30 14:56:00

A huge amount of nice recipes in here, just use the search area and one should thind things easier (hopefully).

Cheers

valentino - 2009-12-02 16:04:00

I lost this thread and have just spent half an hour scrolling through every page to find it! If you have sent me a message wanting a copy of the recipe books and have not received them, please re-send! I recall getting a few requests and intending to get back to them, but completely forgot! Sorry guys :-(

jaxma - 2009-12-24 07:36:00

Just finished watching a programme called Nigella Express. And she made some cookies so i jumped on her website and found them...
Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
125g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids
150g flour
30g cocoa, sieved
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
125g soft butter
75g light brown sugar
50g white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, cold from the fridge
350g (2 bags) semi-sweet chocolate morsels or dark chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3. Melt the 125g dark chocolate either in the microwave
or in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water.
Put the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl.
Cream the butter and sugars in another bowl. Add the melted chocolate and mix together.
Beat in the vanilla extract and cold egg, and then mix in the dry ingredients.
Finally stir in the chocolate morsels or chips.
Scoop out 12 equal-sized mounds – an ice cream scoop and a palette knife are the best tools for the job
and place on a lined baking sheet about 6cm apart. Do not flatten them.
Cook for 18 minutes, testing with a cake tester to make sure it comes out semi-clean and not wet with cake batter. Leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 4–5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to harden as they cool.
Makes 12 On the programme she scooped 6 onto a tray and froze them for later use and baked the remaining 6

Edited by whiskey13 at 1:56 pm, Tue 29 Dec

whiskey13 - 2009-12-29 13:54:00

Yum yum looks alright to me, will have to try these

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whiskey13 - 2009-12-29 14:01:00

lythande1 wrote:

Hmmm. I don't make cakes much. Maybe 3 or 4 times a year. But then we don't eat that sort of think much either.
Made some passionfruit muffins yesterday. Other than that I make bread most days and that's it.

Hi lythande-any chance of the muffin recipe, looking for something different to take to a friends. TIA

melinda1 - 2009-12-30 17:11:00

melinda.. not sure when lythande will get back to you so here is the one that i make..
1 egg,1/2 cup milk, 1/3 cup honey, 1/3 cup oil, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 cup passionfruit plup.
Mix all ingredients together until just combined.
3/4 fill muffin pan that has been well greased
Bake at 180*C for 15-20 mins.
For something different you could sprinkle a mix of 50g butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup rolled oats on top of mix before popping in the oven

whiskey13 - 2009-12-30 19:11:00

Happy new year everyone i hope all your baking over the coming year turns out just the way you intended,and that it goes down a treat for whoever the lucky recipient is.

whiskey13 - 2010-01-01 10:52:00

Happy New Year everyone and thank you all for your fabulous recipes l have never done so much baking as l have since l found this site.
Jaxma how is the 3rd book coming along? The first 2 are great and good luck with the 3rd one. l for one am looking forward to it coming out.

griffo4 - 2010-01-01 20:09:00

Have just spent about 4 days reading this thread on the message boards and collecting many very tempting recipes on the way. Thank you so much to the contributors and a big thank you to Jaxma for producing the two e-books. Your hard work is certainly appreciated. Am looking forward to number 3. Can't wait for the weather to cool a little so that I can get back into the kitchen & bake for my family. Happy baking everyone!

lindylambchops1 - 2010-01-02 20:48:00

BTW..... I hope to contribute some recipes soon!

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gordy8252 - 2010-01-07 08:16:00

Hi jaxma would love a copy of the books if possible parlato family (no space between words if you get what I mean) at more than enough place. Hope that makes sense and many thanks,

pixiegirl - 2010-01-07 11:56:00

Thanks for the recipe whiskey13. Will get daughter to have a try today!

melinda1 - 2010-01-07 12:04:00

oh ok guys i start my diet next life time

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-09 00:48:00

Hi Jaxma I know you probably spend all day sending out your recipe books but I am a recipe and baking freak and would love a copy of yours please.
emmilybryant at hotmail
that would be really great the funniest thing is I have lots of hand written recipe books and keep thinking who ever finds these when I die is going to think I was crazy but now I know that hopefully one day some one will treasure them!!!

emmily - 2010-01-09 12:38:00

keep this alive it is too good to lose

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-09 22:08:00

Potato Scones ; 2cups flour, 1/2 salt, 1cup mashed potatoes,1 1/2c boiling water, 1tsp BP, 25gms butter. Mash butter into the potato [cold], add to sifted dry ingredientds. Pour boiling water over and mix to a light dough. Turn onto a floured broad, press out and cut into squares. Bake on a floured tray at 200c for 10 minutes. and enjoy.

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-10 12:25:00

that should be 1/2 tso salt sorry.

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-10 12:26:00

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mercedes_honour - 2010-01-10 19:26:00

oh please don't let tis thread die, come on you bakers out there

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-10 19:27:00

I have 3 boys 17,15, 11 and do they eat! , they love home baking, much nicer than bought,also they need to learn to bake too.so well done all you home bakers

earls5 - 2010-01-10 20:49:00

griffo4 wrote:

Happy New Year everyone and thank you all for your fabulous recipes l have never done so much baking as l have since l found this site.
Jaxma how is the 3rd book coming along? The first 2 are great and good luck with the 3rd one. l for one am looking forward to it coming out.

It's getting there, but I don't get much of a chance to do the formatting these days (life is way too busy!). As soon as I am finished with it, I'll post here and let you all know :-)

jaxma - 2010-01-20 07:06:00

yes keep the thread going this has now been going for 6 years my nephew who i wrote about in post one has just about turned 13 and is about to leave for boarding school so it has been around for along time so keep the recipes going

kob - 2010-01-20 08:31:00

Made a ginger bread loaf, and not sure if this counts but a gozleme, filled with spinach and feta, YUM.....

ruby19 - 2010-01-20 08:55:00

bumping this up

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-21 21:50:00

Quick Chocolate Square: melt in pot: 125gm sugar, 2tbs goldern syrup, 1cup milk, cook and then add: 1 1/2 cupos flors, 1 cupmcoconut, 1tsp baking soda, 1dsp cocoa, 1tsp cinnamon. bake 15minutes in a 30cm and 25cm tin at 200 c ice with chocolate ing. this is really yummy

mercedes_honour - 2010-01-21 21:57:00

Bam & ladies I think your all wonderful baking. Yes it is easy to go to supermarket and get a packet of biscuits slices puddings. Our children four I always had baked soups, cooked all the food, they do the same now they are grown up. I bake cook puddings for just my husband and myself, or friends to say thanks you, they love it so all I can say is good on all of the cooks. No we are not missing out on anything have gained a lot of pleasure.

mary92 - 2010-01-24 22:57:00

Back to school tomorrow.....just made two lots of biscuits...Choc Chip & Walnut, almond essence & cherries. Made a Magical Orange Loaf also a Apricot Bran Loaf. I love your recipe thread. Hope it is still going. Is the e-book 3 out yet? Happy baking all!

lindylambchops1 - 2010-02-01 20:29:00

l made a banana and raspberry loaf to use up the bananas that had gone soft and it is soo nice and moist, it came out of a paper but l can't remember which one.
Banana and Raspberry Loaf
125g butter,softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2cups plain flour,sifted
1 tsp vanilla
1tsp baking powder,sifted
1/2 tsp baking soda,sifted
1 1/2 cups ripe bananas
1 1/2cups raspberries,(l use frozen)
Preheat oven to 160C
Put butter and sugar in the bowl and beat until pale and creamy
Gradually add eggs and beat well.
Fold in the dry ingredients and vanilla
Add banana and raspberries and gently combine
Pour into 10cm x 21cm lightly greased loaf tin and bake for 1hr10mins or until skewer comes out clean
Allow to cool in tin before turning out
The ripe bananas make it moist and add more flavour

Edited by griffo4 at 9:42 am, Tue 2 Feb

griffo4 - 2010-02-02 09:41:00

Bump

rrrg - 2010-03-06 20:47:00

oh so please this is still going

mercedes_honour - 2010-03-06 22:28:00

l have spent the day looking for the banana and raspberry loaf recipe and l couldn't find it so made a banana and sour cream cake recipe l got off here but then l have just used the search and found my recipe on this thread, l am so glad l put it on here as the piece of paper it was written on has vanished and l am so pleased to see this is still going

griffo4 - 2010-04-16 19:30:00

Bump!!!

gr8stuf4me - 2010-05-24 19:08:00

Bump, come on folks, anyone made some good yummies lately, would be a pity for this thread to not be used again.

gr8stuf4me - 2010-05-26 18:20:00

NO BUTTER rhubarb and ginger cake..
can anyone help with this recipe. would love it...
thanks

findit1 - 2010-05-27 19:33:00

Guess i better bump this one and add a recipe too...Fresh pineapple and carrot cake...
1 cup finely chopped pineapple(cant see why you cant use tinned crushed pineapple)
1 1/2 cups grated carrot
3/4 cup wholemeal flour
3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp b.powder
1 tsp b.soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup raw sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup chopped pecan or walnuts

Heat oven to 180, Line 20cm round cake tin with b.paper.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
Pour into tin. Bake for 1 hour or until cake comes out clean

whiskey13 - 2010-07-24 10:41:00

sending up for someone looking for carrot cake recipe and whiskeys sounds really nice

griffo4 - 2010-07-24 15:35:00

can we have that recipe for the passionfruit muffuns? lythande1
sounds yum and i have some pulp wanting to be used thanks!

pheebs1 - 2010-07-24 20:39:00

good to see this thread back on the boards :)

lizab - 2010-07-25 08:16:00

Bumping up for person who was wanting to do some baking

pixiegirl - 2010-08-18 10:38:00

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barloo - 2010-08-18 10:40:00

Hi guys, just thought I'd bump this thread and noticed my recipe for the pineapple and carrot cake. Just letting you know that i made it for dad for fathers day. BUT the christchurch earthquake stopped the family from getting together that weekend so Mrwhiskey and i had the cake during the day. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY

whiskey13 - 2010-09-29 00:35:00

Just made another batch of blueberry muffins using Edmonds sweet muffin mix
I use Edmonds sweet muffin mix and soak 1/2 cup of dehydrated blueberries from binn Inn overnite (or at least 1 hour but overnite makes them plumper ) in water. Recipe says 1/2 cup water. Drain the liquid but reserve it and add more water to measure back up to 1/2 cup. This is the only blueberry muffin recipe i use now

whiskey13 - 2010-10-09 23:35:00

Come on people we need to keep this thread alive. There are some amazing recipes on here lol

whiskey13 - 2010-10-09 23:37:00