chocolate cake with delicious sauce

Chocolate delice 

4 eggs
2 cups sugar ( cups are 140ml)
1 cup water
½ cup oil
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder

Sauce

4 cups of sweetened condensed milk
2 cups heavy cream
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon butter

How to make

With an electric mixer, mix the eggs with the sugar until you get a smooth cream.increased , double the volume
Add, with constant mixing, water, oil, chocolate, sifted flour (part by part) and finally the baking powder until smooth.
Bake in a preheated oven (150 ° C) for about 30 minutes.

Sauce

  In a pan, put the  condensed milk, cream, cocoa, butter, heat  stirring constantly, for about 20 minutes over medium heat. put over cooled cake, you can also put the sauce in between layers

Enjoy it

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Chocolate & kidney beans cake

420 g kidney beans  canned drained

1 tablespoon water

1 tablespoon vanilla extract
70 g unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
125 g Butter or oil
5  eggs
180 g sugar

How to make.


In your TM puree the beans, water I egg and vanilla until smooth SP 7.
 Set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar SP 5 for 30 seconds add the remaining eggs  beat for 20 seconds SP 4.
Add bean mixture SP 4 5 seconds.
Add the cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and blend SP 4 ,10 seconds.
Pour batter into greased rectangular  tin pan and bake at 180 degrees oven for 30 to 40minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  this cake is not a sponge cake , is quite heavy , more to be used as a brownie , but  is gluten freee !

                                          Enjoy it

vanilla fudge

The real south african fudge ! delicious, i have tried many but these are fenomenal !

makes 24

1 can condensed milk
400 g sugar 
25 ml golden syrup
75 ml water
60 g butter
1 teaspoon vacila

      How to make them !

Put sugar and water into a large heavy saucepan.

Stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.

Add the butter and syrup and stil until the butter has melted.

Add the  milk and stir until it comes to the boil.

Boil very slowly, stirring all the time, until soft ball stage.

Remove from the stove, add the vanilla and beat until it thickens.

Pour into a greased pan and leave to cool.

Cut into squares when cold.

milk tart with crust

For the pastry:

2 Cups of flour

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

2tsp Baking powder

125g butter

pinch of salt

Cream butter and sugar together, add egg and all other ingredients till it’s a soft, stiff dough.
It makes a lot of dough, so you can do 2 dishes with this or as I did, 1 full tart and 12 cupcake size tarts.
Bake at 180 degrees until light brown.

For the Filling:

4 1/2 Cups Milk (1.125l)

2 Tbsp cornflour

3/4 Cup Sugar (I used brown, raw sugar)

2 1/2 Tbsp flour

Dash vanilla essence

bit of butter

1. Bring milk to the boil slowly, make sure it does not boil over
2. Beat eggs, sugar, flour, cornflour well together and pour into the boiled milk.  Mix well
3. Allow mixture to thicken, then add in the butter and vanilla essence and continue stirring.  The mixture should resemble a porridge consistency.

4. Remove from heat and pour into the shells, 

5. Leave to stand for about 10 minutes, sprinkle with cinnamon and refrigerate until ready to serve

Enjoy it !

Best vanilla cupcakes

I have tried a lot of vanilla cup cakes but this is the best ,worth a try!

1 1/4 cups cake flour

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup oil (vegetable, canola oil

1/2 cup buttermilk

(or 1/2 cup milk plus 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar or lemon juice- add acid to the milk then set aside for 5 minutes before using)

Directions

 Preheat oven 180 d°

 In a medium bowl, add cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir together with whisk, and set aside.

 In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs and beat 10-20 seconds.  Add sugar and continue to beat on medium speed about 30 seconds.  Add vanilla and oil, beat.

Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly da about half of the flour mixture.  Add half of the milk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the milk.  Beat until just combined.  Scrap down the side of the bowl.

The batter will be thin.   Pour batter into a muffin pan prepared with paper liners.  Fill about 2/3 full.

Bake cupcakes in pre-heated oven for about 20  minutes.

Cool in pan 1-2 minutes, then remove cupcakes  and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Cream cheese frosting

225  grams cream cheese ( mascarpone ) 
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

55 grams butter ( not salted

130 gr sugar

1 tbsp  lemon juice

In a medium bowl , mix cheese and butter until creamy,add the vanila and sugar mix well , you can refrigerate to use later. 

Enjoy !