RECIPES

 

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Desserts

Alfajores

Almond Roca

BDSM Cake

Fairy Cakes

Walnut Slice

 

Mead

Mead Basics

Bright Red Currant Mead

Cowslip Mead

Dandelion Mead

Deep Red Raspberry Mead

Golden Pineapple Mead

Gooseberry Mead

Midsummer Rose Strawberry Mead

Spiced Mead

Strawberry Mead

Topaz, or Raisin, Mead

 

 

Desserts

 

Alfajores

 

2 cups flour

1/2 pound butter (real butter!)

1 egg yolk

8 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 can (unopened) of condensed milk boiled

            for 1-1/2 hours (Manjarblanco)

 

Sift dry ingredients and mix with butter and egg yolk.  Roll pastry on board to 1/4 inch thickness.  Cut in small cookie circles and bake in 350 degree oven until lightly brown.  Remove and put two rounds together with Manjarblanco.  Then roll in powdered sugar.

 

Preparation Time: 40 Minutes

Serving Size: 12

 

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Almond Roca

 

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup chopped almonds

3/4 cup butter

2 cups chocolate chips

 

Butter and brown sugar in micro wave on high 1 minute. Remove and whisk until smooth.

Return for 4 minutes.

Add almonds.

Wisk again and cook for another 1 minute.

 

Spread in a buttered 8 X 8 inch pan.

Put chocolate chips on top and cover with wrap.

 

When almost melted remove wrap and sprinkle with almonds.

 

Wonderful candy for Christmas guests or give-aways!

 

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BDSM Cake

 

Recipe comment: OK...this I have renamed the BDSM cake....darkly mysterious, sweet and spicy, with a wicked twist that makes people go 'eeew' when you tell them....and keeps them coming back for more!! LOL.

 

1 x 455 gr. can of tomato soup

2 1/4 cups plain flour

1 1/3 cups castor sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 1/2 teaspoons allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

1/8 teaspoon ginger

1/3 cup cocoa

125 gr. butter

2 eggs

1/4 cup water

 

Whipped cream

 

 

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease 2 x 20 cm. cake pans.

 

2. Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl, add soup and butter. Beat at low speed for 2 minutes.

 

3. Add eggs, water, and beat a further 2 minutes.

 

4. Pour into prepared cake pans and bake for 35 - 40 minutes. Allow to stand 10 minutes before removing cakes from pans.

 

5. When cold, join together with whipped cream and either ice with chocolate icing, or top with more whipped cream.

 

(from online acquaintance Catalina, Literotica.com)

 

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Fairy Cakes

 

2/3 cup flour                                       2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon baking powder              1 tablespoon hot water

3 eggs                                                Whipped cream (see recipe)

2/3 cup sugar

 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

 

Select muffin tins with 1 1/2 inch cups and thoroughly grease and flour

each cup.  (Recipe makes 24 cakes)

 

Sift flour with baking powder and set aside.

 

Place eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk until thick.

 

Melt butter under low heat so as not to burn. Fold egg and sugar mixture into flour mixture with a metal spoon.

 

Add melted butter and hot water.  Blend thoroughly.

 

Divide mixture into muffin tin cups.

 

Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

 

Remove from oven.  Cool for 10 minutes in draft-free area.

 

Remove cakes from pans.  Cool completely in a draft-free area.

 

Prepare whipped cream (see recipe below).

 

With a sharp pointed knife, cut away risen area from top of cake and set aside.

 

(Cut out a conical section so that you have a hole in the bottom section.)

 

Fill the hole (bottom section) with whipped cream.

 

Cut top section in half to form "wings".  Place "wings" on top of cream and you have fairy cakes.

 

Whipped Cream

 

1 cup whipping cream      1/4 cup sugar      1/2 teaspoon vanilla

 

While beating whipping cream, gradually add sugar and vanilla.

 

Beat until stiff, being careful not to over beat, thus forming butter.

 

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Walnut Slice

 

12 X 8 X 2" pan

350 Degrees F or 180 Degrees C

22 to 27 minutes yields 24 slices

 

Base

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of butter

2 Tablespoons icing sugar

Rub together as pie crust, line pan with the mixture and prick with a fork

 

Filling

2 eggs

1 1/4 cup of brown sugar

2 Tablespoons flour

1/2 Teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 1/2 cups coconut

1/3 Teaspoon vanilla

 

Cook filling in sauce pan

Pour filling onto crust

Bake until browned and ice with white icing

 

Icing sugar...cream..vanilla and butter to desired consistency

 

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