Lemonade Cordial

I tripled this recipe

Rind of 2 lemons

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Boil the lemon rinds with the sugar and 1 cup of water for 5 mins

(I lightly peeled the lemons rinds off with a peeler so used no pith)

Allow to cool

Add lemon juice

To serve, pour a tablespoon (or two lol) of the cordial over ices cubes and add water.

Store in the fridge.

I used sterilised old glass jars.

Recipe from Country Womens Association Preserves Cook Book

Cup Cakes

125g butter, room temperature

1 cup white sugar

1 ¼ cups self raising flour

2 eggs

½ cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla paste or vanilla

Pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 180c

Grease and flour tin



Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl

Beat for ten minutes or until smooth

Put a spoonful of mixture between prepared patty tins

Bake for 10-12 min or until cakes spring back to the touch

Remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Cooked by Devon

Recipe from MasterChef Australia

Super Easy Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

1 onion, diced

1 or 2 chicken breast, sliced into small, thin pieces

4 cups of chicken stock

1 can of creamed corn

1 can sweet corn kernels

2 cups of water

1 pkt 2 minute noodles, chicken

Soy sauce

Saute onion in a little butter and oil

Add chicken stock and bring to boil

Stir in cream corn, corn kernels and chicken

Crush 2 minute noodles until really small and add to soup mixture along with the flavouring and water

Cook for 3-4 minutes

Add a small splash of soy sauce to taste

Devon's Chocolate Cake - with raspberries

1 1/3 cups Plain Flour

1 tea spn bi carb soda

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

125 g butter

1 tea spn vanilla

Preheat oven 180C

Grease 20cm pan with spray oil

Sift flour, bicarb and cocoa into a large bowl

Stir in sugar

Combine milk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla ing a jug.

Make a well in the centre of flour mixture

Pour in milk mixture

Using electric mixer beat on low speed until thick and creamy

Pour mixture into prepared pan

Bake for 40-45mins until a skewer comes out clean

Allow to cool in pan for 5 min

Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely

CHOCOLATE ICING

1 1/3 cups icing sugar

1 1/2 tbl spn cocoa powder

20g butter at room temp, chopped

1 tbl spn boiling water

Sift icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl

Add butter and water

Stir until smooth

Spread icing over cake

Top with blueberries or other berries

Allow icing to set

Slice and serve

Devon cooked this cake, she googled the recipe and sort of followed this one from Taste.com

Super Easy Chocolate Cake

Peach Blossom Cake

190g butter

1 1/4 white sugar

Vanilla to taste

3/4 cup corn flour

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 1/2 tea spn baking powder

Pinch salt

3/4 cup milk

6 egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks

Pink food colouring

Preheat oven 150c

Grease and flour a round 8" cake tin

Sift flour, cornflour, baking powder and salt three times

Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy

Add half the milk as it helps to dissolve the sugar

Add flours and fold to combine

Fold in beaten egg whites and remaining milk until smooth

Take 1/4 of the mixture and colour with 2-3 drops of rose pink colour

Place spoonfuls of the white cake batter over the base of the prepared cake tin

Spoon over pink cake batter in a circular pattern and cover with 1/2 the remaining white batter

Fill the centre with remaining pink batter and cover with the remaining white batter

Bake for 60-70 minutes

Cake is cooked when it springs back when touched in the centre and will lift away from the pan when lightly shaken

PINK ICING

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

10g butter

2 tbl spn boiling water

Combine all ingredients until smooth

When cake is cooled, decorate and serve

Recipe from MasterChef Australia

Orange Muffins - made in the food processor

1 whole orange
1 cup sugar (I use 1/2 cupish)
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
2 cup SR flour
1/2 tea spoon bicarb

Heat oven 200C

Place in food processor whole orange cut into pieces (yes everything), sugar, oil, milk and egg.

Blend

Add flour and bicarb and blend again for a few seconds

Spoon into greased muffin tins.

Bake for 15min

Thanks again Ebb, MrsP

Garlic Twists

1 quantity of pizza dough

fresh garlic

butter

Soften butter

Peel garlic and put through a garlic press

Mix garlic thoroughly through butter

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Line a large baking tray with grease proof paper.

Follow steps 1 to 3 of Basic pizza dough recipe.

Cut dough into 4 portions.

Cut each portion into 4 pieces.

Roll 1 piece into a long sausage shape.

Cut sausage shape in half lengthways.

Flatten both lengths slightly and spread with garlic butter.

Twist strips together, pressing ends to secure.

Place on prepared tray.

Repeat with remaining dough.

Sprinkle with a little salt.

Bake for 10mins or until crisp and golden.

Serve warm.

Try other ingredients for fillings like different cheeses and herbs etc.