Pavlova

                                       

At this time of the year we tend to go out for BBQ or lunch's and I always like to take something. A pavlova is easy to transport and I just add the filling when I get there. And it always tastes good.

Pavlova:

150ml eggwhite {approximately 4 eggs}

1 cup {220g} caster {superfine} sugar

2 tablespoons cornflour {cornstarch}

2 teaspoons white vinger

Filling:

1 cup {250ml} cream

1/2 passionfruit pulp

250g strawberries

or what berries you have and a banana

Preheat the oven to 150 c {300f}. Place the egg whites in the bowl of a clean electric mixer and whisk till stiff peaks. Adding the sugar gradually, whisk well, until the mixture is stiff and glossy.

 Add the cornflour and vineger and whisk until combined. shape the mixture into an 18cm round on a lined baking tray. Reduce the oven to 120 c {250f} and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn the oven off, and allow the pavlova to cool completely in the oven with out opening the oven door.

whisk cream until soft peaks. spread over the pavlova, top with the topping of your choice.

Enjoy:

Donna Hay

Sticky Date Pudding



We love to make this especially on a cold winters night, a favourite of Master M, he even likes to makes this.

Ingredients

300 g Pitted dates

2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

600 ml boiling water

120 g butter

dash of vanilla

2 Eggs

460 g Plain flour

3 tsp Baking powder

Caramel Sauce

800 g Brown sugar

400 g butter

450 ml cream

1 Mix chopped dates bicarb soada pore boiling water over dates and let sit for 10mins.

2 combine the sugar, butter and vanilla and beat till creamy.

3 Add eggs, beat.

4 Add the dates and the flour and fold through

5 Pore into a lined cake tin and bake at 180 degrees 40-45mins.

In a saucepan boil brown sugar, butter and cream for 5mins

We like to make a praline to go with our pudding, equal amounts of water to sugar, boil till golden. Pour on to a lined tray.
Enjoy

Chocolate Mousse Meringue Cake

Meringue

4 eggwhites

11/2 cups icing sugar

1 Tbsp cornflour

1 cup hazelnut meal

Chocolate Mouse

400g dark chocolate chopped

1/2 cup cream

2 eggs separated

11/2 thick cream

Preheat oven to120oc. Place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat till stiff peaks form. Gradually add the sugar and beat until the mixture is thick and glossy. Add the cornflour and hazelnut meal and beat until well combined. Draw 2x22cm circles on 2 pieces of non-stick baking paper, Place on trays, dived the mixture evenly between the circles. Spreed the mixture evenly over the 2 circles.Bake for 35mins or until the meringue is just crisp. Turn oven off and allow to cool completely in the oven.

To make the chocolate mousse, place the chocolate and cream in a heatproof bowl over saucepan of simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted. Allow to cool slightly.Add egg yolks and stir until combined.

Place the egg whites in a bowl and whisk until soft peaks form. Fold through the chocolate mixture until combined.

Fold through the wiped cream. Refrigerate for 15mins.

Place 1 meringue in the base of a 24cm-round spring form tin lined with non-stick baking paper. Spread with the mousse and top with the remaining meringue. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours or until set. Dust with cocoa.

donna hay.

Enjoy

Steamed Pudding



All photos taken on a i pod.







 A guest post from Master M. In the holidays I went to my nanns house and we really wanted to make something so we decided to make a Steam Pudding! it was really and I mean really GOOD! I hope you like the look of my Pudding. Master M

2 eggs
4 oz butter
6 oz sugar
8 oz SR flour
1/2 cup of milk
We creamed the butter, sugar together then added the eggs. Adding the milk and flour.
We then added the mixture to a greased pudding tin, with golden syrup in the base of the tin.
We cooked the pudding in simmering water for 40mins
I hope you enjoyed my blog post!

Apple Pie

This weekend we had the family over for lunch. My contribution was home made apple pie, made with the apples we picked last weekend, whats a apple pie with out cream and ice cream. Yum.