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Friday, July 31, 2009
Cakes for the School Fete
Devils Food Cake
115g butter
115g dark chocolate
115g golden syrup
55g brown sugar
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
4 tablespoons of milk
225g self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
1 egg
Gently melt together butter, chocolate, syrup and sugar, stirring regularly. Set aside to cool. Dissolve soda in milk. Sift flour and salt together. Beat in the chocolate, milk and egg. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 for 30 minutes.
Let Cool and Ice
Icing
1cup of chocolate
1 cup of cream
Melt chocolate take off heat and beat in cream. Spread on cake.
They went to the school in box's we had decorated with pictures from various school activities. The ribbon was made out of candy strap and the coat of arms in marzipan.
Carrot Cake
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
3 cups grated carrot
1 cup of chopped walnuts
2 ½ cups of self raising flour
½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons of mixed spice
Juice and zest of one orange
Beat together wet ingredients, add carrot and walnuts then add dry ingredients
Place in lined cake pan place in a 180 oven
Let cool before icing
Icing
30g butter
80g Softened Cream cheese
1 ½ cups of icing sugar
Zest of an orange
Beat all ingredients together until smooth
I would say "Success Crowns Effort" is a nice summation of your cake-making process!
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