Monday, May 5, 2008

Grandma Ena's walnut brownies

These are seriously too die for. I don't know why I am posting this recipe, I haven't even given it to my sister!

1/3 cup butter
2oz chocolate
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tea vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/4 tea salt TYPO FIXED :)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Melt the butter and chocolate. Cool. Add sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and salt. Mix well. Pour into a lined, greased brownie pan.

25 minutes 375 degrees.

Butter bean and tomato soup

4 celery sticks diced
1 onion diced
garlic, chopped
1 can tomatoes
1.5 cups water
250 mils vegetable stock
1 can butter beans

Saute vegetables, add tomatoes, stock and water. Cook till vegetables are tender. Add beans and warm through

Almond cake

125 grams ground almonds
125 grams butter
125 grams sugar
3 eggs
1 cup SR flour
2 drops almond essence and a bit of milk

Cream fat and sugar, add eggs one at a time. Add almonds and four, essence and enough milk to mix to dropping consistency.

Line a cake tin and put batter in. Bake 1 hour 375 degrees.

Ambrosia Salad

2 tins drained mandarins (put some aside)
1 tin drained crushed pineapple
1 cup shredded coconut
250 grams sour cream
white marshmallows

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Decorate with mandarins.

Armenian Squares

1.5 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg and enough milk to make a 1 cup mixture
2 cups SR Flour
1 cup chopped walnuts

Mix flour, sugar and the butter. Spread 1/2 the mixture into a lamington tray. Add the egg and milk and walnuts to the rest of the mixture. Spread over the biscuit mix.

Bake 50/60 minutes 160 degrees.

(it's also yummy if you spread jam over the biscuit mix and subsitute 2 cups of dess. coconut to the topping)

Friday, April 25, 2008

My super secret Mud Cake recipe

Another one given to me years ago by a client. She was given this recipe from a friend when she lived in the US in the 40's. If it sounds like your family's secret recipe, I will acknowledge it if you can prove it!

250gram butter
150 grams dark chocolate
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of hot coffee
1/2 cup whiskey
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/4 cups Self raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa
2 eggs lightly beaten

Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, coffee, whiskey. Heat and stir till all melted. Cool.
Mix in the flours, cocoa and eggs.
Pour into pan

Mod to slow oven for 1 and 1/4 hours.