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Recipe of the week

Chocolate Egg with 3 Chocolate Mouse & Stick Gingerbread

Recipe of the week comes from Pamela Kemp

 Pamela provided 2 excellent recipes this week,

 Chocolate Egg with 3 Chocolate Mouse and a Sticky Gingerbread

 

Chocolate Egg with 3 chocolate Mousse, perfect for making with the kids at Easter time

 

Chocolate Kinder Egg with 3 Chocolate Mouse, made by Pamela kemp Ingredients

  • 4 eggs plus 2 extra eggs whites
  • 75g caster sugar
  • 50g dark chocolate
  • 50g milk chocolate
  • 50g unsalted butter50g white chocolate
  • 50g crème fraiche
  • 6 Small kinder eggs

 

Method

1.         Break the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks

2.         Beat the yolks (best in a mixer) with the sugar until double in size and is pale and frothy

3.         Melt each chocolate in different bowls with the butter divided between the 3 bowls

4.         Divide the egg yolk mixture into the 3-chocolate bowls and carefully mix through then add the creme fraiche again between the 3 bowls.

5.         Beat the egg whites until the form soft peaks. Gently fold the egg whites into the 3 chocolate mixtures.

6.         Break the top of the kinder

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Recipe of the week

Melting Moments Shortbread Cookie with Caramel Buttercream

Recipe of the week comes from Pamela Kemp

 

Pamela provided 2 excellent recipes this week, Melting Moments Shortbread Cookies with Caramel Buttercreamand and a

lovely Sticky Date Loaf

 

Melting Moments Shortbread Cookies with Caramel Buttercream

Melting Moments made by Pamela Kemp

 

Ingredients

  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 125g cornflour
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 225g soft butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

Icing

  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 125g icing sugar
  • 125g nestle caramel condensed milk

 Topping.

  • Left over caramel condensed milk or 1 pk of Caramac buttons or can just dust with icing sugar.

Method

 Biscuits

  1. Mix all the ingredients together
  2. Roll into small walnut size balls.
  3. Place on tray lined with greaseproof paper and press the dough with a fork until slightly flattened
  4. Place in preheated oven gas 4 for 13-15 mins. Should be still pale in colour. Leave to cool

Icing

  1. For the icing beat the butter and sugar until pale
  2. Add the caramel condensed milk and mix through

 

Sandwich the 2 biscuits together with the caramel buttercream

Melt the Caramac

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Recipe of the week

Caramel Bun and a Delicious Tea Loaf

Recipe of the week comes from Pamela Kemp

Pamela provided 2 excellent recipes this week, a Caramel Bun and a lovely Tea Loaf

 

Caramel Bun Recipe

For the buns

Can use Victoria sponge recipe but I like the recipe below. Keeps fresher if they buns aren’t eaten same day.Delicious Caramel Bun made by Pamela Kemp for recipe of the week

Ingredients

  • 150g Self raising flour
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • 150g caster or granulated sugar
  • 115g unsalted melted butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 120g Greek style yogurt
  • 1 table spoon nestle caramel condensed milk

Caramel butter icing

  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 125g icing sugar
  • 125g nestle caramel condensed milk

 

Method

Cake

  1. In a mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract, yogurt and caramel condensed milk. Beat until combined.
  2. Sieve in the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Beat until combined.
  3. Divide into bun cases. I place the buns cases into muffin tins. This keeps the shape better. Bake at Gas mark 4 for 15-20 mins.
  4. leave until cool

 

Buttercream

  1. Beat the butter
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