bicarbonate of soda Archives

Rusk recipes

Buttermilk rusks

30 - 40 minutes

Easter recipes

Cranberry and orange hot cross buns with milk chocolate drizzle

15 minutes

Carrot recipes

Carrot cake with cream cheese-and-lemon icing

50 minutes

Red velvet cake

30 minutes

Nut recipes

Dense date cake with thick peanut butter frosting

1 hour, 30 minutes

Crunchies

20 minutes

Afternoon tea

Meringue almond chiffon cake

30 minutes

Chocolate recipes

Sticky malva pudding with brandy sauce

30 minutes

Sticky tipsy tart

40 minutes

Coffee recipes

Coffee-and-date cake

35 minutes

Oversized salted chocolate chip cookies

Serves 10 to 12

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 1 hour, 20 minutes, plus chilling time

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

450 g brown sugar
335 g butter
1 t vanilla extract
1 free-range egg, beaten
550 g flour
2 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t salt
125 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
125 g white chocolate, roughly chopped

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Cream the brown sugar, butter and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add ¼ of the egg (discard the rest), flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt, taking care not to overmix.

Divide the mixture in half and place in separate bowls. Add the white chocolate to one batch of cookie dough and the dark chocolate to the other.

Mix the chocolate into each batch evenly and mould into golf ball-sized rounds, then flatten slightly.

Place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden.

Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Strawberry tart with lemon posset

Rum-and-raisin rusks

Crispy pork rashers with cabbage

Buttermilk rusks

Cranberry and orange hot cross buns with milk chocolate drizzle

Carrot cake with cream cheese-and-lemon icing

Red velvet cake

Dense date cake with thick peanut butter frosting

Crunchies

Meringue almond chiffon cake

Sticky malva pudding with brandy sauce

Sticky tipsy tart

Coffee-and-date cake

Lemon syrup cake

Oversized salted chocolate chip cookies

Oversized salted chocolate chip cookies

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