Cake Recipes and Articles

10 oz Chocolate, bittersweet

-finely chopped,about 2 cups 1/2 c Butter, unsalted; cut into

-chunks 6 ea Eggs; separated

1 c Sugar

Icing sugar; sifted Butter an 8 inch springform pan, line with parchment paper, then butter paper and dust lightly with flour. To prevent leaking, line outside of pan with double thickness of heavy duty aluminium foil. Melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally, in top of double boiler set over simmering water. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, using electric beater, in a large bowl, beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar on high until very light and lemon coloured, about 5 minutes; scrape down sides occasionally. Beat in melted chocolate mixture until well blended. In separate bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Gradually beat remaining sugar; continue to beat whites until stiff. Gently fold in remaining egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place springform pan in larger pan filled with hot water, coming halfway up sides of springform pan. Bake on lower half of preheated 375F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 275F and bake 30 minutes. Turn off heat, prop door open slightly and leave cake in oven for 40 minutes. Remove pan from water; let cake cool completely in pan. Refrigerate overnight until cake sets. Carefully remove from pan and invert onto serving platter. Bring to room temperature before serving. Dust with icing sugar. Slice and serve with creme anglaise or whipped cream. SERVES: 8-10

————————————BASE———————————— 1 1/2 c Soft coconut macaroon cookie

————————————BODY———————————— 3 pk 8-ounce cream cheese, soften

3/4 c Sugar

4 ea Eggs

1/2 c Sour cream

1/2 c Whipping cream

2 T Sweet sherry

1 t Vanilla

———————————-TOPPING———————————- 1 ea 10-ounce jar raspberry prese

1/2 c Whipping cream, whipped

1 x Toasted slivered almonds

BASE: Press crumbs onto bottom of greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 325, 15 minutes. BODY: Combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream, whipping cream, sherry and vanilla; pour over crust. Bake at 325, 1 hour and 10 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Chill. TOPPING: Heat preserves in saucepan over low heat until melted. Strain to remove seeds. Spoon over cheesecake, spreading to edges. Top with whipped cream and almonds.

10 oz Flour

4 oz Lard

3 oz Sugar

Egg 1/2 ts Bicarbonate

1 ts Treacle

Pinch mixed spice and ginger 4 oz Dried fruit

1 c Milk

Pinch salt Cream the sugar and fat. Mix in the egg and add the remainder of the ingredients, having desolved the bicarbonate in the milk. Bake in a greased tin for about 3/4 hour in a moderately hot oven. Gas control, Gas MArk 5 (375F). Alternate: 3 teacupsful of flour; 1 teacupful of butter; 1

teacupful of sugar; 2 teaspoonful of baking powder; 2 eggs; milk to mix; a little dried fruit. Rub the butter into the flour, add sugar, baking powder and well beaten eggs and milk if necessary - it must be kept fairly stiff. This mixture is enough to fill two sandwich tins. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Cut in half, spread with butter and eat hot. Oven control, Gas Mark 5 (375F). Croeso Cymreig.