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Carrot cake
Place all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Spoon into tin.
Place tin on glass shelf in lower shelf position and cook on
CONVECTION 170 °C + SIMMER MICROWAVE for 20-25 mins or until
cooked and well risen. Allow to cool in the tin. To make the topping cream
the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in sieved icing sugar.
Decorate the cooled cake with the cream cheese topping and walnuts.
ingredients
SERVES 8
150 ml (¼ pt) sunfl ower oil
250
g
(9 oz) wholemeal
self-raising fl our
10 ml (2 tsp) baking powder
10 ml (2 tsp) cinnamon
5 ml (1 tsp) nutmeg
150
g
(5 oz) light muscovado sugar
50
g
(2 oz) walnuts, coarsely
chopped
125
g
(4½ oz) carrots, grated
2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, beaten
Cream Cheese Topping:
75
g
(3 oz) butter
100
g
(4 oz) cream cheese
225
g
(8 oz) icing sugar
chopped walnuts to decorate
Dish: 20 cm (8”) square tin,
base lined
Oven accessory: glass shelf
in lower shelf position
Banana cake
Peel the banana and mash until smooth with the vanilla fl avouring. Place the
butter and sugar in a bowl. Place on the base of the oven and heat on HIGH
MICROWAVE for 1 minute, or until soft. Stir in the fl our, salt and bicarbonate
of soda. Beat in the eggs and mashed banana. Spoon into the prepared
cake tin. Place tin on glass shelf in lower shelf position and cook on
CONVECTION 160 °C + WARM MICROWAVE for 17-18 mins. Or until
cooked.
ingredients
SERVES 8
1 banana, large
3 ml (½ tsp) vanilla fl avouring
75
g
(3 oz) butter
100
g
(4 oz) granulated sugar
150
g
(5 oz) self-raising fl our
3 ml (½ tsp) salt
2 ml (¼ tsp) bicarbonate of soda
2 eggs
Dish: 20 cm (8”) cake tin,
lined with greaseproof paper
Oven accessory: glass shelf
in lower shelf position
Dundee cake
Mix the chopped nuts, fruit, peel and fl our together. Cream the fat, sugar
and lemon rind until pale and fl uffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Fold in
the dry ingredients. Spoon mixture into tin and hollow out the centre slightly.
Split the reserve almonds, and arrange on top. Place tin on glass shelf in
lower shelf position and cook on CONVECTION 160 °C + WARM
MICROWAVE for 40-45 mins.
ingredients
SERVES 8
100
g
(4 oz) currants
100
g
(4 oz) sultanas
100
g
(4 oz) raisins
50
g
(2 oz) whole almonds,
blanched and chopped, reserve
6 whole for decoration
100
g
(4 oz) chopped mixed peel
225
g
(8 oz) butter or margarine
225
g
(8 oz) soft brown sugar
grated rind of one lemon
4 eggs
275
g
(10 oz) plain fl our
Dish: 20 cm (8”) round tin,
greased and lined
Oven accessory: glass shelf
in lower shelf position
Desserts / Cakes
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