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Cook's Corner
Your fortnightly recipe to
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VANILLA YOGHURT CAKE
125ml / 4fl oz natural yoghurt
200g / 7 oz sugar
100g / 3.1/2 oz melted butter
2 small eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
250g / 9oz S.R. Flour
100g / 3.1/2 oz raspberries, crushed with a fork
200ml / 7fl oz crème fraiche or greek—style yoghurt
Icing sugar for dusting
Preheat oven to 180c / 350f/ gas 4.
Lightly oil an 18cm / 7 inch diameter, 3inch /7.5cm cake tin. And line base with non-stick
baking parchment. In a large bowl, whisk together the first 5 ingredients, then
quickly but thoroughly beat in the flour until well blended. Pour into the prepared cake
tin and bake in centre of oven for 1-1.1/4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre
of cake comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then transfer to a cake
rack to cool completely. When cake is cool, using a sharp knife, slice in half
horizontally to make two equal discs. To make the filling, fold the crushed
raspberries into the crème fraiche or yoghurt. Sandwich the cake together with raspberry
mixture, dust the top with icing sugar or top with your favourite icing.
EASY CHOCOLATE CAKE
250g (9oz) Plain Chocolate
284-ml (10fl oz) pot double cream
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
15 Nice Biscuits
Break the chocolate into coarse chunks. Heat the cream in a pan over a low heat until
almost boiling, then add the chocolate and remove from heat. Cover pan and leave for 5
mins. Add the vanilla essence to the mixture and begin stirring until smooth. Pour
the mixture into a large bowl and chill until it begins to thicken. Line a 450g
(1-lb) loaf tin with cling film. Leave some excess cling film hanging over the edge of the
tin. Spread one- sixth of the chocolate mixture over the base of the tin. Put a
layer of biscuits on top. Repeat the layering, finishing with a layer of chocolate.
Wrap the excess cling film over the top of cake. Chill for at least 2 hours, preferably
over-night, until the chocolate is set firmly. Unwrap cling film from top of cake
and turn onto a serving dish, carefully peel off the cling film. Cut into slices to
serve. You can use Digestive biscuits to help give a crunchier texture. When
layering the biscuits, you will need to break them up slightly to cover the chocolate
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