Easy chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour.
• 2 tsp baking powder.
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted.
• A pinch of salt
• Buttermilk or milk diluted with 1 cup (8 fl oz / 233 ml) hot water.

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C) Butter and sugar the sides and bottom of 9 inch cake pan
2. Stir together flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt; stir in buttermilk mixture until smooth
3. Pour batter into prepared pan Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean(If using prebaked crust: cool completely before topping with fudge)
4. Cool completely on wire rack before frosting Makes one 9-inch layer Cake Recipe

Apple crumble cake

Ingredients:

-175g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing the tin. -1 large apple (grated or cubed), peeled and grated. -125g self raising flour. -25mls golden syrup or light corn syrup.

• Pinch of salt.

For the custard/cream: 2 cups full cream or 2 containers whipping cream that has been whipped to soft peaks after being chilled in the fridge for several hours. OR — 1 cup store bought vanilla ice cream.

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 190°C / 375°F on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
2. Line an 8x8 inch cake tin with baking powder and add some softened butter.
3. Blend well until it resembles breadcrumbs so you have enough mixture to cover bottom of pan completely.
4. Add grated apples then mix together dry ingredients into a coarse crumb like texture using hands before adding wet ingredients SLOWLY over course of about 5 minutes as not wanting batter too thick). Do not overmix!
5. PRESS BUTTERCRUMBS DOWN INTO BOTTOM OF PAN THEN BAKE FOR 15 MINUTES WITHOUT LEAVING IN OVEN OR until risen slightly Golden brown base
6. on removal from oven CAREFULLY split cake evenly in half horizontally GIVE COOKIE CRUNCH TO ONE HALF BEFORE SERVING WHILST enjoying THE OTHER HALFT ON IT’s OWN WITH A SPINKLE OF CREAM/CUSTARD IF DESIRED

Aperol cake

Ingredients:

200g butter, softened. 100g caster sugar. 3 large eggs, separated.

• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp cornstarch mix*
• 100ml Aperol (or other dry vermouth)
• Orange marmalade or preserves for decoration

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour an 8” round cake tin & line with parchment paper.
3. Beat together butter and sugar until light& fluffy;
4. Add egg yolks one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract.
5. In another bowl whisk together flour and cornstarch mixture until smooth and lump free.
6. Gradually add to creamed ingredients alternately with vermouth– stirring just until combined each time.
7. Pour batter into prepared cake tin & bake on middle rack for 30 minutes
8. Press center of pan lightly after 20 minutes baking If desired garnish top of finished loaf with marmalade before serving.