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Stained Glass Cake

Stained Glass Cake Ingredients 250g soft Californian dessert dates 250g glace pineapple 110g glace apricots 110g green glace cherries or clementines 110g red glace cherries 250g shelled brazil nuts 2 eggs ½ cup brown sugar (lightly packed) 1 tablesp vanilla … Continue reading

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Christmas Cake with 27 ingredients

Ingredients 250gms butter 250gms sugar 6 eggs 1 ½ cups plain flour 1 cup SR flour 1 tablesp mixed spice or ground cassia bark ½ level teasp salt ½ teasp ground ginger juice and rind of 2 oranges 1 tablesp … Continue reading

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Poached Peaches, Nectarines & Christmas Berries

Poached Peaches, Nectarines & Christmas Berries in Strawberry Juice Ingredients 2 oranges 1 lemon 10 ripe peaches 10 ripe nectarines 500mls white wine 400 grams caster sugar 150 grams blueberries 150 grams strawberries 150gms raspberries Method Poached Fruit Thinly slice … Continue reading

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Gran Turner’s Christmas Pudding

Ingredients 250g plain flour 250g breadcrumbs (1 loaf bread) 250g suet  (or butter) 250g brown sugar 750g sultanas 250g raisins 250g mixed peel 1 small teacup marmalade 750g currants 125g almonds slivers grated rind of 2 lemons level teaspoon mixed … Continue reading

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White Christmas with Cranberries

Ingredients 2 cups rice bubbles 1 cup toasted macadamias 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup diced dried apricots 1 cup shaved coconut 1 cup powdered milk ½ cup icing sugar 1 cup copha 1 tablesp triple sec or any orange … Continue reading

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White Christmas with orange liqueur

Ingredients 2 cups rice bubbles Zest of 1 orange ½ cup sultanas 1 cup flaked almonds 1 cup dried cranberries or cherries 1 cup diced dried apricots 1 cup shredded coconut ½ cup icing sugar 1 cup powdered milk 250gms … Continue reading

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Frozen Christmas Pudding

Ingredients ½ cup raisins ½ cup prunes ½ cup sultanas ½ cup  currants ½ cup chopped mixed glace fruit 1 tablesp mixed peel ½ cup white rum or kirsh ½ cup toasted almond slivers 1 crushed peanut brittle bar 1 … Continue reading

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Festive Fruit Cake

Ingredients 8 oz dessert dates 8 oz glace pineapple 4 oz glace apricots 4 oz green glace cherries 4 oz red glace cherries 8 oz shelled brazil nuts 2 eggs ½ cup brown sugar (lightly packed) 1 tsp vanilla 1 … Continue reading

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Ros Forrester’s Brandy Cream

Ingredients 1 egg separated ¾ cup caster sugar 3 tablesp brandy 300mls cream Method Beat egg white with a pinch of salt Gradually add sugar and continue beating Toss in egg yolk and mix well Beat cream till stiff Fold … Continue reading

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Apple Turnover

Ingredients 1 can pie apples or pie apricots 1 cup strawberry jam Puff pastry sheets 1 tablesp caster sugar ½ teasp cinnamon Method Preheat oven to 200C Open can apple and drain Cut squares of pastry from pastry sheet Spread … Continue reading

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