Virginia White
Now that apples are at their best it’s a good time to use them for cooking as well as eating fresh.
1.5kg tart cooking apples, peeled and cored
100g unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
90ml Calvados (optional)
1 vanilla bean, split
3 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
300ml double cream
Lynne Ford
1 kg ripe plums, halved, stones removed
40 g brown sugar plus 1 teaspoon extra for sprinkling later
Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon gluten free cornflour
Topping:
130 g spelt flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 egg
55 g unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
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Georgina Adamson
Nothing nicer than a slice of fluffy sponge cake with cream and fresh summer
fruits. Replace flour with Gluten Free alternative. Quick and easy to ‘whip up’.
4 eggs separated (fresh from local chooks, so much nicer). Take out of the fridge
earlier to reach room temperature.
¾ cup caster sugar
1/3 cup each plain, SR and cornflour.
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Jenny Halliday
Peach flan
160g butter
160g caster sugar3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
220g plain flour
3 or 4 firm ripe peaches
Extra caster sugar for sprinkling
Combine butter with caster sugar in a food processor until creamy.
Add eggs separately until well blended.
Add vanilla essence and plain flour. Process until just combined.
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Mark Jenkinson
Mark is an enthusiastic baker and is sharing some of his favourite recipes that he cooked at his cafe. Some of his inspiration came from his mother’s own recipe book. Linda Sang
250g butter
1 ½ cups of plain flour or equal SR and plain flour
4 tbsp custard powder
4 tbsp icing sugar
dash of vanilla
Preheat oven 150C. Prepare tray and line with baking paper.
Beat butter and sugar until very fluffy, then fold in the rest.
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Mark Jenkinson
4½ cups SR flour
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ cups of cream
1 can of lemonade (any soft drink will do, I tried Passiona, lemonade and Coca Cola, all different).
Cook on 250C for 15 min (or until cooked). If you have a micro/convection oven microwave, cook the scones for an extra 2 minutes and watch them rise further. These scones were very popular at my café.
