Inspired by Paola's mention of her 'Death By Chocolate' cake... and requests for the recipe.

Everyone can post their favourite recipes... or requests for advice about something you'd like to try...

and we can all get to read about the results!!

Take it away Paola............. :D

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OK THEN!!!! But you've been warned! :lol:

CHOCOLATE MASCARPONE MUD CAKE

6 eggs
6 savoiardi biscuits (large or 8 small), ground
220g caster sugar
220g butter
220g almond meal
450 melted dark chocolate
220 mascarpone cheese or double cream (or half-half)

Line a 23cm tin with baking paper.
Prehead oven to 160 degrees

Cream caster sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Add 6 eggs, one at a time and keep mixing.(don't worry if it curdles)
Fold in savoiardi and almond meal.
Fold in chocolate and cream.

Pour into tin. Do not lick spoon or tin!

Bake for 1 hour or until cracks appear in top of cake. Cool in tin. turn out onto wire rack. Cake will harden on standing.
When cold, pour over the granache.
Serve in THIN wedges with double cream and strawberries on the side. (emphasis here is on THIN - you heard me - THIN!!) :lol:

GRANACHE

375g dark chocolate, melted
1 cup cream

Mix together. Leave spoon alone.
Go for a jog.

Living on a really small budget, I have so many recipes it ain't even funny. This one is actually a friend's, and after having tried it when I figured I had most of everything needed around the house, I'm really glad I did!

TANGY CITRUS SNAPKISOBA (Yakisoba)

1/4 8 oz container Orange Marmalade
2 packages Maruchan instant Yakisoba
1 cup Plum Sake, separated into 3/4 cup and 1/4 cup servings
1/2 cup Berry herbal tea, brewed, "ready to drink"
1/4 cup Lemon herbal tea, brewed, "ready to drink"
2/3-3/3 cup Lemon Juice
Sri Racha, to taste

1 Coat bottom of medium frying pan with water, 2/3 cup sake, and Marmalade, on "Hi" heat
2 Let boil until mixture thickens just slightly. Add sauce packets for Yakisoba.
3 Let boil for another 2 minutes, add both servings of Yakisoba noodles, Sri Racha, and Lemon Juice
4 Let boil until mixture has primarily boiled off, should still be some liquid - add Sake, add Tea.
5 Let thicken until all of liquid has solidified. Fry noodles in bare pan for a bit afterwards - turn off heat, let chill before serving.

Bon apetit!

OPTIONAL: Though designed for chilled somen, Somen Tsuyu has a great, rustic flavour that actually really compliments this dish! Pour a little on your still-warm bowl of Yakisoba and expect a joy for your tastebuds.

Sounds yummy. I assume the Yakisoba are like Soba noodles? What is
Sri Racha? Is this a Japanese dish?

Pretty much. The yakisoba and sri racha you can find in the 'ethnic food isles' of most grocer stores here.

Did a bit of a search and found the other recipes we posted... so here they are:

Temptressg:

this will be in American measuring...sorry. But I'm sure you guys are smart enough to figure this out right? :D

Cheesecake bars

18.5 oz yellow cake mix (use that super-moist Sarah Lee stuff for BEST results otherwise it'll be on the dry side)
8 TBL softened butter or margarine
3 eggs

12 oz. softened cream cheese or neufchatel
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
2 eggs

STEPS: (preheat oven @ 350)
1.) Combine cake mix, butter and egg. Mix well and spread inside greased 9 by 12 in. brownie pan (oblong cake pan, I think it's also called)

2.) Combine cream cheese, sugar and egg in a separate bowl, spread evenly on top of batter

3.) Bake at 350 for 30-35 mins. Cool for 15-20 mins, cut into medium squares and store leftovers in fridge.


note: recipe has been tweaked to accomodate group of friends, 10 strong :) .

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Paola:

BANANA SOUR CREAM CAKE

125g (4oz) butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar (caster is better)
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas (approx. 3 bananas)
1/3 cup sour cream
2 cups self-raising flour
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

Beat butter and sugar until soft and creamy.
Gradually beat in the sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add combined bananas and sour cream alternately with the sifted dry ingredients.
Spoon into greased deep 20cm cake tin.
Bake in moderate (180 degrees) oven 1 1/4 hours or until cooked when tested.
Leave in tin for 10 mins before turning out to cool on wire rack.

CREAM CHEESE ICING

Mix some cream cheese with enough icing sugar to make a spreadable icing and add some grated lemon rind or orange rind.

Voila!!

courtesy Womens Weekly cookbook no 2.

I try to use the brownest bananas I have as these have heaps of flavour.

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VEGETARIAN PASTA

Brown 2 medium chopped onions in a pan heated pan sprayed with cooking spray..... add 2 cloves chopped garlic..(or minced equivalent)

Add 2 tins chopped tomatoes (440g/15?oz)

2 teaspoons sugar

1/2 cup torn basil leaves (or squeezed tube/jar equiv.)

slurp to taste of sweet chilli sauce

1/2 cup sliced black olives(or to taste )

2 florets broccoli - cut into bite size pieces and micro waved to taste..

Simmer for 5-10 minutes... pour over pasta. .. top with shaved or grated parmesan...

serves four or more..

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P that sounds divine!!!!!

.......although i have a problem with some parts of it:

Paola:

Pour into tin. Do not lick spoon or tin!

Mix together. Leave spoon alone.
Go for a jog.

:roll: :lol: :lol:

Oh my gosh! i am getting hungry just by reading the recipies especially the chocolate cake yum yum!!!! Sounds really rich! but mmmmm its chocolate :D yummy! must go out and buy ingredients! *runs to shop*.

Ooo i love Yakisoba! i have it all the time! well maybe because im half japanese so that might be why i have it all the time lol mmmm and sushi!

Man ALIVE that cake sounds good.
Well, we have a dwarf sour cherry tree (it's still over 6 feet tall) and it just PRODUCES! I got a gallon (pitted and cooked) before I left for vacation, 2 sets of friends picked pounds and pounds and today I got 6 quarts pitted (probably about 5 cooked).
So here it is: Sour Cherry Pie.
4 cups sour cherries, pitted. 1 cup sugar (I use sugar subsitute, it doesn't affect anything). 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca (powder. You can also use cornstarch or arrowroot). 1 tablespoon cherry brandy (Optional but HIGHLY recommended, Cherry Heering is what we use but I suppose kirsch would work the same). 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon lemon peel. 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring. Combine all this stuff and let it sit for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook on medium heat until thickened.
Pie crust: 2 cups flour, 1 stick butter cut into small chunks and cut together until blended, add roughly 4 to 5 tablespoons cold water (a little at a time until it holds together) and roll out/cut out/do whatever you have to do to get it into a receptacle, whether that be a pie dish, baking dish, whatever. Pour cherries in and bake at 375 Fahrenheit (give or take 25 degrees) for roughly 1/2 hour, whenever it's bubbly.
You can do fancy latticework if you feel like it, but this pie and crust are positively foolproof and SO good. Best with fresh cherries just off the tree, but of course anything works. Oh... one note... tapioca gives the juices a whitish color so if that bothers you, you can add food coloring. Sorry about the US measurements, you guys.

OK people....need help here. My mum was baking some kind of a carrot cake and she was busy doing other stuff at the same time and accidentally added salt instead of sugar....and it turned out to be heaps yucky of course. So bin it went.

And she's upset about it because she spent ages getting the stuff ready..what's something that I could do now quickly to cheer her up?????

THANKS! :D

Can you go to the shops and buy a cake to replace it?

I know it's not the same.. but after all that work... having nothing to show for it.

And if it was for a special reason... :?

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Label the salt and sugar canisters for her...... :lol:

Sorry, that was mean.

I hope it wasn't for anything special. You could probably make one for her. Or Bev's suggestion, and buy one. Too late now, I suppose. Just tell her how much you love her cooking and help her organize the ingredients for another one. A little mother-daughter time.

awwwww! i know how your mum feels jenny. have done exactly the same thing!...well chocolate is always good :D go and get your mum some chocolate :) or as suggested organize some more ingredients :)