Someone on Gasbaggers had a recipe for Biscotti & a Chocolate Cake. I tried doing a search....You have too many pages.... Can you please repost here & anyone else with sure to rise, never fail , guaranteed to be eaten and never burn recipes

Here's my Chocolate Cake recipe: Melt together in a pot: 100 grams Butter 1 cup Milk 1 cup Sugar 2 Tblsps Golden Syrup Add to: 2 cups Flour 1 cup Coconut 2 Tblsps Cocoa 1 tsp Baking Powder Mix well then add: 1 tsp Baking Soda dissolved in 1 cup Cold Strained Tea Mix well again (it is quite a sloppy batter). Bake 45 - 60 minutes at 180C.

Ok, here is the biscotti one .... its not really a "non fail" one .... I screwed my first batch. The key is to not use too much banana, and make sure you cook the first part well. 1/2 cup Really ripe Banana 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence yolk of one large eagg 1 (packed down) Tbsp of Brown Sugar 1 Cup Self raising flour pinch salt (I dont add this) 1Tbsp water if needed. Turn oven to 160 degree's. Mash Banana with a fork, and put into Med size bowel with egg, vanilla, brown sugar, the flour (which has been stirred with a fork and lightly spooned into a cup) and the salt. Fold everything together until flour is dampened without overmixing, adding water if mixture seems thicker than a muffine mixture Line the sides and bottom of a med size loaf tin with a strip of baking paper and spoon in mixture. Level it with the back of a wet spoon. Bake for 15-20 min, until a skewer or toothpick comes out clean (no uncooked mixture) then take from the oven, remove from tin and cool on a rack. Loaf should be pale and not golden brown. Turn down oven to 125 degrees. When the loaf is cool, or cold, cut into slices with a sharp serrated knife. (They dont taste good at this stage) Lie the slices on a cooling rack rather than a solid sheet, and bake them again at the lower temp for 15-20min or until the slices are golden brown and crisp right through (you may need to take one from the oven to check its dry in the middle) Watch carfeully as the flavour is spoilt is biscotti browns too much Store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Just to better Sheri here's my chocolate cake recipe! Ingredients 8 oz / 225 g dark chocolate (40-45% cocoa) 5 oz / 140 g butter 7½ oz / 1 cup / 210 g sugar 4 eggs 4 heaped tablespoons / almost ½ cup / 1 dl / 60 g flour 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 tablespoons / ¼ cup sour cream Method 1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C / 350 deg F / Gas mark 4. 2. Line a 9 inch / 23 cm cake tin with greaseproof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin. 3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with butter over hot water. 4. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. 5. Slowly fold in the melted butter and chocolate and the sour cream. 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean. 7. Cool the cake. Remove the crusted surface on the top of the cake, and cut in half, horizontally. [b]Frosting[/b] 1. Heat 2/3 cups (1.6 dl) of heavy cream in a sauce pan. 2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark chocolate (40-45% cocoa), and stir until smooth. 3. To test it, transfer a tbs of the frosting into a chilled cup and place in the fridge for 15 minutes. If it is too thin, add some more melted chocolate. It it is too thick, add a few tablespoons of cream, stir until smooth, and test it again. 4. This cake should have room temperature when served to have soft frosting. [b]Banana Biscotti[/b] 1/2 Cup really ripe mashed banana 1/2 tsp vanilla essence yolk of 1 large egg 1 (packed down) Tbsp brown sugar 1 Cup self raising flour pinch salt about 1 tbsp water if needed Turn oven to 160. Mash banana, then put into a medium sized bowl with the egg, vanilla, brown sugar, flour (which has be stirred with a fork and lightly spooned into a cup) and the salt. Fold everything together, until the flour is dampened without overmixing, adding water is mix seesm thicker than a muffin mix. Line the long sides and bottom of a medium sized loaf tin with a strip of baking paper then spoon in the mix. Level it's top with the backl of a wet spoon. Bake for 15-20mins until a skewer comes out clean, take from oven, remove from baking tin after loosening ends with knife, and cool. The loaf should be pale colour. Turn oven down to 125. When cool, cut into 7cm slices lie the slices in one layer on a cooling rack or oven rack other than a solid sheet. and bake them again at the lower temp for 15-20mins or until the slices are golden brown and crisp right through. Watch carefully as the flavour is spoilt is the biscotti brown too much. Store in airtight jars for up to 2 weeks!

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Uh... I have to admit here that I actually fobbed off home made teething rusks as biscotti once when I was desperate and there was nothing else in the baking tins. They acutally tasted pretty good, especially if you dip one half in melted chocolate. 55 g margarine 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg [i]cream together marg and sugar, then beat in egg[/i] 1 and 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder [i]sift and stir through[/i] Roll out on a flourered baking tray. til about 1 cm thick. Bake at 160ºC until brown and risen (about 15 - 20 minutes). Cut into bars and push apart on the tray a little. Turn oven down low to about 100ºC, and leave in til crisp - about an hour. Allie

This is the easiest thing you'll make in your life, and Glenn will enjoy making it too.. CRISP CHOCOLATE BARS 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/3 cup choc chips 1 1/2 cups Rice Bubbles Line a sponge roll tin with baking paper. Melt the peanut butter and choc chips together. Add the rice bubbles and mix till thoroughly coated. Put into tin and flatten with the back of a spoon. Place in freezer for 1 hour or until set. Cut into 12 bars. Another goodie... CARAMEL BISCUITS (easy) 100g butter 1 tbsp milk 1/2 cup sugar 1 dspn golden syrup Melt together and boil 3 minutes, then add: 1tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour pinch salt 1 tsp baking soda Roll into ball and flatten with fork, bake at 180 for 10 mins. My personal fav; APPLE WALNUT CAKE (for a 23cm ring or 20cm round cake) 125g butter 1 cup sugar 1 large egg 2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp cinnamon 2 med apples (chopped small) 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup each sultanas & chopped walnuts (leave walnuts out if you don't like them/have them) Heat oven to 190 Melt butter, add sugar, egg and spices. mix well. Add chopped apples then flour & soda, sultanas & walnuts & fold together. Spoon into greased tin, bake ring tin for about 30 mins and round tin for 35-40 mins until centre springs back & a skewer comes out clean. Serve cold or warm, dusted with icing, preferably with loads of whipped cream

Man you guys must be mind readers, i was popping on here tonight to ask anyone for good recipes for babies, well they have already been started here! I want to do more cooking for my girls, what kinda food are you feeding your wee ones?? By the way, my biscotti was shit, so i am not going to bake it again, i nearly cried that i couldn't cook it! So i put it in the too hard bin!!

SAUSAGE PIE 50g butter 1 cup flour 2t vinegar 1-2 T milk 1 packet of sausage meat 1 carrot(grated) 1/2c frozen peas 1 potato(grated) 1 onion( grated) HARD ON THE EYES 1 apple grated or pineapple pieces chopped up about 1/2 cup. 1 carrot grated 1 T sugar 1 t mixed herbs 1-2 t curry powder 1 T vinegar 1/4c breadcrumbs 1/4 cheese Make pastry rub butter into flour add first measure of vinegar & milk, mix to a stiff paste. Chill, roll out & line greased pie dish. Combine sausage meat with veges, seasonings & vinegar mix well. Put into pastry shell. Sprinkle on breadcrumbs & cheese. Bake for 1/2 -3/4 hours on 180c' (350') Freezes well Liz [url=http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jnj/]http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jnj/[/url]

Must tell you my absolutely fave cake. It's easy, looks great, and everyone that tries it loves it. (Or else they're just being polite!!) [b]Mel's Apple Almond Cake[/b] 500g fresh or canned fruit (I use tinned apple slices) (or apple pie filling) 175g butter 1 3/4 cups flour 3 large eggs 1 1/2 cups caster sugar 1tsp almond essence 2 tsp baking powder Topping :: 1/4 cup flaked almonds 2 TBSP demerara or raw sugar 1. Heat oven to 160 degrees C 2. Grease a 20-24cm round tin (springform ones are best. 3. Drain canned fruit 4. Melt butter, add sugar, and eggs. Mix well. 5. Mix in almond essence 6. Add sifted flour and baking powder. Mix well. 7. Add sliced fruit to mix and pour into tin. 8. Sprinkle with topping 9. Bake for approx 1hr serve warm or cold. Fantastic warm, with whipped cream. Yummy! Enjoy.

Keep the recipes coming I'm not the worlds worst cook but I'm a terrible baker This is mine IMPOSSIBLE PIE 4 eggs 80g S/R flour 60g grated cheese 4tspn oil salt&pepper to taste 400mls milk 1cup of chopped veges, mushrooms, onions or whatever Chopped bacon, ham, chicken if required Combine all ingredients except veges etc in a large bowl with lid. Shake up and down until mixed. Add veges, meat etc and stir. Pour into greased pie dish and bake at 180d for approx 30-40minutes until set.

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I have been meaning to post these for ages... and since I have the recipe book out here goes ; Spiced Apple Cake 250g butter 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 tsp BP 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tin sliced apple (I use the fresh up tin - quite a big sized one) 1/2 cup sultanas raw sugar Melt butter in a big pot, add in the rest except for raw sugar. Put into a greased cake tin, sprinkle with raw sugar, bake for 45 to 60 mins's at 160 C. Enjoy! Also; Tangy Lemon Slice 200 g butter 1/4 cup golden syrup 1 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp BP 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup sultanas 1 cup coconut 1 1/4 cup cornflakes Melt butter and golden syrup. Remove from heat, add flour, BP and sugar, mix then add everything else. Cook for 20 mins @ 180 C. Ice with lemon icing (2 cups icing sugar and enough lemon juice to get the right consistency).

this is a naughty but nice receipe...not good for the hips! you can add as much or as little of the alcohol as you feel - a great mummy pick me up chocolate baileys truffles 200g butter 200g dark chocolate 1/4 cup baileys 1 cup raisins or sultanas chopped 3 cups icing sugar 1 cup coconut melt the butter and chocolate together either in the microwave or in a saucepan on simmer. add the baileys, icing sugar and raisins mixing until smooth and well combined. chill the mixture until you can shape it into balls and roll in coconut and refridgerate.

bump look for my truffle recipe especially for viv jacquie

Thanks Jacquie, I've copied it down too as it sounds yum. Will be great when I need to take something somewhere or for visitors after coffee.

Viv's Saucy Meat Loaf 500g sausage meat 500g mince 2 onions - finely diced 2 rashers bacon - diced 1 egg 1 teaspoon curry powder 2 sprigs parsley - chopped 3/4 cup breadcrumbs 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water Combine sausage meat, mince, onions, bacon, egg, curry and parsley. Mix well (get those hands in there ). Add breadcrumbs and mix again. Gradually add liquids (I actually just add them all at this stage - no difference ) and mix well again. Grease a roasting dish and pour meatloaf mix in - moulding into a loaf shape. Hint - it's quite a stiff mix but don't let it get all over the pan. Just dump in the middle and basically make a long, skinny loaf going from one side of the pan to the other which leaves a bit of pan on each side for the sauce to sit in. Cook in a moderate oven (180oC) for 30 minutes. In the meanwhile - make the sauce. 1 cup tomato sauce 1/4 cup worcester sauce 1 teaspoon coffee powder (granulated is fine) 50g butter 1/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup water few drops lemon juice. Combine in a saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour sauce over the loaf (once it has been cooking for 30 minutes) and cook for a further 45 minutes. Baste frequently.

Hey everyone, i have just re-typed all my recipes that have been on paper, so thought i might add them to here, in case anyone wants them Lolly Cake!!!! 125g Butter ½ cup of condensed Milk 180g packet of fruit puffs 250g packet of malt biscuits – crushed Coconut Melt butter in medium saucepan, Stir in condensed milk Remove from heat to cool slighty Stir in fruit puffs and malt biscuits Turn out and shape into a roll. Roll in coconut Refrigerate for 4 hours until firm Store in fridge Playdoe!!!! 2 cups of flour 1 cup salt 1 teaspon oil Water Mix until a nice blend, can add colour as well Playdoe 2!!! 1 cup flour 1 cup water ½ cup salt 1tablespoon oil 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar Rice bubble Cake!!! 100 gms butter ½ cup brown sugar 1 desert spoon of Honey 1 dessert spoon of Golden Syrup 1/2t salt 4-5 cups of Rice bubbles Boil together gently for 5 mintues – Butter, sugar, honey and golden syrup, remove from heat and add rice bubbles and mix together well. Press into a tin and place in the fridge, cut when cold Flan!!! 2 ½ cups of Flour 2 teaspoons of baking powder 150gms of butter Salt 100 mls of hot water Mix into a dough and add hot water Refrigerate for 15 mintes Mix 3 eggs, 1 cup of milk and cheese and veges (any other things wanted) Cook 190’C for 35 minutes Corn Fritters!!! 1 can of corn 2 teaspoons of salt 1 cup of flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 2 eggs Mix dry ingredients, add eggs and cook in fry pan Apple Crumble Cake!!! 1 stick of butter 1 cup of sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1 ¾ cups of flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons of milk 6-8 med size apples Crumbles: 1/3 cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup of flour Cream butter add sugar and eggs, gradually add flour, baking podwer and salt, stir in milk and vanilla. Pour batter into buttered baking dish. 10x15 inches. Wedge the slices of apple at an angle over the entire top of the batter. Mix together the ingredients for crumbles and crumble over the cake. Bake at 180’C degrees for 40-50 minutes Apples!!!! Butter 2 tablespoons Sugar 1 cup – 1/2 Flour 1 cup – 1/2 Mix and put in dish, cook until brown ½ hour at 150 C Mock Chicken!!! 1 cup of macaroni – cooked 2 eggs 1 chopped onion ½ teaspoon of mixed herbs ½ teaspoon of salt 1 cup breascrumbs ½ cup milk 1tablespoon melted butter or oil 1 tablespoon of peanut butter Combine milk and peanut butter together by heating until smooth. Mix in all other ingredients. Place in a greased bowl and cook in microwave on high for 8 – 10 minutes. Serve how with gravy and veges or cold with salad Meatloaf!!! Sausage Meat 2 teaspoons of mixed herbs 1 cup of flour 1 egg 1 onion Carrots, peas Mix well and cook in loaf tin on 180’C

Awesome Sarah i remember having that Lolly Cake tha tmy aunty made when i was about 8 and always wanted to make it. thanks me gonna try it this week!!!

THANKS SARAH ... I too always wanted the lolly cake reciepe!!! Not to mention corn fritters