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Banoffee "Cheese" Cake Recipe by Mary McCartney

Easy
For the base: Blitz the cookies in a food processor or put in a resealable plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin to a small crumb consistency, then mix in the oil. Press the cookie mixture into the base of a parchment-lined 8-inch springform nonsti
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
8

Spiced Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Easy
I always couple my Carrot Cake with an American inspired Cream Cheese Frosting. This is essentially just buttercream made with half butter and half cream cheese but the result is a wonderful creamy texture that holds up to being spread all over the c
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
10

Grapefruit cake with grapefruit cream cheese frosting

Easy
1) Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Line a 20-cm cake tin with greaseproof paper and spray with nonstick oil. 2) Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre for wet ingredients. Add water, oil, ze
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
8

Fried pumpkin layer cake with cream cheese and orange frosting

Easy
For the pumpkin cake: 1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour 2 (20 cm) round cake pans. 2) In a large mixing bowl combine and beat with a hand held electric mixer all the ingredients until the batter is smooth. Divide the batter betwee
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
8

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Medium
1. For the cake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper. 2. Whisk the oil, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until blended. 3. In a separa
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
12

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Easy
1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment and lightly coat with cooking spray.  2. Spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until light brown and fragrant, 7 minutes. Set aside 12 peca
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
10

Mini Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Glaze

Easy
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12 mini loaf pans or a 12-cup regular muffin pan with pan release spray.Spread the pecans out on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until toasted, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool and then pulse in a
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
12

Spiced Apple-Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Easy
For the cake: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Liberally butter and flour a 10-inch fluted tube or Bundt tin. Set aside.In a large bowl, mix together the apples, maple syrup, eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
57 mins
Serves
10

Vermont white cheddar mac n' cheese cake

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas 5. 2) Put butter in a 4L heavy bottom pan; melt slowly. Add the shallots and sweat for 10 minutes. Add vinegar and white wine and reduce for 15 minutes. Pour in cream and reduce by half. Transfer to blender; slowly
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Carrot cake with lemon cream cheese icing

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. 2) In an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter on high until smooth. Then add the icing sugar. Continue to beat on high until the lumps have all dissolved. Finally, beat in the vanilla essence and lemo
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
70 mins
Serves
12

Cheese lovers 5 cheese mac and cheese

Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 8 and butter a 23cm by 33-cm glass baking dish. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil and add some salt. Cook the macaroni according to the package directions. Drain. 2) In a large Dutch oven or other heavy pan,
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
6

Mac 'n' cheese cake

Easy
1) Using a round 5cm mould, cut the lasagna sheets into 6 circles and boil for 2 minutes with 100g sugar. Coat the lasagna sheets in vegetable oil spray and dust with sugar, then set aside. 2) Slice the strawberries, coat in sugar, and set aside. F
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
6 mins
Serves
4

Pumpkin cake

Hard
For the classic Genoese: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Place a very large saucepan half filled with water over a high heat and bring it to a simmer. Make a double boiler by setting a large mixing bowl over the simmering water. 2) Break the egg
Prep Time
150 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
4

Organic Chocolate and Peanut Banoffee Layer Cake

Medium
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease and line three round 8-inch cake tins. 2. To make the cake, beat together the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Next add the oil, milk, vinegar and a squeeze of lemon. Mix together the grated chocolate and c
Prep Time
90 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
25

Red Velvet Cake

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and flour 3 (23cm) round layer cake tins. 2) Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa together. Beat the sugar and eggs together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the oil, vinegar, food
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
6

Carrot ice cream cake

Hard
For the carrot cake: 1) In a mixing bowl, with paddle attachment, add the oil and sugar. Mix well, about 1 minute. 2) Add the eggs to the bowl and mix. Once the eggs are mixed, sift the dry ingredients and add to the bowl. Mix until incorporated. W
Prep Time
120 mins
Cook Time
180 mins
Serves
6

Cookies and Cream Cake

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Spray 2 (9-inch) cake pans with cooking spray and dust with flour. In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the eggs and egg yolk, 1 at a time,
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
8

Chocolate Layer Cake with Fruit

Medium
1. Preheat oven to 175°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line 3 round cake tins (23cm / 9 inches). 2. Blend the cocoa powder with the hot water and set aside. Separate the eggs. 3. Whisk the sugar with the egg yolks in a bowl until light and fluffy. A
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
16

No Cake Cheesecake

Easy
Take a marble plate and a bowl.Turn the bowl over. Stick blue tack on it and on the bottom of the plate. Press the plate on top to create a cake stand. Assemble the cake: • Cheese 1• Layer of celery strips, positioned in a circle,
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Red Velvet Strawberry Cake

Medium
   Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Cut two 22-by-3 1/2-inch strips of parchment paper. Spray a 7-inch springform pan with nonstick spray. Line the bottom with parchment and fit one of the strips of parchment around the inside of
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
80 mins
Serves
10

Peanut butter cheese cake minis

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Place a paper baking case in each cup of a standard muffin pan. For the biscuit base: 1) In a bowl, combine the digestive biscuit crumbs, sugar and melted butter until the crumbs are moistened. 2) Press a layer
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
12

3-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

Medium
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In large pot filled with water add 3 pinches of salt and the macaroni and place over high heat. Bring to a boil and let cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain. Set aside. In a large saucepan, melt butter. Sprink
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
4

German chocolate cake - Make my cake

Medium
1) To make the frosting, combine the evaporated milk, slightly beaten egg yolks, sugars, vanilla and butter in a large saucepan or heavy pot over low heat. When the butter melts raise the heat to medium, stirring constantly. The mixture will thicken
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
24 mins
Serves
-

Chocolate and Caramel Cake

Easy
This is a great recipe for all the chocolate lovers, which means everyone. In this recipe I have made a simple chocolate cake which is very easy to perfect and combined it with caramel cream cheese buttercream icing. This cake is quick and easy to ma
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
-

Sticky Lemon Curd Cake

Medium
For the sponge: Preheat the oven to 160°C Cream the butter and the sugar until almost white. The minute you think you are done creaming, add on another 5 minutes! This is best done in a free-standing mixer, to avoid a very tired arm! Beat the
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
8

Tropical pound cake

Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 150C/Gas 2. Spray a 2.5L tube tin with cooking spray and dust with flour. Make sure the tin is coated well, then set aside. 2) Cream together the butter and cream cheese on low speed until mixed well. Slowly add the sugar. Bea
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
90 mins
Serves
10

Spring Celebration Carrot Cake

Easy
Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter 2 (8-inch) square cake tins, line them with buttered parchment paper, and dust with flour. Toss the carrots, walnuts and 80g pineapple with 60g of the flour in a small bowl and set aside. Whisk the remaining flour,
Prep Time
100 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
12

Cake-Mix Ice Cream Sundae Cake

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line a 9-by-13-inch cake pan with aluminum foil, and coat it with cooking spray.Beat the cake mix, oil, egg and 1/4 cup water in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Let stand a few minutes
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
12

Simply Delicious Strawberry Cake

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Lightly grease two (23cm) round cake tins. 2) In a large bowl, combine the cake mix and gelatine. Add the pureed strawberries, eggs, oil and water; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour in
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
8

Strawberry and goat's cheese cupcakes

Medium
To make the pineapple filling: 1) Combine the sugar, pineapple, cornflour, butter, lemon zest, ginger and salt and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and clear. 2) Stir in the lemon juice and cool completely. To make the cupc
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
39 mins
Serves
-

10-Cheese Mac and Cheese (Yes, Really!)

Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 175°C. 2. For the macaroni: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the macaroni to al dente according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside. 3. For the sauce: In a large saucepot on medium heat,
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
8

Carrot Cake

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with vegetable spray; line it with a piece of parchment paper, leaving an 1-inch overhang on 2 sides and spray the paper. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
16

Delilah's 7 cheese mac and cheese

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 3. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook until slightly al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside to keep warm. 2) Whisk the eggs in a large bowl until frothy. 3) Add
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
70 mins
Serves
10

Cardamom Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Icing

Easy
For the cake: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas mark 4. Grease 3 (20-cm) round cake pans and line the bottom of the pans with parchment paper. Spray the paper and pans with baking spray. Set the pans aside until ready to use. 2) In the bowl of an ele
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
8

Flag cake

Medium
1) Heat the oven to 180C/Gas mark 4. Butter and flour an 46 x 33 x 4cm sheet pan. 2) Cream the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed, until light and fluffy. On medium speed, ad
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
20

Coconut cake

Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease 2 (23cm) round cake tins, then line them with parchment paper. Grease them again and dust lightly with flour. 2) In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
10

Rich chocolate cake with a New York attitude

Medium
For the cheesecake swirl: 1) In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla essence on high speed until well combined. Add the eggs and continue to beat on high speed. Make sure to scrape d
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
10

Anniversary chocolate-buttermilk layer cake with toffee and toasted almonds

Medium
For the cake: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and flour 3 (18-cm) cake tins. Cut greaseproof paper circles to fit the bottoms of the tins and fit into the bottom of each. 2) In a free standing mixer, add both sugars and butter and beat
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
16

Five Spice Carrot Cake with Pecan Brittle

Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C or 160°C in a fan oven. Grease and line an 8 inch (20 centimetre) cake tin. 2. In a bowl, sieve together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and Chinese five spice and mix them. In another large bowl, whisk t
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
10

Country vanilla sponge cake

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas4. Beat the sugar and butter together to get a fluffy and pale consistency. Beat the eggs separately and then add in little by little whilst mixing. Add the vanilla and spoon in the flour. 2) Line a 15cm tin with greas
Prep Time
80 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
6

Key Lime Cake

Easy
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease and flour one 9-by-12-by-2-inch cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, mix the gelatin, granulated sugar, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir to mix well. Add the oil, orange juice, lem
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
12

Chocolate Blackout Cake

Medium
For the Cake Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease and line with parchment 3 8-inch round cake pans. Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder into a large bowl (or into the bowl of a standup mixer fitted with the paddle attachment). A
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
12

Black Velvet Cake

Medium
Pre-heat the oven to 160°C. Grease and line two round 8-inch cake tins. To make the cake, beat together the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Next add the oil, buttermilk, vinegar, and black food colour. Mix together the grated chocolate
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
12

LA Layer Cake

Medium
Begin by making the plain sponge cake: 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4. Grease and base of a deep 23cm cake tin. 2. Whisk the oil, buttermilk, vinegar, eggs, sugar and vanilla together. In a separate bowl sift in the flour and baking po
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
8

Red Velvet Cake

Easy
1. For the cake: Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven, and preheat to 350 degrees F. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray; dust with flour, and tap out the excess. 2. Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking soda
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
12

Red Velvet Cake

Medium
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease two 8-inch square pans and line the pans with parchment so that it comes up the sides as well. 2. Using electric beaters or in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until smooth,
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
10

Hazelnut crunch cake

Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Butter and flour 2 (20cm) cake tins. 2) Prepare the cake mix according to package instructions, divide between the 2 cake tins and bake according to the package instructions. Remove from the oven and leave to cool
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
8

Strawberries and Cream Sponge Cake

For the Sponge Cake Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper, but do not grease the pan. Whip the eggs and sugar on high speed until they are almost white in colour, more than triple in volume a
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
10

Carrot and Pineapple Cake

Hard
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 (8-inch) round cake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pans. Beat the sugar, oil, and eggs together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light ye
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
8

Cardamom Cake with Chocolate Cream

Easy
I love a simple, moist sponge and the addition of cardamom gives it an even lighter texture. In this recipe the cardamom sponge goes perfectly with the chocolate cream. The chocolate lets the cardamom shine through in this very light cake. This cake
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
-

Carrot Cake Jelly Roll

Medium
Special equipment: small offset spatula, orange gel food coloring, pastry bag and plain pastry tip     Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C. For the cake: Grease a 13-by-18-inch sheet pan with butter, line bottom of the pan with parchm
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
12

Toasted pound cake with mascarpone and amaretto

Easy
Preheat oven to 180°C/ gas mark 4. 1) Place the pound cake slices on a large heavy baking tray and toast in oven for 7 to 10 minutes until the slices turn golden brown. Alternatively, toast the pound cake slices in an electric toaster until go
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
6

Banoffee Cheesecake

Easy
Preheat the oven to 180°C, (160°C for fan ovens), Gas Mark 4. Double wrap the outside of the cake tin in clingfilm. Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted buttery spread. Press into the base of the tin and chill for 10 minutes. Beat the crea
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
12

Aunt Chelle's Three Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and put a large pot of salted water on to boil. 2. Add the macaroni to the boiling water and cook until al dente, 8 to 9 minutes. Drain well. 3. Meanwhile, in a pot, melt 2 sticks of the butter over low heat and t
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
6

Eccles Cakes

Easy
Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7. First, melt the butter in a small pan, taking care not to burn it. Then, in a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, the Demerara sugar, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest. Roll out t
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
12

Laura Chenel's goat cheese macaroni and cheese

Easy
For the artichokes:1) Preheat oven to 200C/Gas 6.2) Trim the artichokes. Using a serrated knife, remove the top 1 1/2cm of each artichoke and cut off the stem to create a flat surface for the artichoke to sit on a plate. Place in a casserole dish. 3)
Prep Time
120 mins
Cook Time
120 mins
Serves
6

Three Tier Red Velvet Cake

Hard
Lining the Tins: 1. Take your first cake tin and draw round it twice onto baking paper. Cut out both circles. Measure the circumference of the tin with string, then cut a long strip of paper the length of the string and fold in half length ways.
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Put the lime in the coconut cake

Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and flour 2 (23cm) cake tins. 2) In an electric mixer or using a hand beater, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the coconut oil and eggs, 1 at a time. In another mixing bowl or on a sheet of gre
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
10

White Chocolate and Raspberry Layer Cake

Medium
For the red velvet cake: 1. Grease and base line one 23cm loose bottom cake tin. 2. Heat your oven to 180°C. 3. Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Use an electric whisk and beat until thoroughly blended. Pour the mixture into the
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
12

Really good chocolate layer cake

Hard
1) In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil, turn off the heat and whisk in the cocoa until smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature. 2) Place a shelf in the centre of the oven, and preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Butter 2 round cake tins,
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Serves
8

Strawberry Meringue Cake

Easy
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 175°C. Spray a 9-inch nonstick springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.In an electric mixer on high speed, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the sugar slowly, then the vanilla, baking powder, and
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
10

Hazelnut Crunch Cake with Mascarpone and Chocolate

Medium
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 180°C / gas mark 4. Butter and flour two (20cm) cake tins. Prepare the cake mix according to package instructions. Divide the batter between the two cake pans and bake according to package instructions. Remov
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
8

Raspberry Ripple Cake

Easy
Line a 23cm (9inch) square cake tin, with baking parchment. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C for fan ovens), Gas Mark 4. Whisk the sugar, eggs and the vanilla on a high speed with an electric hand mixer until very light and fluffy. Sift in
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
8

Orange coffee cake

Easy
For the cake:1) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/Gas 4. Butter a 23-cm round cake pan. 2) Separate the biscuit dough into 8 biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in the center of the pan. Cut the remaining biscuits in half, forming 14 half-circles. Arrange the
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4

Billie's Italian Cream Cake with Blueberries

Easy
For the cake: 1. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. 2. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside. 3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, oil and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
12

Waffled Carrot Cake

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Spread all the pecans on a baking sheet and bake until toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool slightly, then pulse 1/2 cup in a food processor until very finely chopped, but not ground. Roughly chop the remaining pecans for
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
4

Leek and Potato Cake

Easy
For the dough: Add the flour, butter and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer. Run the machine at its slowest setting for 5 to 7 minutes. Add the yolk, and as the butter starts breaking into the dough, you will notice that your mix will start looking
Prep Time
50 mins
Cook Time
70 mins
Serves
6

Lyle's® Easter Egg Cake Pops

Medium
You will also need a 20cm loose-bottomed round cake tin, greased and the base lined with parchment paper, 30 lollipop sticks and a block of polystyrene pierced to hold the cake pops. Preheat the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°, Gas 3. Combine the butter
Prep Time
150 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
30

Lyle's® Cake Pop Flower Bouquet

Hard
You will also need a 20cm (8”) loose-bottomed round cake tin, greased and the base lined with parchment paper, 30 lollipop sticks and a block of polystyrene pierced to hold the cake pops. Preheat the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°, Gas 3. Combine the b
Prep Time
150 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
30

4-cheese mac and cheese with spicy chilli crust

Easy
1) In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring the cream to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Slowly whisk in the mixed cheeses until smooth. Add the pepper and truffle oil. Add the partially cooked pasta letting it finish cooking in the ch
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Serves
16

Coconut-Caramel Icebox Cake Stacks

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Spread the coconut out on a baking sheet and bake until golden and toasted, tossing halfway, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely.Put the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and dulce de leche in a large bowl and beat wi
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
6

Chocolate layer cake with cheesecake filling

Easy
1) Preheat oven to 150C/gas 1. 2) Line a 23-cm round baking tin with aluminum foil, letting edges of foil extend over sides of pan. Lightly grease the foil. 3) In large bowl, beat the cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until crea
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
70 mins
Serves
8

Chocolate Chip Cookie Layered Birthday Cake

Medium
Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 175°C. Line the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with a parchment circle. Butter the parchment and the sides of the pan.For the cookie layer: Whisk together the flour, baking soda a
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
8

Braised collard greens on polenta cakes

Medium
For the polenta cakes: 1) Butter a half-sheet pan (about 30 by 44cm), line it with parchment paper, and butter the parchment paper. Set aside. 2) Bring the vegetable stock, salt, white pepper and cayenne to a boil in a medium saucepan over a high
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
165 mins
Serves
-

Double chocolate gooey butter cake

Easy
1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4. 2) Lightly grease a 33 by 23cm baking pan. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 115g melted butter, and stir until well blended. Pat mixture into prepared pan and set aside. In a stand mixer, or with a h
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
20

Paula's Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream

Easy
For the butter cake: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Lightly butter a 32-by-22cm baking pan. 2) In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 egg and 225g of the melted butter and stir until well blended. Pat the mixture into the prepared pan and s
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
20

Ham and Cheese Quick Bread

Easy
Preheat the oven to 175°C. Lightly spray a 9-by-5-by-3-inch metal loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, 3/4 teaspoon dry mustard, salt and cayenne until combin
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
8

Cinnamon Vanilla Wedding Cake

Medium
Combine the egg whites and sugar in a stand mixer bowl and whisk to combine. Place bowl over simmering water while whisking regularly until the mixture reaches 140 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer and the sugar is completely dissolved. Remov
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
12

Cinnamon vanilla wedding cake with Mexican hot chocolate buttercream

Medium
For the Mexican hot chocolate buttercream: 1) Combine the egg whites and sugar in a stand mixer bowl and whisk to combine. Place the bowl over simmering water while whisking regularly until the mixture reaches 60C on an instant-read thermometer and
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
-

Sigrid's Carrot Cake

Easy
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 160°C. Mix together the granulated sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and comb
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
12

Bacon and Blue Cheese Macaroni Cheese

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6. Place a baking rack on a sheet pan and arrange the bacon in 1 layer on the baking rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. 2) Remove the pan carefully from the oven – there will be hot greas
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
2

Organic Figs with Goat's Cheese Cheesecake

Easy
1. Preheat oven 180°C. Grease a 25cm loose based cake tin with some butter and add the extra flour to coat tin, shake out any excess flour. 2. Break up the goat's cheese and beat until smooth then beat in Greek yoghurt. 3. Beat in yolks, sug
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
8

Blue velvet cake

Easy
For the cake: 1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and flour 3 (20cm) round pans. 2) In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix well after each addition. Mix cocoa and food colouring
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
8

Banoffee Iced Fancies

Easy
Preheat the oven to 200°C / (180°C fan oven) / gas mark 6. Beat the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer or by hand in a medium sized mixing bowl with a wooden spoon. Gradually add the eggs, beating well between each addition unt
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Serves
12

Filled Banoffee Cupcakes

Hard
Preheat the oven to 200°C / (180°C fan oven) / gas mark 6. Beat the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer or by hand in a medium-sized mixing bowl with a wooden spoon. Gradually add the eggs, beating well between each addition until fully i
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Polenta stacks with ham, spinach and cheese

Easy
1) Position a rack about 15-cm from the grill and preheat to high. Cut the polenta into 8 squares and transfer to a baking sheet. Pat dry with a paper towel and lightly brush with olive oil. Grill until tops are browned, about 8 minutes. Remove pan f
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Pan-roasted black grouper with wild American prawns, black-eyed pea cakes, applewood smoked streaky bacon, frisee salad and smoked tomato coulis

Easy
For the black grouper: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Season the fillets with the salt and pepper. 2) In a large saute pan heat the olive oil over a high flame, not quite to smoking point. Add the butter, then quickly, just as the butter begi
Prep Time
50 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Serves
6

Cheese board

Easy
1) Go to the best cheese shop in town and ask the person at the counter which cheeses are ready to serve. Taste everything; they expect you to. We all know that the Brie may look terrific, but it can be underripe and tough, or overripe and ammoniated
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
8

Black forest cake with whipped cream frosting

Easy
For the cupcakes: 1) Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C/Gas mark 3. Line a mini-cupcake tin with 36 mini liners. 2) In a heavy-duty mixing bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients. Once thoroughly mixed, add all the wet ingredients except the boi
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
23 mins
Serves
36

Hunter's veal chop with Southern cheese grits: jaegerschnitzel with Southern cheese grits

Medium
1) Season the veal chops with salt and pepper then dredge in flour, patting off excess flour. 2) In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add enough oil to coat bottom of the pan. Sear chops until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remo
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
4

Caramel Cake

Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Grease and flour three (23-cm) cake tins. 2. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter until fluffy. Add the caster sugar and continue to beat well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating wel
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
8

Pumpkin seed crusted chicken with Mexican corn cakes

Easy
For the chicken: 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Pound the chicken breasts until they are 0.5cm thick. 2) Place the eggs into a dish. In another dish mix the plain flour, salt and pepper. In a third dish place the ground pumpkin seeds and panko
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Flag Cake

Medium
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 175°C. Coat a 9-by-13-inch rectangular baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and coat again with non-stick cooking spray. Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powd
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
12

A birthday cake

Easy
1) Lightly butter and flour two 23cm by 4cm round cake tins. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. 2) In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter at low speed until smooth, about 1
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
90 mins
Serves
6

Chocolate Cake

Medium
For the cake: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 190°C. Butter and line the bottom of 9- by 13-inch cake pan with parchment paper, overlapping on two sides to create flaps.Put the chopped chocolate in a bowl. Heat the c
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
20

Piñata Cake

1. Grease and line the bases of 3 x 8” cake tins. Preheat the oven to 160°C(fan)/180°C/Gas Mark 4. 2. Cream together the Stork and caster sugar until light and fluffy. 3. Beat in the vanilla extract. 4. Add the eggs one at a time beating w
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
10

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