ELLI LUCA

Came across these lovely old recipes from 1923.

BUTTERMILK NUT BREAD (Makes one 9 X 4-inch loaf) INGREDIENTS 1 1/ 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup chopped walnut meats 2 eggs, well beaten V2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/3 cup molasses 1 cup Borden's Buttermilk METHOD Sift together flour, salt, soda and baking powder. Add whole-wheat flour and walnuts; mix well.  Combine eggs, sugar, melted butter, molasses and buttermilk; blend well.  Add to dry ingredients; beat until smooth. Pour into a buttered 9 x 4 x 3-inch loaf pan.  Bake in moderate oven (350°F.) 50 to 60 minutes.

Raspberry & White Chocolate Vanilla Cake Made this cake for my wonderful mother in law's birthday on Sunday.  Will blog recipe soon.  Have  lovely weekend everybody.

Shot glass desserts: Left to right strawberry mousse, chocolate mousse & lemon jelly Olaf Cake: Angel food Cake filled with  Bonne Maman strawberry preserves. Decorated with blue candied coated chocolate. Take home drink bottles: All blue with exception of birthday girls in pink. Elsa Cake: Angel food Cake filled with  Bonne Maman strawberry preserves Decorated with white candied coated chocolate. Assorted Frozen Character lolly bags: Theses were a big hit! Assorted character cupcakes: Angel food Cake topped with vanilla buttercream and blue crystal sugar. ANGEL FOOD CAKE Angel food Cake filled with  Bonne Maman strawberry preserves : recipe adapted from allrecipes.com INGREDIENTS 1 1/4 cups white flour 1 3/4 cups white sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups egg whites 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract DIRECTIONS Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks,...

Here is a snap of the cakes. (More photos & recipes coming soon.)   Angel food cakes with vanilla butter cream icing and raspberry Bonne Maman jam as a filling.

New discovery: Philadelphia Frosting Cream Cheese with a hint of lemon  Was feeling lazy so I bought this, it was really good.  INGREDIENTS Makes:  10  cupcakes 125g Softened butter (Lurpak)  125g Self-raising flour 125g Castor sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ( Singing Dog Vanilla the best vanilla I have ever used)  2 eggs Zest of one lime 250 gsm tub of Philadelphia Frosting Cream Cheese frosting (lemon)  METHOD Preheat the oven to 180 C Sift the flour and the sugar into a mixing bowl. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl. Add the vanilla essence to the eggs and stir. Make a well in the center of the flour mix and pour the egg mixture into the well. Stir. Add in the butt...

I will take no credit whatsoever for this recipe or inspiration. It all came from here http://sweetapolita.com Recipe here  I went with 4 layers instead of five as I thought that was enough. On advice from the birthday cake boy chocolate butter cream instead of strawberry. I also filled the layers with Bonne Maman Strawberry Preserves The same cakes were made a month later for my daughter's birthday: (with strawberry butter cream this time (and only two layers, strawberry and vanilla)

Nut Loaf Recipe clipping, found inside a cookbook from the Op Shop. Dated: Wednesday July 10 1957 THE SUN Paper.

Random clipping found inside an old cookbook from a garage sale. Butter Cake & Orange Cake recipe.

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A favourite in our household. A little time consuming (2 hours to boil the oranges) but otherwise really easy to make. INGREDIENTS 2 large oranges 250g raw sugar 5 large eggs 250g (1 1/2 cups) ground almonds 1/4tsp bicarbonate of soda Dash Vanilla extract Two tablespoons Maple Syrup Thick cream, custard or yoghurt, to serve   METHOD Place the oranges in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 hours, adding more water when necessary to keep the oranges covered. Drain and cool slightly. Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter a 25cm spring form pan and line the base with non-stick baking paper. Place oranges whole into the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. (some recipes say remove pips etc before Beat eggs and sugar until thick and pale. Combine almonds and bicarbonate of soda, vanilla and maple syrup and fold into the egg mixture with the pureed oranges until well combined. Pour into the buttered and lined pan and cook for 1 hour...

The following scans were found inside the book when I bought it. Not sure what this one is for? There is no method listed. Yo Yo Biscuit Recipe A Feast of Mushrooms Sweet or Savory Pastry Recipe Xmas Plum Pudding Swiss Roll Honey Crisps Coconut ???? Cake Orange Cake Chocolate Cake

Here is some scans of the dessert section.. Recipes Pineapple souffle Melon Alaska Pineapple Alaska Strawberries Romanoff Chocolate Mint Ice Cream  Lemon Delicious Pudding Caramel Dumplings Caramel Bananas Banana Fritters Apple Fritters

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