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※ Amelie's 3rd Birthday Party (Frozen Theme)

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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,...

※ Cordials

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RASPBERRY CORDIAL Sugar syrup - 2 cups water+2 cups sugar 300g raspberries (fresh or frozen) juice of 2 lemons 2 teaspoons tartaric acid Make the sugar syrup. Add the raspberries and lemon juice then simmer for 5 minutes. Stir well, and mash the raspberries up a little. Add the tartaric acid, then put the mixture through a strainer and allow to cool. Pour into a bottle and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. LEMON CORDIAL 8 lemons Sugar syrup - 1.5 litres water + 1.5 kilos sugar, boiled together until the sugar has dissolved. Grate about 2 tablespoons of rind from the lemons before you cut them. Juice the lemons - if you put them in the microwave for a minute before cutting them, you'll get more juice. Add the grated rind and the juice in a large bowl. Pour the sugar syrup over the juice and mix well. PINK LEMONADE 400g strawberries, hulled, plus extra to garnish 130g (8 tbs) caster sugar 160ml (8 tbs) lemon juice Soda water and ice cubes, to serve Place the str...

※ Sneak Peek of Amelie's 3rd Birthday Party (Frozen Theme)

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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.

※ CHOCOLATE CRACKLES - without copha

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  200g / 7 oz. milk chocolate 100g / 1 Stick butter (minus a tablespoon) 3 cups (240g) rice bubbles In a large, heavy based saucepan over a low heat melt together chocolate and butter. Set aside and cool.  Line two mini-muffin trays with cupcake papers. Stir the rice bubbles into the melted mixture, coating thoroughly.  Divide the mixture evenly among the papers and refrigerate for 2 hours.

※ American Cooking - (An Australian Take) Strawberry Ice and Baked Melon Alaska Recipe

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Strawberry Ice & Baked Melon Alaska Recipe

※ Strawberry Mousse

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Serves 6 INGREDIENTS 1 punnet strawberries 300 ml thickened cream 2 teaspoons water 1 teaspoon gelatine 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 egg whites 1/3 cup castor sugar Berries and mint for garnish  METHOD Wash and remove the tops of strawberries, mash well. Add gelatine to the water and let stand for 5 minutes, dissolve it over hot water. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form Gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved. Whip the cream until it has soft peaks and fold into egg white mixture. Add strawberries, lemon juice and fold in lightly. Pour the mixture into serving dishes or glasses and refrigerate until set. (best to leave for a minimum of 1 hour)

※ Hot Cross Buns (SCAN 1932)

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9th Edition, 1932 Standard Brands Incorporated Make up Basic Sweet Dough, * See below adding 9 lbs. of seedless raisins and 1/2 lb. of candied orange peel and citron, or 9 lbs. of Fruit Mixture to a gallon mix. (See Miscellaneous  Toppings and Fillings  ) Fruit should be added just before the dough comes out of the mixer.  If desired more fruit may be added to this mix. This fruit should be soaked in warm water and Diamalt solution (See Miscellaneous Toppings and Fillings) before being used so that the resulting buns will not become dry. AFTER the proper fermentation, scale the dough into pieces of desired weight—round up these pieces, set on bun pans so as to make i individual buns, or set closer together to make one whole sheet—then allow to proof to about twice their original volume. Use knife or scraper to make crosses, running first across the pan and then lengthwise. A patent cutter or any other method may be used to make the crosses,...