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Esterhazy Torte Recipe - Hungarian Esterhazy Torta

By MaryJanex
Hungarian Esterhazy torte is a rich dessert consisting of chocolate buttercream sandwiched between four layers of s...
- Sponge Cake:
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 3/4 ounces sugar
- 1 3/4 ounces GROUND almonds (not chopped)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons flour
- 3 large egg whites, stiffly beaten
- Juice of 1/2 lemon OR 1 tablespoon vanilla
- Chocolate Buttercream:
- 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 pound softened UNSALTED butter
- 5 large egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- Apricot Glaze:
- 1/4 cup melted apricot jam mixed with 1 tablespoon hot water
- Easy Fondant Icing:
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- Garnish
- 2 ounces melted semisweet chocolate mixed with 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 4 ounces toasted or untoasted sliced almonds
Pineapple cake

By Isabelle B.
Cut 2 to 3 slices of pineapple into cubes
- Pineapple, tinned in syrup (1kg)
- 300 g sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 lime
- 35 g flour
- 1 dl kirsch
Tiffin Cake

By 1-kirbal
A delicious family recipe that is fun and easy to make
- 4oz Butter/margarine
- 2 tablespoons Golden syrup
- 3 dessertspoons Drinking chocolate
- ½ lb chocolate
- 1 cup raisins
- ½ lb rich tea biscuits
Banana Split Cake (competition)

By HappyChappy11
This incredible cake is absolutely delicious!!!
- BANANA CAKE:
- 100g butter
- 175g caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 lemon zest
- 400g overipe bananas, mashed
- 1tbsp lemon juice
- 300g flour
- 2.5tsp baking powder
- OPTIONAL: 4tbsp milk
- strawberry jam
- ICING:
- roll-out icing (yellow)
- CHOCOLATE GANACHE:
- 300ml double cream
- 200g milk chocolate, finely chopped
- 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped
- TOPPING:
- 3 x butter cream ingrediants (vanilla, strawberry and chocolate)
- wafer rolls
- sprinkles
- a few digestives, crumbled
- chocolate sauce
Yoghurt cake with a zest of lemon

By stezermeezers
You can adapt this recipe to make any flavour of cake you like by changing the flavour of the yoghurt or adding cho
- 1 pot of vanilla yoghurt (keep the pot)
- 2 pots of sugar
- 3 pots of flour
- 1 pot of oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
- grated lemon zest
- icing sugar to sprinkle on top
Apple Cardamom Cake with Quince Frosting

By Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary, Elizabeth'sKitchenDiary
A deliciously fragrant autumnal cake recipe with apples, cardamom and a luxurious cream cheese frosting flavoured w...
- 150 grams caster sugar
- 115 grams light brown muscovado sugar
- 113 grams unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 small eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 220 grams plain flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 100 grams raw almonds, coarsely chopped
- 365 grams apples, peeled, cored and diced finely
- 250 grams full fat cream cheese
- 100 grams icing sugar
- 1 tbsp quince syrup
- 20 grams raw almonds, coarsely chopped
- quince syrup, to serve
The Best Ever Citrus Carrot Cake

By diddledumplings
A truly marvellous Orange and Lemon Carrot Cake recipe that is perfect for morning tea, afternoon tea and every tim
- Cake
- 300g (11oz) Plain Flour
- 200g (7oz) Soft Brown Sugar
- 200g (7oz) Grated Carrots
- 75g (3oz) Chopped Walnuts
- 75g (3oz) Chopped Pecans
- 75g (3oz) Sultanas
- 250ml Vegetable Oil
- 4 Eggs
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Zest of 1 Lemon
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1 tsp Mixed Spice
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- Frosting
- 125g (4oz) Cream Cheese
- 125g (4oz) Softened Butter
- 450g (1lb) Icing Sugar
- Flaked Almonds to Decorate
Swiss Roulade

By sheida
Swiss roulade, simply called swiss cream roll, is a light rolled thin sponge cake filled with whipped cream (any ty...
- Sponge cake:
- Large eggs --- 4
- Egg yolk ---1
- Corn flour --- 4 tablespoons
- Granulated white sugar --- 1/2 cup
- Pure vanilla extract --- 1/2 teaspoon
- Cream filling:
- Whipping cream --- 1 cup
- Pure vanilla extract --- 1/2 teaspoon
- Granulated white sugar --- 2 tablespoons
Chocolate mousse cake

By parnships, If The Choux Fits
Super easy indulgent dessert
- 200 gr grounded chocolate biscuits (I used bourbons)
- 75 gr melted butter
- some spices like cinnamon and nutmeg
- 375 gr good quality dark chocolate
- 500 ml double cream
- almonds to garnish
Eye-boggling Masterpiece

By HappyChappy11
For a child who loves the 7 dwarves, this is the perfect cake!
- CAKE:
- 175g/230g butter
- 175g/230g caster sugar
- 3/4 eggs
- 175g/230g self-raising flour
- (1tsp baking powder)
- 2 packs chocolate fingers
- 150g butter
- 350g icing sugar
- 1-2tsp orange flavouring
- 2tbsp milk
- Large assortment of icing
- Black edible gravel
- Black edible ink pen
Kids Cake Pop Pops

By Laurapackham
Crumble cake into a bowl until it appears as fine crumbs
- Chocolate Cake, pre-prepared
- Chocolate Frosting
- 1 box white chocolate, 1 box dark chocolate
- Cake pop sticks
- Sprinkles
Chocolate Beetroot Cup Cakes

By Vick11, Foodie
Delicious Beetroot cupcakes decorated with pink butter icing and chocolate balls
- 100g butter
- 100g caster sugar
- 150g SR Flour
- 2 eggs
- 50g cooked beetroot (grated)
- 50g melted dark chocolate
- For decorations:
- 70g butter
- 150g icing sugar
- A drop of pink food colouring
- Chocolate balls
- Grated cooked beetroot
Spider-Man Birthday Cake

By TheGbMum, The Gingerbread Mum
For some reason (I’m trying to think of something other than laziness) it always takes me ages to blog about birt...
Quick Brown Butter and Creme Fraiche Cake with Cocoa Nibs

By selmastable, Selma's Table
At this time of year we are all so busy making the most of the summery weather and produce that baking can take a b
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