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Snowman Cookies
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
Perfect cookies for the season and they are eggless
- Softened Butter - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Water - 1 teaspoon
- Almond Extract - 1/4 teaspoon
- Plain Flour - 2 1/2 cups
- Red and Green Gel or Liquid Food Colours
- Black, Red and Green Writing Gel for eyes and buttons
Alcohol and Preservative Free FruitCake
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
Fruit cake is one of my favourites but as my religion does not permit alcohol - I had to adapt and come up with an
- Raisins - 1 cup Sultanas - 1 cup Other dried fruit - 2 cups (I used prunes, apricots, cranberries, figs)
- Almonds - 1 cup (toasted and roughly chopped)
- Plain Flour - 1 3/4 cups
- Granulated Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Light Brown Soft Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Eggs - 2
- Softened Butter - 1/2 cup
- Apple Juice - 1 cup
- Orange Juice - 1 cup
- Clove buds - 4 (ground)
- Mixed Spice Powder - 1 teaspoon
- Ground Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
- Ground Ginger - 1 teaspoon
- Ground Nutmeg - 1/2 teaspoon
- Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
- Zest of 1 Lemon
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
- Baking Soda - 1 teaspoon
- To make the lemon and orange peel:
- Lemon - 1
- Orange - 1
- Water - 1/3 cup
- Sugar - 1/4 cup
Glazed Chocolate Cake
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
A moist and delicious chocolate cake covered with a simple glaze - no mess - no fuss cake that can be prepared in a...
- For the cake:
- Butter – 150 g
- Baking Powder - 2 teaspoon
- Caster Sugar – 150 g
- Eggs - 2
- Plain Flour – 180 g
- Cocoa Powder – 30 g (2 tablespoon)
- Vanilla Extract – 1/2 teaspoon
- Milk – 250 ml (1 cup)
- Golden Syrup - 2 tablespoon
- For the glaze and decoration:
- Butter – 90 g
- Golden Syrup - 1 tablespoon
- Cocoa Powder – 30 g (2 tablespoon)
- Blanched Almonds - 15
Mint Chocolate Pots de Creme
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
A smooth, velvety , creamy dessert that can be prepared well in advance - perfect for parties
- Double Cream - 180 ml (3/4 cup)
- Whole Milk - 240 ml (1 cup) + 60 ml (1/4 cup)
- Sugar - 80 g (1/3 cup)
- Milk Chocolate - 180 g (3/4 cup)
- Dark Chocolate - 100 g (1/2 cup)
- Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
- Mint essence - 1 teaspoon
- Corn Flour - 2 tablespoon
- For garnishing:
- Mint Leaves
- Whipped Cream
- Grated Chocolate
Chequered Biscuits
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
Crunchy biscuits perfect to make as gifts for friends and family
- Plain Flour - 200 g
- Softened Butter - 150 g
- Icing Sugar - 150 g
- A pinch of salt
- Cocoa Powder - 25 g
- Egg White - 1
- Milk - 2 to 3 teaspoons (if required)
Apple and Cinnamon Swirls
By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
Delicious bread based twisted swirls filled with grated apple and cinnamon butter
- For the dough:
- Strong white flour (Bread flour) - 400 g and extra to sprinkle when rolling out
- Dried yeast - 7 g
- Sugar - 50 g
- Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
- Milk - 250 ml
- Butter - 75 g
- For the filling:
- Butter - 40 g
- Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon
- Sugar - 40 g
- Grated apple without skin - 100 g
- For glaze and decoration:
- Egg - 1
- Icing sugar - 75 g
- Water - 1 teaspoon