Beetroot Chocolate Fudge Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 250g Dark Chocolate
• 3 Eggs
• 250g Light Muscovado Sugar
• 1 Vanilla Pod
• 2 tbsp Maple Syrup
• 2 tbsp Honey
• 40g Self-Raising Flour
• 40g Plain Flour
• 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 25g Coco Powder
• 40g Ground Almonds
• 250g Raw Beetroot
• 100ml Black Coffee
• 30ml Sunflower Oil

Topping:

• 150g Dark Chocolate
• 3 tbsp Black Coffee
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 3 tbsp Honey

Method

1. Greece a 20cm x 8cm loose bottomed tin and pre-heat oven to 160C
2. For cake, melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water then allow to cool a little
3. Beat Eggs with Sugar, Vanilla, Syrup and Honey (3 mins)
4. Fold in Flours, Bicarbonate of Soda, Salt, Coco Powder and Ground Almonds
5. Finley grate the Beetroot, dab with kitchen towel to remove excess moisture
6. Mix Beetroot, cooled Chocolate, Coffee and Oil into the mixture until well combined
7. Tip into tin and Bake (1 hour 30 mins)
8. Cover cake with foil and return to oven (30 mins)
9. Tip out and cool on wire rack
10. For Topping, melt Chocolate in a bowl over simmering water
11. Remove and stir in Coffee, Vanilla and Honey
12. Slice the cake horizontally in two, spread some of the topping in the middle, then all around the sides
13. Decorate with whatever you fancy…

Chelsea Buns

Ingredients

Dough

• 450g Strong White Bread Flour
• 1tsp Salt
• 7g Fast action Yeast
• 30g Caster Sugar
• 25g Butter
• 225ml Milk
• 1 Egg

Filling

• 125g Dried mixed fruit
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 60g Muscovado Sugar

Method

1. Sift Flour into a bowl and stir in Salt, Sugar and Yeast
2. Rub in cubed Butter
3. Warm the milk up in a pan
4. In a mixer gradually beaten Eggs, then Milk
5. Tip out and knead (10 mins)
6. Place in a covered bowl in a warm place and allow to rise (1 hour)
7. Meanwhile mix togther Dried Fruit, Mixed Spice and Sugar for filling
8. Roll out dough into 35 x 25 cm rectangle
9. Brush dough with melted butter and scatter filling evenly over
10. Roll up (from the long edge)
11. Cut into 9 pieces
12. Place in greased 20cm tin
13. Cover and allow to rise in warm place (1 hour)
14. Bake @200C (20 mins)
15. When still warm sift Icing Sugar over the top

Tomato, Thyme & Goats Cheese Slice

Ingredients

• Puff Pastry
• Tomatoes
• Garlic Clove
• Goats Cheese
• Sprigs of Thyme

Method

1. Roll out pastry
2. Layer sliced Tomatoes
3. Bake @190C (15 mins)
4. Take out of the oven and sprinkle over chopped Garlic and Thyme
5. Layer sliced Goats Cheese over the top
6. Return to oven (10 mins)
7. Couldn’t be simpler (especially if you buy ready made Puff Pastry!)