วันพุธที่ 29 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2553

Victoria Sandwich Cake, Madeleine, Banana Cake, and Dropped Scones Recipes

Victoria Sandwich Cake Recipe

Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ tablespoon raspberry jam
4 oz. margarine or butter
4 oz. castor sugar
2 large eggs or 3 small eggs

Methods:-
1. Line and grease two 7" sandwich tins.
2. Cream the fat and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. Beat up the eggs one at a time and add it gradually to the creamed mixture, beating it well in.
4. Beat in the vanilla.
5. Fold in the flour sieved with baking powder.
6. Turn the mixture into the prepared tins and spread it out evenly hollowing it slightly in the center.
7. Bake it in a moderately hot oven, at 375°F for about 25 minutes.
8. Turn the cakes out to cool on a wire tray.
9. When cooled, spread raspberry jam on each and sandwich them together.
10. Sprinkle the top with castor sugar and serve it on a doily.

Madeleine Recipe

Ingredients:-
3 oz. flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 to 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
2 oz. margarine or butter
2 oz. castor sugar
1 big egg
1 tablespoon raspberry jam
4 glace cherries

Methods:-
1. Grease 7 dariole moulds
2. Cream the fat and sugar and add the beaten eggs gradually to it.
3. Beat in the vanilla and fold in the flour which has been sieved with the baking powder.
4. Put equal amounts of the mixture into the greased mould and bake them in a hot oven at 400°F for about 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Turn them out to cool.
6. Warm the jam by standing it in hot water to melt it.
7. Brush the cakes with melted jam and roll them in desiccated coconut.
8. Stand each cake in a paper cup and decorate each with ½ a cherry on top.

Banana Cake Recipe
Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon lime juice
3 oz. margarine or butter
3 oz. castor sugar
1 big egg
3 to 4 ripe bananas

Methods:-
1. Line a 6" round cake tin or grease and flour an 8" ring mould.
2. Cream the fat and sugar and add the beaten egg gradually and beat well.
3. Mash the bananas with a fork to get ½ cup mashed bananas.
4. Add the lime juice to the milk. Then add the milk and mashed bananas to the creamed mixture and mix well.
5. Fold in the flour which has been sieved with the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
6. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and bake it in a moderately hot oven at 375°F for about 1 hour.
7. Coll the cake on a wire tray and serve it on doily.

Dropped Scones Recipe

Ingredients:-
4 oz. flour
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 egg
1 oz. margarine
1 oz. castor sugar
¼ pint milk (sour if possible)

Methods:-
1. Sieve the flour, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda together into a bowl.
2. Rub in the margarine and add the sugar. Mix well.
3. Make a well in the flour and add in the egg and the sour milk.
4. Mix quickly into a thick batter. Do not beat the batter.
5. Heat up a greased frying pan or the grill plate of an electric oven.
6. Drop a tablespoon of the mixture at a time on the hot pan and let it cook till bubbles rise and burst.
7. Turn over to cook and brown the other side.
8. When cooked, put the dropped scones between a clean folded towel to keep them moist and warm.
9. Serve hot dropped scones with butter and jam served immediately.

Note:- A batter for dropped scones should be slightly lumpy and not smooth. After greasing the pan the first time, it is not necessary to grease it again. An over greased pan will not give the dropped scones a smooth and evenly browned surface.

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