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CARMEN'S SPECIAL CHOCOLATE CAKE. This recipe is unusual and very easy (All ingredients, except margarine, are available from the shops. Or e-mail your order) Ingredients.
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Leave to cool in the tin.-Turn out ,wrap and leave for 10 hours before serving.
AFTER MANY REQUESTS. HERE IS THE FAMOUS H.R.T. CAKE. ingredients
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ONE SLICE PER DAY FOR BEST RESULTS Now lets not forget Easter is fast approaching and you will need to make your Simnel cake in advance so here is the recipe. SIMNEL CAKE The name of the cake comes from the Latin word simila, meaning “the very best wheat flour”. Originally the cakes were decorated with 11 almond paste balls, symbolising Christ’s 11 faithful disciples. The cakes improved with keeping and were eaten at the end of the Lenten fast.
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Method To make the cake: 1. Preheat oven to 140ºC/275ºF/Gas 1 2. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, a little at a time. Sift the flour, salt and spice together and add to the mixture alternately with the fruit, peel and grated rind, mixing together well. 3. Put half the mixture into a greased and lined 18cm/7" cake tin. Smooth the top and cover with a circle of almond paste. Add the rest of the cake mixture and smooth the top, slightly hollowing in the centre. To make the almond paste Mix together the sugar and ground almonds and add enough beaten egg to give a fairly soft consistency. Add almond essence and knead for 1 minute until paste is smooth and pliable. Roll out a third to a 18cm/7" circle. Reserve the rest for topping the cake. 4. Bake for 1½-2 hours. When the cake is cold, brush the top with apricot jam. 5. Form 11 small balls with some of the reserved almond paste and roll out the rest to cover the top of the cake. Lay this on the jam, set the balls round the top and brush it all with a little beaten egg. Return the cake to the oven for about 10 minutes at 180ºC/350ºF/Gas 4, for the paste to brown.
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