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Apple Tree cake

  Serves 10-12 people Ingredients 1 chocolate swiss Roll 225g/ 8oz/ 1 cup buttercream, tinted with pale green food colouring ½ quantity Chocolate Buttercream One-mix Chocolate Sponge cake, baked in a 450g/ 1 lb flutted round cake tin 225g/8oz marzipan Red and green food coloring Florist tape and florist’s wire, for the apples green-coloured desiccated coconut (See Puppies in Love, step-2) Tiny...

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Porcupine Cake

  Serves 15 people Ingredients   1 quantity One-mix Chocolate Sponge Cake 1 ½ quantity Chocolate Buttercream 5-6 chocolate flake bars 60G/ 2oz white marzipan Cream, black, green, red, brown food coloring Nine cocktail sticks Procedure Preheat the oven to 180 C/350F/ Gas 4. Grease and line the bottoms of a 900ml/1 ½ pint/3 ¾ cup and a 600ml/ 1 pint/ 2...

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Puppies In Love

  Serves 8-10 people Ingredients 1 chocolate swiss roll 115g/4oz yellow marzipan 60ml/ 4 tbsp Chocolate Buttercream 115g/4oz /11/3cups desiccated coconut Green, brown, pink and red food colourings 450g 1 lb bought sugarpaste Icing sugar, for dusting 60ml/ 4 tbsp apricot jam, warmed and sieved Procedure Cut the Swiss roll in half. Each half will form the body of one of the...

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Double heart engagement cake

  Serves 20 people Ingredients Double quantity one mix chocolate sponge mixture Double quantity one chocolate buttercream Icing sugar for sifting Chocolate curls and fresh raspberries to decorate Procedure Preheat oven to 160oC/135/325Of/Gas 3 Grease and base line with grease proof paper two 20cm/8 in heart-shaped cake tins. Divide the one-mix chocolate sponge cake mixture evenly between the tins and smooth the...

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Special occasion and novelty cakes

  Serves 8 people Ingredients 175g/6oz/11/2 cups self-raising flour 10ml/2 tsp baking powder 75ml/ 5 tbsp cocoa powder 115g/4oz/1/2 cup caster sugar 2 eggs, beaten 15ml/ 1 tbsp black treacle 150ml/1/4 pint/2/3 cup sunflower oil 150ml/1/4 pint/2/3 cup milk FOR THE FILLING 45ml/ 3 tbsp strawberry jam 150ml/1/4 pint/2/3 cup double cream or whipping cream 115g/ 4oz strawberries, sliced TO DECORATE 1...

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Caribbean Chocolate Ring With Rum Syrup

  Serves 10 people Ingredients 115g /4oz/ ½ cup unsalted butter 115g / 4oz / ¾ cup light muscovado sugar 2 eggs, beaten 2 ripe bananas, mashed 30ml/ 2 tbsp desiccated coconut 30ml/ 2 tbsp soured cream 11 Sg / 4oz / 1 cup self-raising flour 45ml/ 3 tbsp cocoa powder 2.5ml/1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda FOR THE SYRUP 115g /4oz/it? cup caster...

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Meringue Gateau With Chocolate Mascarpone

  Serves 10 people Ingredients 4 egg whites pinch of salt 175g/ 6oz / ¾ cup caster sugar 5ml/ 1 tsp ground cinnamon 75g / 3oz plain dark chocolate, grated icing sugar and rose petals, to decorate FOR THE FILLING 115g/4oz plain chocolate, chopped into small pieces 5ml/ 1 tsp vanilla essence or rosewater 11 Sg / 4oz / ½ cup mascarpone...

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