Let’s start the week on a sweet note… This is our Iced Clementine & White Chocolate Parfait, Orange & Poppy Seed Cake, Dark Chocolate Truffle, Curry Gel – a stunning seasonal dessert!
Odlums: Keep the kids busy with this quick and easy Queen Cakes recipe. Decorating them is the really fun part!
Queen Cakes, Fairy Cakes or Buns
CategoryBaking with Kids
Cook Time15 mins
What you need:
- 175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
- 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine (half a block)
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tablespoons Cold Water
To decorate
- Glacé Icing or Chocolate Spread
- Hundreds and Thousands
- Glacé Cherries
- Sweets
How to:
- Ensure oven is fully preheated to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6.
- Next, put bun paper cases into bun tins.
- Put the flour, sugar, butter/margarine, eggs and water into a bowl. Beat all the ingredients together with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.
- Put heaped teaspoons of the mixture into each bun case.
- Place in the oven on the top shelf and bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Cool on a wire tray. When cold, decorate as liked with your favourite toppings.
https://www.odlums.ie/recipes/queen-cakes-fairy-cakes-or-bun
Great pic of Killiney from Dalkey Island with thanks to intrepid paddle boarders Sinéad and Cian Harrington
- aislingharington
- We really do live in a fabulous country! Dalkey Island by Paddle Board from Killiney beach.20h
Clodagh McKenna’s Orange Pistachio Yogurt Cake @NDC_ie #homebaking
This is one of my favourite cakes at this time of the year. It’s a much needed burst of sunshine. Deliciously light, and moist due to the natural Irish yogurt. You can make a gluten free version by simply using gluten free breadcrumbs. You can substitute the pistachios with hazelnuts, roast the hazelnuts before you add them to the cake, it enhances their flavour. It will last for one week, but not sure you will have any left for to test me on that!
To serve:
Decorate with 50g roughly chopped pistachios and the zest of one lemon on top. Serve with a dollop of natural Irish yogurt
Ingredients checklist
50 g slightly stale white breadcrumbs
100 g almonds, ground
100 g pistachios
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
150 g caster sugar
125 ml sunflower oil
200 ml natural Irish yogurt
zest of 1 orange
zest of 1 lemon
Ingredients checklist for the citrus syrup
juice of 1 orange
juice of 1 lemon
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C / Gas 5.
Grease a 20.5cm (8in) round and 5cm (2in) deep tin and then lightly dust with flour.
In a large bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, almonds, pistachios and baking powder.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs with the caster sugar. Continue to whisk while pouring in the vegetable oil, followed by the natural Irish yogurt.
Next stir the liquid pour into the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the orange and lemon zest.
Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and into the pre-heated oven.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the cake is golden brown. To ensure cake is done, insert a skewer into the center – if it’s ready, the skewer should come out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a plate.
Meanwhile, make the citrus syrup. Put all of the ingredients into a saucepan and bring gently to the boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved completely. Simmer for 10 minutes or until thick.
While the cake is still warm, pierce it several times with a skewer, then spoon the hot syrup over the cake, allowing it to run into the holes. Leave to cool. Spoon any excess syrup back over the cake every now and then until it is all soaked up.
Sprinkle chopped pistachios on top, and the zest of one orange. Serve with natural Irish yogurt
https://ndc.ie/recipe/clodaghs-orange-pistachio-yogurt-cake/
Rory O’Connell – sponge filled with preserved raspberries, wrapped in pillowy marshmallow with a scattering of roses @kerrygoldirl
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I will be making this beauty on @rteone this evening at 8 30. It’s a sponge filled with preserved raspberries and all wrapped in a pillowy marshmallow before having roses scattered all over it. It’s a special cake for the special people in your life. @kerrygoldirl @nomos.ie #cake #marshmallows #preserves #eat #delicious #ilovetocook
Good evening 😍 @loughrynncastle
Hello Cake – Dubai Chocolate Tart @datsescafeandcakes
Datses Cafe & Cakes in the centre of Cavan Town
Fleming’s Famous Lough Bawn Hotel #Killeshandra. Real Irish Hospitality #Cavan 😀
Vegan Sourdough Danish pastries with blackberry & apple crumble!
· 30 August ·
It’s Blackberry season on Mull🎉
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Vegan Sourdough danish pastries with blackberry & apple crumble!
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#bakingexperiments #sourdough #sourdoughpastries #vegan
Simple Black Bean Stir Fry @dunnesstores #asianstyle
dunnesstoresVerified- Our Double Savers make midweek meals simple and delish without breaking the bank ✅✅ Try this tasty Black Bean Stir Fry using ingredients from our own label range 😋
INGREDIENTS
325g Dunnes Stores Stir Fry Irish Beef Strips
475g My Family Favourites Black Bean Sauce
1 head Dunnes Stores Fresh Broccoli
150g Dunnes Stores Sliced Mushrooms
250g Dunnes Stores Jasmine Rice
METHOD
Heat a large frying pan or wok over a medium, high heat and add some cooking oil.
Stir fry the vegetables until just charred and barely cooked. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the rest of the oil to the pan and stir fry the beef until cooked and browned all over.
Add the cooked vegetables back to the pan along with the black bean sauce and stir through until piping hot and coated evenly.
Serve over steaming rice. Optional: garnish with coriander to serve. - Edited · 6d
