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Odlums Coffee and Walnut Cake

Beautifully presented Coffee and Walnut cake on a white cake stand
Beautifully presented Coffee and Walnut cake on a white cake stand

Ingredients:

  • 175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 175g/6oz Margarine (at room temperature)
  • 175g/6oz Caster Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 4 tablespoons Instant Coffee (dissolved in 1 tablespoon of boiling water, then cooled)
  • 50g/2oz Shamrock Chopped Walnuts (optional)

Icing/filling

  • 125g/4oz Icing Sugar (sieved)
  • 50g/2oz Butter or tubbed Margarine (at room temperature)
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee (dissolved in 1 teaspoon of boiling water, then cooled)
  • Decoration
  • A few whole Shamrock Walnuts

Notes:

This recipe can be made in:

2 x 18cm/7″ Sandwich Tins 1x 2lb Loaf Tin (23cm x 11cm x 7cm/9″ x 4″ x 3″ approx.) 23cm/9″ Ring Tin

Method:

  1. Grease and base line the tin or tins with greaseproof paper.Pre-heat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.
  2. Place all the ingredients for the cake — flour, margarine, sugar, eggs, coffee and walnuts (if used) into a mixing bowl.
  3. Beat all ingredients together until mixture is smooth.
  4. Transfer to the prepared tin or tins and bake as follows:
  5. Place Sandwich tins, in upper shelf position, for 30 minutes approx
  6. Place 2lb Loaf tin, in central oven position, for 50 minutes to 1 hour approx
  7. Place Ring Tin, in central position, for 30 minutes approx.
  8. Cake is baked when top is gently pressed and it springs back.
  9. Remove from tin and cool on a wire tray.

To Make icing /filing:

  1. Beat all ingredients together until smooth and use to sandwich the cake or for topping or both!

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Catherine’s gluten free lemon poppy seed loaf

 

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INGREDIENTS

225g/8oz Odlums Gluten Free Tritamyl Self Raising Flour

125g/4oz Margarine

125g/4oz Caster Sugar

3 Eggs

2 Tablespoons Milk

1 Teaspoon Goodalls Vanilla Essence

2 Tablespoons Poppy Seeds

Grated Rind of Lemon

 For Glaze

175g/6oz Icing Sugar

Juice of Lemon

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas 3. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb Loaf tin.
  2. Cream margarine and sugar together in a bowl. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and next beat in the milk with vanilla essence.
  3. Gently stir in the flour until completely combined and finally stir in the poppy seeds and lemon rind.
  4. Transfer to the prepared tin and bake for about 45 minutes until golden brown and a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.
  5. While cake is baking prepare the glaze by heating the sugar and lemon juice over a low heat stirring occasionally until sugar has dissolved.
  6. When cake is baked allow it to stay in the tin to “set” for 10 minutes then pierce top of cake with a fork or toothpick and pour over the glaze.
  7. When completely cold store in an airtight container.

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Odlums Banana Layer Cake

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Ingredients

350g /12 oz Odlums Cream plain Flour
1 teaspoons Odlums Bread Soda
Pinch of Salt
125g/4 oz Butter
200 g/7oz Granulated Sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon Goodall’s Vanilla Extract
3 Large Bananas (Mashed)
60ml/ 4 Tablespoons Buttermilk

Fresh Banana Icing Ingredients

1 Large Ripe Banana (Mashed)
450g/1 pound Icing Sugar (Sieved)
50g/2 oz Butter
125g/4 oz Cream Cheese
1 teaspoon Goodall’s Vanilla Extract

Filling

2 bananas (not overly ripe, for slicing between the layers)

 Method

1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5.
2. Grease and baseline with grease proof paper 2 x 8 “/ 20cm sandwich tins.
3. Beat butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy.
4. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.
5. Next mix in the banana and buttermilk. Finally, sieve in flour, bread soda and salt.
6. Gentle stir to combine. Divided mixture evenly between two prepared tins.
7. Bake in centre of the oven for 25 minutes, or until well risen and firm to the touch.
8. Remove from the oven, leave in tin for 10 minutes.
9. Turn into a wire tray to cool.

To Assemble Cake

1. Meanwhile make the icing by putting all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
2. Spread two thirds of the icing on both halves of the cake.
3. Slice and arrange the bananas on one half of the cake and place the other half on top.
4. Spread remaining icing on top of the cake.

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