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Cakes / Re: Orange Cake
« on: September 02, 2008, 05:35:20 pm »
Alina

Afternoon. I confess I have not tried this recipe. I got this from a great blog: http://thermomixmagic.blogspot.com

I was going to do it, but never got round to it. I think I will. But it says in the blog that the recipe was based from another recipe in another blog (blogs, blogs, blogs!!!!) ??? You will find the original measurements here: http://fullbellies.blogspot.com/2008/07/orange-cake.html

Haven any new memebers tried this? 

Good luck..

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Cakes / Orange Cake
« on: July 31, 2008, 07:18:50 pm »
Name of Recipe: Orange Cake
Number of People: 6
Ingredients:

2 big oranges
2 eggs
200g cup grapeseed or other oil

270g plain flour
460g sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder

1 extra orange, halved
1 tablespoon or so of sugar extra
icing sugar - around 1/4 cup or less

Preparation:

Heat oven to around 160-180'c *
Wash your oranges well, rinse.

Cut the ends off, cut into quarters. remove the white centre and any seeds, cut in half again so you have 8 pieces per orange. place in thermomix.

Add eggs and oil.
Blend on speed 8 for 25-30 seconds until it's mostly smooth, thick and creamy.

Add flour, sugar and baking powder
Mix on speed 4 for 10-15 seconds until mixed.

Pour into a cake tin (greased, lined, whatever you want ;))

Bake for about 30-40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean *

Let cool for 15-20 minutes

Meanwhile juice the extra orange and add the extra sugar to it.
Either in a saucepan on the stovetop or in the micrwave heat it until the sugar is dissolved
Add some sugar to the juice and bring to a boil, stir to make sure it's well dissolved.

Use the skewer to stab holes all over the top of the cake!
Pour the syrup mix over the cake
Sift the icing sugar over the top and serve.

members' comments

em - I made this cake, the first recipe in this thread, and it is delicious very moist and beautiful, would recommend!

brazen - it's a lovely cake, though very moist and quite rich.







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Desserts / Bread & Butter Pudding- The English Way!!
« on: July 31, 2008, 07:08:38 pm »
Name of Recipe: Bread & Butter Pudding
Number of People: 6
Ingredients:

6 thin slices of buttered bread (or equivalent) with crusts removed
Dried fruit or marmalade if using

Custard:
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 Tbsp sugar (vanilla sugar is good)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (if not using vanilla sugar)
1 1/2 cups milk ( or 1 cup milk & 1/2 cup cream for extra richness)


Preparation:

Cut bread into triangles and spread with marmalade or jam (if using). Layer bread in buttered dish, sprinkling with sugar, dried fruit and peel, chocolate or whatever combination, between layers. I tend to place pieces of bread on end to have little peaks popping out the top.


Custard:
Place eggs, yolks, sugar, vanilla and milk/cream into Thermomix bowl. Mix for 15 seconds on speed 3. Pour mixture carefully over the buttered bread and allow to settle for a minute or two. Cover with plastic film, or if using a suitable bowl you can place a lid on top.

Lightly clean out the Thermomix bowl and add 750ml of water. Place thermomix bowl on top and place Varoma above in postion. Place dish with pudding into Varoma and cover.

Set Thermomix to 20 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 3. The timing will depend on the depth of the dish used and so check at this stage for a shallow dish. Mine was cooked at this time. It may take another 5 - 25 minutes and the custard should be set and the pudding fluffy.

Hints/Tips:

If you wish to have a crusty top then turn on your grill and allow it to warm up. Carefully remove the pudding from the steamy Varoma and leave on a place mat for a couple of minutes. gently remove the plastic cover or lid and sprinkle with some sugar. (Think of the exercise you will need to do to get this off your hips). Place the dish under the grill and watch carefully to ensure that it browns and does not burn.

While the pudding is grilling or simply resting, clean the Thermomix bowl out with cold water and dry thoroughly. Insert the butteflyand pour at least 200ml of cream into the bowl. Whip it at speed 4 until thick. You may need to scrape down the cream from the side of the bowl. Don't let it whip too much or you will have butter to spread over your pudding.



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News about Thermomix / True Benefits of Thermomix
« on: July 31, 2008, 07:02:16 pm »
A nice summary I found in a site...

Thermomix cooks – in the bowl, in the basket.
Thermomix steams – in the Varoma.
Thermomix kneads – bread, pizza dough, egg noodles, pastry, sponge cake.
Thermomix blends – sorbet, quick ice-cream.
Thermomix whips – egg whites, cream, butter.
Thermomix emulsifies – shakes, mayonnaise, crκpes.
Thermomix homogenises – beverages, fresh fruits, baby foods, marmalades.
Thermomix grates, mills, and pulverizes – breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, coffee, salt, nuts, chocolate, sugar, rice, cereal, pulses, whole grains, ice.
Thermomix chops and minces – parsley, garlic, onions, carrots, salad, meat.
Thermomix weighs – in the bowl reducing the need for measuring cups and kitchen scales.

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News about Thermomix / Interesting Link
« on: July 22, 2008, 08:18:03 pm »

Read this, from USA. Is Thermomix big in USA?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/203702_chou15.html


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Main Dishes / Re: Coq au Vin
« on: July 22, 2008, 08:15:19 pm »
 ;D :o ::)

nice recipe. I read somewhere that you can use the same recipe, but placing the chicken with rabbit. So I tried and it's tasty.

Thanks for the recipe....


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