Recipes (continued)
Choc-coated oranges
Makes: 35 slices
Preparation: 15 mins (not including drying time, + 3 hours setting time)
You will need to dry about
220g
35 dried orange slices (.5cm thick)
1.Line two baking trays with
2.Use a spoon to dip orange slices, one at a time, into melted chocolate to coat.
Transfer to prepared trays. Set aside for 3 hours or until chocolate sets.
NOTE: Use organic seedless oranges for best results.
Coconut banana halves
Makes: 16 halves
Preparation: 10 mins
Drying:
8 ripe bananas
½cup freshly squeezed lemon juice ¾ cup shredded coconut
1.Cut bananas in half lengthways. Drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle cut side with coconut.
2.Place
Fig, cinnamon & banana cake
Serves: 12
Preparation: 15 mins (not including fig drying time)
Cooking: 1 hour 5 mins
Melted butter, to grease 125g butter, softened
½cup firmly packed brown sugar
½teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1½ cups
1 cup milk
2 large overripe bananas, mashed
200g dried figs, chopped Icing sugar mixture, to dust Vanilla custard, to serve
1.Preheat oven to 180C. Brush a 20cm round cake pan with melted butter to lightly grease. Line base and side with
2.Use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, sugar and cinnamon until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
3.Stir in flour, meal, milk and banana until combined. Use a large metal spoon to gently fold in figs. Spoon into prepared pan and smooth surface. Bake for about 1 hour until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
4.Dust with icing sugar. Cut into wedges. Serve with vanilla custard.
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