Cakes, Desserts and Slices

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CHOCOLATE SELF SAUCING PUDDING

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

 

1 cup

self raising flour

1 tablespoon

cocoa powder

13 cup

caster sugar

12 cup

milk

1 teaspoon

vanilla essence

100 g

chocolate

30 g

butter

34 cup

brown sugar

2 tablespoons

cocoa, extra

34 cup

water

Method:

Sift flour and cocoa into a 2-litre bowl. Add sugar, milk and vanilla essence. Mix well. Place chocolate and butter in a 2-cup pyrex jug and cook on P7 for 1 to 112 minutes. Stir and add to mixture. Mix well. Spread mixture into base of 2-litre casserole dish. Combine brown sugar, cocoa and water in 2-cup jug. Pour evenly over pudding. Cook on P10 for 4 to 6 minutes.

HINT:

TO MELT CHOCOLATE:

Place 100 g broken chocolate in a 4-cup glass jug and heat on P5 for 1 to 2 minutes. As chocolate holds its shape after heating, stir and stand before adding extra cooking time.

APPLE CRUMBLE

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

 

780 g

can pie apples

12 cup

rolled oats

14 cup

plain flour

12 cup

desiccated coconut

12 cup

brown sugar

1 teaspoon

cinnamon

60 g

butter

Method:

Place apples in the base of a 1-litre casserole dish. Place remaining ingredients (except butter) in mixing bowl. Melt butter in a 2-cup jug on P10 for 40 to 60 seconds. Combine melted butter with dry ingredients and mix well. Spread evenly over apples. Cook on P10 for 5 to 8 minutes.

PEACH AND MUESLI CRUMBLE

Serves: 6 to 8

Ingredients:

 

80 g

butter

12 cup

flour

14 cup

caster sugar

112 cups

toasted muesli

12 cup

shredded coconut

12 teaspoon

cinnamon

810 g

peach slices, drained

Method:

Place butter in a 2-litre jug. Cook on P7 for 1 minute. Add flour, sugar, muesli, coconut and cinnamon, stir until combined. Place peaches into a 1-litre casserole dish. Place crumble mixture on top of peaches and cook on P10 for 10 to 12 minutes. Serve with cream or ice cream.

APRICOT COBBLER

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients:

 

800 g

apricot halves

1 (340 g)

packet butter cake mix

12 cup

toasted coconut

70 g

butter, melted

Method:

Arrange apricots on the base of a 20 cm casserole dish. Combine cake mix, toasted coconut and butter. Sprinkle cake mixture over apricots. Cook on P10 for 6 to 8 minutes.

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Panasonic NN-ST780S, NN-ST680S manual ⁄ 2 cup Brown sugar Teaspoon Cinnamon 60 g Butter, g Apricot halves 340 g

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