Sunbeam LC6200 manual Recipes continued, Cream Cheese Frosting, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Icing

Recipes continued

Cream Cheese Frosting

250g softened cream cheese ¼ cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups icing sugar mixture ¼ cup passionfruit pulp

Combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a small bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until smooth. Add the icing sugar mixture and beat until smooth. Reduce speed and add passionfruit. Spread over cooled cake.

Chocolate Cake

1½ cups self-raising flour ½ cup cocoa

1½ cups caster sugar pinch of salt

150g butter or margarine, at room temperature

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1.Preheat oven to 180°C, grease and line a 20cm cake tin.

2.Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process self-raising flour, cocoa, sugar and salt on speed 3, until well combined.

3.Add butter or margarine and eggs to mixture and continue to process on speed 3.

4.Remove the food pusher and add milk through the feed tube and process for 5-10 seconds.

5.Remove the processing bowl cover and scrape the sides of the bowl. Replace the cover and continue to process on speed 3 until well combined.

6.Remove the processing blade and pour mixture into the greased cake tin. Place cake tin into the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until cooked, when tested with a wooden skewer.

7.Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes then remove from baking pan. In the meantime prepare the Chocolate icing (see below).

Once the cake is completely cooled, ice with the chocolate icing.

Chocolate Icing

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons cocoa

3 tablespoons milk

2 cups icing sugar

1.Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process all ingredients until well combined.

Basic Buttercake

185g butter or margarine, at room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

½teaspoon vanilla 3 eggs

3 cups self-raising flour ¼ cup milk

1.Preheat oven to 190°C, grease and line a 23cm cake tin.

2.Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla on speed 3, until well combined.

3.Add eggs to the mixture and process until combined.

4.Add the flour and milk and continue to process on speed 3, until combined.

Note: Be careful not to over process.

5.Remove the processing blade and pour mixture into the greased cake tin. Place cake tin into the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes or until cooked, when tested with a wooden skewer.

6.Allow the cake to cool slightly and remove from baking pan.

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