Baking continued

Lemon or Orange Cake

Add the rind of one lemon or orange into the cake batter, and or with the addition of butter and sugar and fold 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds into the cake batter makes an interesting and tasty cake.

Coffee Crumble

Mix in 2 tablespoons of instant coffee powder into the cake batter. On top of the cake batter sprinkle with a mixture of 1 tablespoon butter,

2 tablespoons plain flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of instant coffee.

Chocolate Cake

60g unsweetened chocolate - melted and added at the same time as the milk from the recipe above and mix well into the cake batter before baking.

Marble Cake

Divide batter into 3, leave one plain, add pink food colour to second portion and 2 tablespoons of cocoa, 1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda and

1 tablespoon milk to the remaining cake batter. Drop spoonfuls of alternate colours into a 20cm ring tin.

Berry Cake

Add 2 cups of fresh, frozen or canned mixed berries to the top of the cake batter in tins before baking. Make sure that berries are well drained if canned.

Vanilla Bean Sponge

4 eggs, room temperature & separated

2/3 cup caster sugar

1/3 cup custard powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2/3 cup plain flour, sifted

1 teaspoon baking powder

1.Grease and flour two deep 20cm cake tins. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2.In the large mixing bowl, place the egg whites. Beat until soft peaks form, using very High speed (10-12).

3.Reduce to Low speed (2-3) and add caster sugar gradually and whisk until mixture is thick and glossy. Increase to High speed (8-

9)and beat in the egg yolks and vanilla, continue mixing until the mixture is well combined.

4.Stop the mixer. Remove beaters and bowl from the Mixmaster. Place bowl on bench and using a large metal spoon or a plastic spatula fold in the sifted flour. Take care not to over beat as you will lose the air bubbles and the mixture will be flat

and tough.

5.Spoon the mixture evenly into the prepared tins and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until the sponge comes away from the sides of the pans.

6.Once cooked run a knife around the sides of the cake to loosen the sponge from the pan and gently tap the bottom of the pan, turn out onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool before using.

Serving suggestion:

When cake is cool, cut and spread the base with your favourite jam and top with firmly whipped cream. Place one sandwich on top of the other to make 1 cake. Top with sifted icing sugar or use more whipped cream and top with fresh berries.

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Sunbeam MX001 manual Lemon or Orange Cake, Coffee Crumble, Chocolate Cake, Marble Cake, Berry Cake, Vanilla Bean Sponge

MX001 specifications

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