IPound cake

200 g plain flour – 1 sachet of baking powder – 200 g pieces of softened butter – 200 g caster sugar – 4wholeeggs – ½sachetor1½tspbakingpowder – 1pinchofsalt

In the food processor bowl equipped with the multi-purpose blade, add all of the ingredients. Operate at speed 2 for 2 ½ min. Preheat the oven to French Electric oven Th.6 (180°). Place the preparation in a cake tin, then cook for about 1 hour.

Spice cake

200gplainflour – 100gpiecesofsoftenedbutter – 100gcastersugar – 4eggs – 60mlmilk – 1teaspoon of liquid honey – 1 packet baking powder – 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon – 1 teaspoon ground ginger – 1teaspoongratednutmeg – 1gratedorangerind – 1pinchofpepper.

In the food processor bowl equipped with the multi-purpose blade, add all of the ingredients. Select speed 2 and operate for 2 mins. Place in a buttered and floured baking tin, and cook for about 50 min at French Electric oven Th 6 (180°C).

Serve warm or cold with stewed fruit or marmalade.

Moist chocolate cake

5eggs,200gcastersugar,3tablespoonsplainflour,200gmeltedbutter,200gchocolate,3levelteaspoon

bakingpowder,100mlmilk.

Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie, or in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, with 2 tablespoons of water. Add the butter and stir until the mixture is thoroughly mixed.

In the food processor bowl equipped with the multi-purpose blade, add the sugar and the eggs and operate at speed 2 for 45 secs so that the mixture becomes frothy. Without stopping the food processor, throughthefunnelinthelid,addthemeltedchocolate,flour,bakingpowderandmilk. Operatefor15secs. Pour into a buttered tin and cook for around 1 hour, at French electric oven Th5/6 (160°C).

Chantilly Cream

200mlofverycold,freshliquidUHTcream,30gicingsugar.

The bowl must be very cold, place it in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Inthebowlequippedwiththeemulsifyingdisk,addthefreshcreamandtheicingsugar.Selectspeed2and operate for 40 secs.

Mayonnaise

1eggyolk,1tablespoonofmustard,1tablespoonofvinegar,¼litreofoil,salt,pepper.

In the bowl equipped with the emulsifying disk, add all the ingredients except the oil. Select speed 2, operate for 5 secs, then stop the food processor, pour the oil in very slowly through the lid funnel. When the mayonnaise is stiff, it becomes pale in colour.

Attention: to make good mayonnaise, the ingredients must be at room temperature.

Note: keep in the refrigerator and eat within 24 hours.

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