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Microwave Recipe: Carrot And Pecan Cake

This recipe makes use entirely of a microwave oven for cooking for convenience and saving electricity.
The recipe uses fructose as a sugar substitute.This is easily available from many supermarkets and is sometimes labelled as ‘fruit sugar‘.

Ingredients

175g/6oz/1 ¼ cup grated carrot
90ml/32fl oz/1 ½ cups sunflower oil
30ml/2 tbsp milk
2 beaten eggs
75g/3oz/6 tbsp fructose
75g/3oz/two thirds of a cup plain flour
5ml/1 tsp baking powder
5ml/ 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
10ml/ 2 tsp ground cinnamon
75g/3oz/½ cup raisins
25g/1oz/¼ cup shelled pecans, chopped
Icing sugar to dust

Method

Grease an 18cm/7in microwave-proof round cake dish and line with greaseproof paper

In a large bowl mix the carrots with the oil, milk, eggs and fructose, beating well.

Sift the flour with the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon. Fold the dry mixture into the egg mixture, then stire in the raisins and pecans. Spoon this micture into the pre prepared cake dish and level the surface as much as possible.

Place the cake dish on an inverted saucer or suitable microwave cooking stand within the microwave.

Microwave at a medium power for 9 minutes, giving the dish a quarter turn every 3 minutes if your microwave does not have a self rotating function.

Microwave on High for a further 2-3 minutes, turning the dish a quarter turn after 1 ½ mins if required.

As a guide the cake is cooked when it shrinks from the sides of the dish.

Leave to stand for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar to serve.

You can download a PDF of this recipe here

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Recipe: Chunky Bacon And Cheese Frittata

Ingredients:

• 8 rashers of rindless back bacon or vegetarian bacon substitute
• A bunch of spring onions sliced
• 8 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 85g/3oz cheddar cheese cut into cubes
• Knob of butter
• Tomato salsa & thick slices of bread to serve

Method:

Snip the bacon into small pieces.Cook in a non stick frying pan for approx 5 mins. drain off any excess oil or fat and then add the spring onions and cook for another 5 mins until the bacon is crisp.Vegetarian substitute may require less cooking time.

Preheat the grill

Beat the eggs and milk together and add pepper if required. Hold back a little of the bacon & mix in with the eggs, spring onion & cheese.

Melt the butter in a 23cm/9 inch frying pan. Pour the above mixture into the pan and cook gently, without stirring for 5-8 mins until mixture is set.

Scatter the top with the remaining bacon.

Put the pan under the grill to brown the top.

Cut into wedges and serve with salsa and bread as required.

A PDF version of this recipe can be downloaded here

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How To: Express Baked Apple With Honey

This is a fast microwave fruit snack ‘How To” that I thought I’d write up as I hadn’t done this for nearly 20 years and suddenly fancied a quick baked apple snack. It shouldn’t take any longer than 3 minutes including preparation and cooking.

Ingredients:

1 Apple

Currants or raisins

Honey

Method:

Core the apple, making sure you remove the pips

Score the apple skin with a sharp knife around the apple’s ‘equator’

Place the apple on a microwave proof plate

Fill the cored centre of the apple with the small fruit of your choice-sultanas, raisins, chopped apricot or even berries

Microwave on high for 2 minutes

Allow to stand before removing the baked apple from the microwave

Pour a small ammount of honey in the centre of the apple and over the central fruits

Enjoy.

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Recipe: Anzac Biscuits

These biscuits were originally made to send to the ANZACs (The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli during World war I. ANZAC day is commemorated in Australia each year on April 25th.

Ingredients

• 85g porridge oats
• 85g desiccated coconut
• 100g plain flour
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g butter , plus extra butter for greasing
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Put the oats, coconut, flour and sugar in a bowl. Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the golden syrup. Add the bicarbonate of soda to 2 tbsp boiling water, then stir into the golden syrup and butter mixture.
2. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in the butter and golden syrup mixture. Stir gently to incorporate the dry ingredients.
3. Put dessertspoonfuls of the mixture on to buttered baking sheets, about 2.5cm/1in apart to allow room for spreading. Bake in batches for 8-10 mins until golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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