Well, I think I can manage the grams to cups and c to f, but can someone
translate "muscovado sugar" for me?
At 07:26 AM 3/16/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Well here goes then - Good job I went and got it just in case at lunch huh
>:0) I just knew that SOMEBODY would have to have a chocolate fetish on this
>list!!
>
>You guys are gonna love this one, it is soft & moist - a little like the
>good old American brownie, but it is essentially a Loaf Cake.
>
>Ingredients:
>
>225g soft unsalted butter
>375g dark muscovado sugar
>2 large eggs - beaten
>1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>100g best dark chocolate - melted
>200g plain flour
>1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
>250ml boiling water
>
>23*13*7cm loaf tin
>
>Preheat the oven to 190c/gas mark 5, put in a baking sheet case of gooey
>sticky drips later;) and grease and line the loaf tin. The lining is
>important as this is a very damp cake: use parchment, Bake-O-Glide or one
>of those loaf-tin-shaped paper cases.
>
>Cream the butter and sugar, either with a wooden spoon or an electric hand
>held mixer, then add the eggs and vanilla, beating in well. Next fold in the
>melted and now slightly cooled chocolate, taking care to blend well, but
>being careful not to over beat. You want the ingredients combined: you DON'T
>want a light airy mass. Then gently add the flour, to which you've added
>the bicarb, alternately spoon by spoon, with the boiling water until you
>have a smooth and fairly liquid batter. Pour into the lined loaf tin and
>bake for 30 mins. turn the oven down to 170c/gas mark 3 and continue to cook
>for another 15 mins. The cake will still be a bit squidgy inside, so an
>inserted cake-tester or skewer won't come out completely clean.
>
>Place the loaf tin on a rack, and leave to get completely cold (if you can
>resist it <G>) before turning it out. (The *Author* recommends leaving it
>for a day - hhuummm you won't get that far I can guarantee). Don't worry if
>it sinks in the middle: indeed it WILL do so because its such a dense and
>damp cake.
>
>She goes on to say it makes 8-10 slices. My advice is share it with you
>nearest and dearest only and cut it in to about 3! :0)
>
>There you go Friday Recipe has returned, now who's turn is it next week? For
>all those chocoholics - you have simply GOT to try this. If anybody bakes it
>over the weekend - let me know what you think? I think it is THE best choccy
>treat out!
>
>Regards
>
>Mark
>OCP Certified (Original Chocolate Professional)
>MCSE (Main Chocolate Supervisory Eater)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 01:26
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>Hi Mark,
>
>I'm abstaining from Pizzas for Lent, but crucially NOT chocolate cake.
>
>Go for it! :-)
>
>Rgds,
>AndyD
>
>--- Mark Leith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi there Andy,
> >
> > No the cake recipes seem to have ceased - Guy seems to have disappeared
> > from the list :( Though the list does cook up recipes for disaster on a
> > regular basis :0) If you're interested I could post a recipe though for
>the
> > best chocolate cake you will EVER taste!! Taken from the book - How to be
>a
> > domestic goddess - (my partners book - not mine:) - hey Rachel - do you
>have
> > this one? Could be a good one to make you a goddess in ALL areas :)
> >
> > Let me know, I'll post it for you all to try..
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 09:56
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > > Good to see you back!
> >
> > It's good to be back! :-)
> >
> > Sean Hull and I have been locked in a dark room for 12 months, and they've
> > finally let us out. The light's so bright, I feel like Papillon getting
>out
> > after a Devil Island year in solitary :)
> >
> > Good to see the list is still so anarchic. I've missed it. Do we still
>get
> > cake recipes on a Friday? >=8-)
> >
> > Rgds,
> > AndyD
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