Baking

Chocolate and Mint Cake Prep Time:20 mins Cook Time:approx 50 mins Serves:Serves Ingredients 125g Equagold 70% Belgian Style Couverture Dark Chocolate 60 mls Water (1/4 cup) 200g plain flour (1&1/3 cup) 2 tbsp Equagold Premium Dutch Cocoa 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda A pinch of salt 125g (1/2 cup) butter-melted 300g (1&1/2 cups) sugar 2 large eggs 1/3 cup plain yoghurt Ganache 120g Equagold Belgian Style Couverture 53% Dark Choc 120 mls cream 30g Equagold Choc/peppermint/nougat paste –extra Method Pre heat the oven to 180oC Grease, and line a 23cm round cake tin with baking paper (or...

Glace Ginger and Date Chocolate Slice Prep Time:15-20 mins Cook Time:30 mins Serves:Serves Ingredients The quantities of ingredients fill a large 30 x 20cm slice dish. 120 g (approx 1/2 cup) Equagold Glaze Ginger. (Crystallised ginger is not recommended). 185 g (1 cup) approx 25 pitted dates, sliced into 3 pieces 1/3 cup Equagold Vanilla sugar 125 g butter, roughly chopped 2 teaspoons, Equagold Vanilla extract 3 cups of cornflakes 250 g (2 cups) Equagold Belgian style Couverture (70% chocolate) 2 Tablespoons, Equagold Cocoa Butter (or Kremelta vegetable shortening) Non-stick cooking paper Method Into a medium sized pot place ginger and sliced dates (kitchen scissors work well...

Banana & Blueberry Muffins This family favourite recipe is lifted into a gourmet delight with the addition of Equagold Pure Vanilla organic raw sugar. At first bite a burst of delicious blueberry juice meets the taste buds, so beware if serving direct from the oven as juices from the berries can be quite hot. Do not thaw the blueberries before cooking as the seeping liquid will upset the measure balance of other liquid ingredients. Prep Time:15 min Cook Time:15min Serves:4-6 person Ingredients 1 ½ cups self-raising flour ½ cup Equagold Pure Vanilla Organic, raw sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda...

Deb’s Authentic Pumpkin Pie Absolutely delicious recipe for an American style Pumpkin Pie Prep Time:1 hour Cook Time:15 minutes Serves:10 person Ingredients 1 x Butterkin (Pumpkin) this is a sweet, delicate pumpkin, rich in colour 3/4cup sugar 1tsp Equagold Pure Sri Lankin Cinnamon 1/2tsp Equagold Ginger powder 1/4tsp Ground cloves 1/2tsp salt 2 eggs 1 can (12oz) Evaporated cream 1pkt sweet short pastry   Method  Cut, deseed and skin the pumpkin. Boil till soft. Strain and blend in the food processor till smooth. Weigh out 15oz (425g) of pumpkin. Set aside. Roll out the pastry to fit a 20cm deep pie dish....