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The Land Cookery Recipes 14/15
Please note: a “moderate oven” is 180-190°C
Marble Cake—Section 2, Class A
Suggested recipe
185ml/6 fl oz/¾ cup milk at room temperature
220g/7 ¾ oz butter softened
Pink food colouring
220g /7 ¾ oz/ 1 cup caster sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Pale pink icing to serve
3 eggs
150g / 5 ½ oz / 1 cup Plain flour, well sifted
150g / 5 ½ oz Self raising Flour, well sifted
Preheat oven to moderate (180°C/350°F/Gas 4).
Grease a deep 20cm (8inch) round tin and line base
with baking paper.
Cream butter and sugar very well, add vanilla. Add
eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the well sifted flours alternately with the
milk.
Divide the mixture into three equal parts. Leave one
part natural, colour one pink and use cocoa mixed
in a little hot water to colour chocolate portion.
Place alternate spoonfuls of different mixture into
the prepared tin. Lightly tap tin on bench and run
knife through mixture four times to give marble
effect.
Bake for about 50 minutes. When cool ice with pale
pink icing.
Whole Orange Cake—Section 2, Class B
Cake recipe must be used. You can use your own
recipe for icing.
1 whole naval orange chopped roughly
180grams melted butter
3 eggs
250gram/1 cup caster sugar
230grams/ 1½ cups SR Flour
Place whole orange in blender or processor and
process. Add remaining ingredients except SR flour,
blend well. Place in a basin and fold in flour.
Cook in a 20cm tin, 40 minutes in moderate oven
(160°C fan force or 170-180°C no fan)
Ice with orange icing, no decorations.
Pear and Ginger Cake—Section 3
Recipe supplied here must be used
125g butter
1 cup Self raising flour
½ cup golden syrup
1 cup Plain Flour
½ cup Brown sugar
4 juicy pears, peeled, cored and chopped
2 eggs
A little milk if the mix is too dry and pears are not
juicy
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
Grease and flour or grease and paper line a 20cm
round tin
Pre heat oven 200°C
Sift together self raising flour, plain flour and ginger
Melt butter, sugar and syrup in a small saucepan
over low heat until combined
In a large bowl combine butter/syrup mix with
all other ingredients, mixing until all combined,
adding pears last of all.
Spoon mixture into prepared tin, smoothing the
top evenly
Bake at 200°C for 45 minutes or until cake feels
firm.
Test with skewer to make sure the cake is cooked
before removing from the oven.
Stand on a cake cooler for at least 5 minutes before
removing carefully from the tin.
Macaroons—Section 4
Recipes supplied here must be used
Chocolate Macaroons
1 cup/160 g pure icing sugar
½ cup/ 60g almond meal
2 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
2 eggs whites, room temperature
2 tablespoons caster sugar
Pre heat oven to 150C. Line a large baking tray with
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baking paper and draw 3cm circles approx 3cm
apart.
Turn the paper over so that the pencil marks won’t
blemish the bottoms of macaroons
Process the icing sugar, almond meal and cocoa
powder in a food processor until fine.
Sift mixture through a fine wire sieve into a large
bowl
Beat egg whites with electric mixer to soft peaks
form
Beat in the caster sugar until thick and glossy
Fold egg whites into the almond, mix until
thoroughly combined
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a
1cm plain nozzle
Pipe approx 30 discs onto the marked circles
and then drop the tray a couple of times onto the
kitchen bench. This will shape the macaroons and
permit them rise uniformly onto a little foot”
Set aside for 30 minutes or until a skin forms on top
Bake for 20 minutes until just crisp set aside and
cool
Fill with chocolate ganache
Pistachio Macaroons
125g pistachios
1 ¼ cup/ 190g pure icing sugar
These two ingredients are processed together
2 egg whites at room temperature
¼ cup/30g caster sugar
Few drops of green food colouring
Then use the same method for chocolate macaroons
minus almond meal and cocoa powder
When cool fill with white chocolate ganache
Strawberry (Pink) Macaroons
1 cup/ 160g pure icing sugar
½ cup/ 60g plus 2 tablespoons Almond meal
These 2 ingredients are processed together
2 egg whites at room temperature
2 tablespoons caster sugar
Few drops strawberry essence for pale pink colour
Then use the same method for chocolate macaroons
minus cocoa powder
When cool fill with white chocolate ganache
Zebra Cake—Section 5
Recipe supplied here must be used
4 eggs
2 cups self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¾ cup vegetable oil
½ cup milk
Pre heat oven 180°C
Grease a 22cm round tin, line base and sides with
baking paper
Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in bowl for about 5
minutes or until thick and creamy
Whisk oil and milk in a jug to combine
Add the oil mixture and sifted flour mixture in 2
batches to the egg mixture then fold in until just
combined
Divide mixture into 2 equal portions, fold sifted
cocoa into 1 portion
Working quickly pour ¼ cup plain batter into
centre of the prepared tin
Then pour ¼ cup chocolate batter into centre of
plain batter
Repeat the process with remaining batters
Cook for about 45 minutes or until browned and
the skewer inserted into the centre of cake comes
out clean
Leave to stand in tin for about 10 minutes then turn
out onto a clean tea towel covered rack to cool
When cool ice on top only with a butter icing
Microwave Kiwi Fruit Jam—Section 8,
Class A
Recipe supplied here must be used
Makes 2 cups
750g green Kiwi Fruit, peeled and chopped (see
note)
1 golden delicious apple, peeled, cored and chopped
2 limes, juiced
1 cup white sugar
Combine kiwi fruit, apple and approx ½ lime
juice in a large microwave safe bowl. Cover and
microwave on HIGH (100%) for 3 minutes or until
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fruit is warm. Remove cover and stir
Microwave uncovered on high (100%) for 3
minutes, stirring every minute or until sugar is
dissolved. Microwave on high (100%) for a further
15-18 minutes or until jam reaches setting point
(see tip)
Spoon hot jam into hot sterilised jars, secure lids.
Turn upside down. Stand for 5 minutes. Turn
rightside up and allow to cool
Note: 10 small kiwi fruits will give you 750g kiwi
fruit
when tested
Pour jelly into large heat proof jug, stir a few drops
of green food colouring in and allow to stand until
jelly is lukewarm not set
Meanwhile, place mint into a saucepan of boiling
water for 2 minutes, drain, rinse under cold water,
drain and pat dry with absorbent paper
Chop mint finely and stir into lukewarm jelly
Pour into hot sterilised jars, seal immediately.
Moroccan Tomato Relish—Section 8,
Tip: To test if jam is at setting point, place 1 teaspoon Class C
of jam on a chilled saucer, place in the freezer for
1 minute or until jam is at room temperature. Run
your finger through the middle of the jam and if
surface wrinkles and jam stays separated then it
is ready to bottle. If not, cook a little longer and re
test.
Storage tip: Jam will keep 3 months stored in a cool
dark cupboard. Once opened store in fridge for up
to 1 month.
Serving suggestions: Fill sponge cake with kiwi
fruit jam and cream or spread on home made
scones, hot buttered fruit toast or warm croissants.
Mint and Apple Jelly—Section 8, Class B
Recipe supplied here must be used
1kg green skinned apples, washed and chopped
coarsely
1 ½ litres (6 cups) water
5 ½ cups sugar
Green food colouring
1 cup firmly packed fresh mint leaves
Combine apples and water in a large saucepan,
bring to the boil and reduce heat. Simmer covered
for about 1 hour or until apple is very pulpy
Strain mixture through fine cloth into large bowl
stand overnight until liquid stops dripping. Do not
squeeze cloth as jelly will be cloudy. Discard pulp.
Measure apple liquid and allow 1 cup of sugar per
cup of liquid
Return apple liquid and sugar to the same
saucepan, stir over low heat without boiling until
sugar dissolves
Bring to the boil, boil rapidly uncovered without
stirring for about 30 minutes or until jelly will set
Recipe supplied here must be used
750g ripe tomatoes or you can use 2 tins diced/
chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
250g onions chopped
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 ½ cups malt vinegar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon Moroccan spice
½ teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon salt
½ tablespoon plain flour
Skin tomatoes by placing in boiling water for a
couple of minutes then straight into a cold water
bath. Peel and chopped roughly
Heat oil in a deep saucepan and cook onions, garlic
and fresh ginger over a medium heat until softened.
Add tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, spices and salt
Stir until sugar dissolves and mixture boils. Simmer
for about 1 hour or until mixture thickens slightly
Combine flour and 1 tablespoon of water, add to
tomato mixture and stir until combined
Cook for 20 minutes or until thickened
Ladle hot relish into warm sterilised jars and seal
while hot.
Gluten Free Caramel and Almond Flake
Slice—Section 9
Recipe supplied here must be used
Base
250grams unsalted butter (cool room temperature)
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1 cup/250grams caster sugar
2 egg yolks
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups/ 310grams Gluten free Plain Flour
½ cup/75grams Gluten free SR Flour
1/3 cup/50grams Gluten free custard powder
½ teaspoon salt
Topping
1 cup/185grams brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey or golden syrup
180grams unsalted butter
¼ teaspoon salt
250grams flaked Almonds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pre heat oven to moderate (180C). Grease and line
a 32cm x 24cm baking tray.
Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until creamed
and fluffy. Beat in yolks one at a time. Mix in extract,
sifted flours, custard powder and salt, mix on low
speed until combined. Press into slice tin, bake
for 25-30 minutes or until puffed and golden. cool
slightly
Topping
In a heavy base saucepan, place sugar, honey or
golden syrup, butter and salt. Stir over low heat
until the sugar dissolves. Simmer without stirring
for 10 minutes. Stir in Almonds and extract. Remove
from heat; pour over base, working quickly spread
out evenly. Return to oven. Bake for further 12-15
minutes or until top is slightly bubbly and golden.
Cool slightly in pan. Once barely warm, loosen
edges and cut into rectangles
Crunchy Topped Lemon Loaf—Section
10, Class A
Recipe supplied here must be used
115g butter
150g caster sugar
2 teaspoon lemon zest
2 eggs
180g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
110ml milk
Pre heat oven 180°C
Lightly grease a medium sized loaf tin and line
bottom with a rectangle of baking paper
Bring the butter and the eggs to room temperature
Sift flour and baking powder together
Cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy,
beat in the lemon zest then the eggs one at a time,
beating well after each addition
Use a metal spoon to gently fold in the dry
ingredients in about 3 lots alternating with the milk
Pour mixture into prepared tin and smooth the top
and bake for about 40 minutes. The cake will be a
beautiful golden colour with a crack running along
the top and should be just pulling away from the
sides of the tin. Remove from the oven and place on
a cooling rack
For the topping
70g caster sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Combine sugar and the lemon juice in a small bowl
then spoon the mixture over the top of the still
hot cake. It will soak in a little and run down the
sides, leaving a thin crust of sugar on the top. Finish
cooling in the tin then turn out carefully.
Speedway Cake—Section 10, Class B
Recipe supplied here must be used
115g butter softened
60ml/ 2 fl oz/ ¼ cup milk
¾ breakfast cup sugar
2 eggs
1 breakfast cup self-raising flour
finely grated zest 1 orange
Pinch salt
Pre heat oven to moderate (180°C/ 350°F/ Gas 4).
Grease an 18cm (7 inch) round or square tin and
line base with baking paper
Put everything into a basin and beat hard for 5
minutes or until the mixture looks creamy and
spongy
Pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 30-45 minutes.
Best eaten day it is made.
Suggested Loaf tins sizes—9cm x 20cm, 9cm x
22cm, 11cm x 18cm, 12cm x 22cm.
Please read The Land Cookery Schedule before commencing your entry.
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