Quick Tiramisu

Ingredients

Vanilla cake (enough for two layers)
Coffee
250mls whipping cream
Custard (for one layer)
Drinking chocolate powder



Method

Boil some water and make a cup of sweetened black coffee. Slice the cake and layer half of the slices in the bottom of a deep clear dish. Spoon half of the coffee over, then pour the custard on top.
Layer the rest of the sliced cake over that, then spoon the rest of the coffee over. Whip the cream until thick, adding some sugar to taste. Spread this over the top layer of cake.

Just before serving, sprinkle over the drinking chocolate powder.

Peanut Butter Blondies

Ingredients

100g marge
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
175g peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
200g sr flour
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Method

In a saucepan melt together the marge and sugar, then stir in the peanut butter. When it's cooled slightly, add the eggs and vanilla essence. Pour this into a large bowl with the flour and mix together, then fold in the chocolate chips.

Pour into a greased square pan and bake at 180 for 45 mins. Leave to cool for a few minutes, then cut into squares.

Variation: Omit the chocolate chips. Press 3/4 of the mixture into the pan, and spread 300g of jam over it. Crumble the rest of the mixture over the top, then bake.

Almond Cake

Ingredients

3 eggs, separated
150g sugar
160g ground almonds
1 tsp almond essence

Method

Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar, then fold in the ground almonds to make a thick paste. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff. Using a metal spoon, stir in a couple of spoons of the egg whites into the almond paste to loosen it. Then carefully fold in the rest of the whites.

Pour into a lined cake tin and bake at 180 for 35 mins.