Australian Touring RV Club Inc

Easy Recipes

Poor Soldiers Cake

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of water
125 grams of butter
225 grams of raisins or sultanas
1 tsp of carb soda
1 tsp of mixed spice

Put all ingredients in saucepan and let come to boil.
Allow to cool, and add just sufficient plain flour to make a thin batter
(about a cup and a half of plain flour).
Bake in a moderate oven for approx. one hour.

Sent by: Rosemary Walker SA

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Best ever scones

4 cups SR Flour

300ml cream

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 eggs

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon sugar

300 ml milk

Method:

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Beat together milk, cream, eggs and sugar and pour into flour. Mix with fork till all combined. Turn out onto floured board and knead well. Press to required thickness and cut with scone cutter. Place on floured baking tray just touching each other. Brush with egg and milk mix and bake in hot oven for 10-12 minutes.

Makes about 24 scones per batch.

Sent by: Helen Bald SA

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NO BAKE Festive Slice

1 pkt Marie Biscuits, crushed

2 cups Mixed Fruit

½ cup Unsalted Peanuts, chopped

½ cup Dates, chopped

¼ cup Coconut (if desired)

½ teaspoon Cinnamon

½ teaspoon Nutmeg

125 grams Copha

3 tablespoons Honey

3 tablespoons Sherry (or Port)

Melt copha in large saucepan.

Add all the other ingredients & mix really well.

Line an approx.. 33cm x 23cm slice tray with baking paper.

Press mixture into tray using back of a serving spoon.

Place in fridge to set & store in container in the fridge.

Sent by: Wendy Abraham

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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake

Ingredients:

1 pkt Chocolate Cake Mix

1/3 cup Vegetable Oil

100 gm pkt Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix (Cottees)

1 cup Lemonade

2 eggs

1 pkt Tim Tams

Method:

Beat eggs and add oil, add to the combined cake mix

and instant pudding and stir well.

Mix in lemonade.

Pour mixture into microwave safe baking pan

and push Tim Tams evenly around so each slice

will contain one.

Microwave for approx 6 to 8 minutes on high

Variation: Use vanilla cake mix and vanilla pudding.

Alternatives to Tim Tams: mini chocolate bars eg

Cherry Ripes, Flakes, Mars Bars etc

Submitted by SA member Dianna Wilcock

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Coconut Biscuits

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Here is a handy recipe for biscuits that are ready in about 20 mins

Happy Hour Munchies

Bread Rollups

1 tin of reduced cream
1 packet of french onion soup mix
1 loaf of cheap sliced bread
1 cup of grated cheese
Options:- add finely chopped shallots or what ever turns your fancy

Cut crusts off bread
Mix all the above together
Spread over each slice of bread and roll up
Cut each into three or four pieces and place on baking paper covered tray.
Sprinkle with a little extra cheese

Bake in a hot oven till golden

They are nice served straight from the oven.

(Make sure you have one before you pass around as they go fast and you might miss out)

 Sent by: Ian and Eleanor Sutton 985

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Carleen's Rat Bait

 6 slices of bread

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

3 rashers bacon finely chopped

2 Tsp Worcester sauce

 2 Tsp Tomato sauce

 1/2 cup Grated cheese

 Toast bread on one side and butter the other, mix eggs, bacon, sauces, milk, cheese together in a bowl and add salt and pepper to taste. Spoon onto the buttered side of the bread.

Bake in oven on 180 deg until golden brown.

 Delicious, you can add tomato or herbs if you like.

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Jenny's Kitchen Sink Cookies

Cream   1 cup margarine or butter

            1 cup brown sugar

            1 cup white sugar

            2 eggs

            ½ cup peanut paste

            2 teaspoons vanilla

Blend    2 ½ cups oats

            2 cups plain flour

            1 teaspoon salt

            1 teaspoon carb soda

ADD TO CREAMED MIXTURE

Add       2 cups chocolate chips

            1 ½ cups chopped walnuts

            1 cup sultanas

            1 cup coconut       

Roll into balls and flatten with a fork and place on baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in a moderate oven for approximately 10 minutes and then turn the tray and cook for about another 5 to 10 minutes.

(Makes approximately 80 biscuits)

Helen's Pavlova Receipe - shared by her daughter Tracey

Helen's Famous no fail (no cornflour) Pavlova Recipe shared by daughter Tracey.

There are 2 sets of measurements and times to allow for two different size Pavlova's.

(Anything in brackets is the larger one)

Ingredients

1 cup caster sugar (1 1/2 cup)

4 egg whites (6 egg whites)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla (3/4 teaspoon)

3/4 teaspoon white vinegar (1 1/8 teaspoon)

Method

Beat egg whites till stiff. Add sugar gradually approx 1/3 cup at a time beating well between each addition.

Add vanilla and vinegar and beat for one minute.

Make 7 inch circle on foil and pile the mix within the circle, ensuring sides are sort of even and top is relatively level so it bakes evenly.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours (2 1/4 hours) at 130 degrees C or 265 degrees F. 

Then leave to cool in oven with door slightly ajar.

Decorate as you like, eg whipped cream with any tart fruit to cut through the sweetness and the cream. Raspberries and a few passionfruit drizzled over the top work well.