Pound Cake: Vanilla, Chocolate and Marble

Let your children participate in the baking, my 4 year old did most of the job on these cakes!

Ingredients

1 cup smoothed butter or for a lighter version 1 cup of Canola oil

2 cups of white sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract or a pinch of vanilla powder

1 tsp lemon zest

2 tsp orange Grand Marnier or any liquor of your choice

3 cups all-purpose flour

3 tsp Baking Powder

1 cup milk

4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, for the chocolate batter

Directions

Preheat oven to170 degrees C

Prepare 3 rectangle 8*20*8 cm baking tin or one round shaped, 20 cm diameter, baking tin.

Brush butter on all sides, sprinkle with flour and set aside.

Whisk the butter and the sugar until you get a whitish creamy mix.

While the electrical whisk is still on, add the eggs, vanilla, lemon zest and liquor.

Add the milk and keep whisking.

On the side, mix the baking powder and the flour in a bowl, and start adding the mixture little by little to the batter.

When all the ingredients are well combined, pour approximately 1/3 of the cake batter in one rectangular tin, only to 2/3 of it's height. In the second tin, pour a little of the vanilla batter and set aside.

Add the Cocoa powder to the cake batter, mix well and fill one whole tin of chocolate mix As for the tin half full of white batter pour the chocolate over and with a wooden spoon make a wavy move.

If baked in rectangular tins, bake on a 170 degrees C for 25 minutes, then on 130 degrees C for 35 minutes or until baked through. 

If baked in a round cake, 30 minutes in a 170 degrees heat will do it.

Fill it and frost it as wished and you got yourself a delicious, easily made cake for the whole family to enjoy.

P.S: You must know that you should never open your oven until the cake has been baking for at least 25 minutes.

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Thai Chicken Balls

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 40 minutes
Makes about 50 balls

Ingredients

1 kg minced chicken
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
5 spring onions, sliced
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
1 tsp salt
1-2 tbsp lemon juice
oil, for shallow frying

Directions

Preheat the over to 200 degrees C.
Mix the chicken and breadcrumbs together.
Add the spring onion, ground and fresh coriander, chili sauce and lemon juice, and mix.
With wet hands, form into evenly shaped balls.
Heat around 3 cm oil in a deep frying pan until a cube of bread browns in 15 seconds.
Cook the balls few at a time until golden.
Bake on a baking tray until cooked through.

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Caramelized Sole Fish

 For a better result chill overnight!

Prepartion time: 30 minutes
Serves 5

Ingredients

1 large onion, cut into julienne slices
9 tbsp olive oil ( reserve 3 for the salad)
250 ml red wine vinegar
50 g raisins
500 g sole fillets, cut crosswise into pieces about 5 cm wide*
1 tbsp plain flour
1/8 cup pine nuts
1 bunch of rocket leaves
1/3 cup orange juice

Directions

1. In a preheated frying pan, heat 1/3 of the oil. Add the onion slices with a little of salt and pepper. Caramelize the onion slices by cooking them on a very low heat for 20 mns until soft and richly browned.
2. Add the red wine vinegar and the raisins to the onions. Heat to boiling, and boil for 2 minutes.
3. Transfer the mixture to a bowl.
4. Aside, season the flour with salt and black pepper and coat the fish pieces with the flour mixture.
5. Heat the remaining oil in the same pan, and cook the fish over medium heat until browned, 2-3 minutes.
6. Spread the sole in the baking dish, and cover them with the vinegar mixture
7. Sprinkle with roasted pine nuts, cover tightly and leave to marinate in the refrigerator from 12 to 24 hours.
8. Mix the orange juice with 3 tbsp olive oil, salt and black pepper to taste
9. Pour over rocket leaves
10. Serve the fish on a bed of rocket leaves salad  

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Vegetable Fish rolls with Tomato Basil Sauce

 An easy dish for an elegant dinner

 

Preparation Time: 40 minutes

 

Ingredients

• 1 zucchini
• 1 carrot
• 1 stick celery
• 4 fish fillets
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp canola oil 

 

For the marinade

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried basil

For the sauce

• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp freshly crushed garlic
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 4 large tomatoes(peeled, seeded and chopped)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil leaves

Directions

Mix the marinade ingredients, pour over the fish fillet, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour minimum.

1. Preheat a large skillet or grilling pan.
2. Cut vegetables into 10 cm thin strips
3. Place fillets and season with black pepper and salt
4. Divide vegetable strips amongst fillets, and roll up around vegetables.
5. Secure with toothpicks.
6. Pour canola oil over moderately heated skillet, cook the fish on high heat for 2 mns, turning them over.
7. Then reduce the heat and cover, and allow to grill until cooked through for approximately 15 minutes.

To make the sauce:

1. Melt butter in a saucepan, add onions and garlic, and cook stirring until the onions are soft.
2. Add wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, and salt and black pepper to taste.
3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the sauce slightly thickens. 
4. Add basil, and stir well.
5. Spoon sauce over fish rolls 

You can serve it on a bed of steamed, long grain, white rice

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Tandoori Fish

 

  A quick, delicious and spicy recipe for all fish lover to enjoy!

Ingredients

1/2 cup yogurt
1 tsp mild chili pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp tomato purée
4 tbsp lime juice
700 g fish fillet, cut into 4 pieces

Directions

Mix together the yogurt, chili powder, paprika, cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam, masala, garlic, tomato purée, and lime jice.
Place the fish in a large, non metallic dish.
Pour over the marinade and turn to cover.
Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
Preheat the grill to high. Place the marinated fish in an oven tray.
Place under the grill and cook for 8 minutes or until the fish is cooked through, turning once.
You can serve the fish with Raita

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