Tag: #Chocolate

The Bishops’ Kitchen – March ’22

Mother’s Day is on Sunday, 27th March and Richard Childs offers two children friendly recipes this month…

Chocolate Fairy Cakes

For the Cake:

  • 200g butter, softened
  • 200g sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 tbsp cocoa powder dissolved in 3-4 tbsp. boiling water

For the Butter Cream Icing:

  • 160g butter, softened
  • 320g icing butter
  • 55g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 1-2 tbsp milk white & chocolate buttons

Method:

Pre heat oven 180c/gas mark 4. Line the whole of 2×12  fairy cake tins with paper cases.

In a large bowl cream together the butter & sugar together until the mixture is light & fluffy.
Beat the eggs in one at a time, add a tablespoon of flour if the mixture curdles.
Add the vanilla extract & cocoa mix. Gently fold in the flour until no traces of flour are visible. If mixture is to thick add a little milk. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins 2/3 full & bake for 15-20 mins or until golden brown on top & springy to touch.
Set aside for 5 mins to cool on wire rack before removing from tin. To make butter cream beat the butter until soft add half the icing sugar & beat till smooth, add remaining icing sugar, cocoa powder & 1 tablespoon of milk & beat until creamy, add more milk if necessary to loosen icing Once the cakes are cool spread butter cream on top & decorate with the chocolate buttons.

Blueberry Muffins

  • 110g plain flour
  • 110g butter softened
  • 65g caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp baking flour
  • 125g blueberries
  • pinch grated nutmeg

Method:

Cream the butter & sugar together then slowly add the eggs mix for 3 mins.
Then add the flour, baking powder & nutmeg. Stir to combine then refrigerate for at least an hour, preferably overnight. Place a spoonful of mixture into each muffin case, filling to just over halfway.
Stud each muffin with about 8 blueberries. Bake in oven at 200c/gas mark 6 for 20 mins for or until golden on top.  Serve warm.

 

All recipes are from Hursey resident, Richard Childs.

Missed a recipe? Click HERE to view Richard’s earlier recipes and other seasonal ideas.

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The Bishops’ Kitchen – April 21

This month there are two chocolate recipes for children to make over the Easter holidays:

CHUNKY DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BISCUITS

115g unsalted butter softened, 115g light muscovado sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 150g self raising flour, 75g porridge oats, 115g plain chocolate roughly chopped, 115g white chocolate roughly chopped.

Method:
Cream the butter & sugar until pale & fluffy. Add the egg & vanilla essence & beat well. Sift the flour over the mixture & fold in with a metal spoon then add the oats & chopped chocolate. Stir in until evenly mixed. Place small spoonfuls of the mixture in 18-20 rocky heaps on lightly greased baking sheets, leaving space for spreading. Bake for 12-15 mins @ 190c/gas 5 until the biscuits have turned pale golden. Cool for 2-3 mins on the baking sheets then lift onto wire rack. The biscuits will be soft when freshly baked but will harden on cooling.

CHOCOLATE PECAN SQUARES

2eggs, 2tsp vanilla essence, pinch of salt, 175g pecan nuts roughly chopped, 50g plain flour, 50g granulated sugar, 120ml golden syrup, 75g plain chocolate chopped into small pieces, 40g unsalted butter, 16 pecan nut halves to decorate.

Method:
In a bowl whisk the eggs with the vanilla essence & salt. In another bowl mix together the nuts & flour. Put the sugar & golden syrup in a pan & bring to boil. Remove from heat & stir in the chocolate & butter with a wooden spoon until both have dissolved & the mixture is smooth. Stir in the beaten egg mixture then fold in the nuts & flour. Pour the mixture  into a 20cm square baking tin lined with non-stick baking paper & bake  for about 35mins or until firm to touch @160c/gas3. Cool in the tin for 10mins before  turning out on to a wire rack. Cut into 5cm squares & press pecan halves into the tops while still warm cool completely before serving.

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The Bishops’ Kitchen – Recipes Online

Readers of The Broadwindsor News monthly magazine will be familiar with the many recipes which have appeared direct from The Bishops’ Kitchen.  Broadwindsor.org is delighted to be bringing the recipes to you online each month too.  The Bishops’ Kitchen will have it’s own page on the website as the number of recipes increase – but you can always type what you’re looking for in the search box to bring up any pages or posts at all 🙂 Happy Baking!
 

LEMON & POLENTA DRIZZLE CAKE

2 lemons, 140g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing, 3 eggs, 250g golden caster sugar, 200g ground almonds, 175 g polenta, 1tsp baking powder. For drizzle: 140 g golden caster sugar, juice 1 lemon

Put the lemons in a saucepan & cover with water, simmer for 1 hour until the lemons are really soft. Drain the lemons, when cool halve them, remove pips & blitz in food processor to a puree. Add all the other ingredients & carry on blitzing until you have a loose batter. Grease a 23cm cake tin & heat oven to 180c/gas4. Scrape the batter into cake tin & bake for40-50 mins until golden & starting to shrink from sides, remove. To make drizzle, mix sugar & lemon juice & pour over cake & leave to cool completely. Serve with mascarpone.

CHOCOLATE CAKE

150 g of milk & dark chocolate broken into chunks, 250 g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease, 200 g caster sugar, 4 large eggs (separated), 1tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp cream of tartar. 23cm springform cake tin, base lined with non-stick baking paper & sides greased

Heat oven to 180c/gas4. Gently melt the chocolate & butter in a heavy-based pan. Then stir in 100 g of the sugar. Leave to cool slightly, then beat in the egg yolks & vanilla using a wooden spoon. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Whisk the egg whites with electric mixer until foamy. Add the cream of tartar, then whisk until stiff peaks form. Add remaining sugar 1tbsp at a time until thick & glossy. Mix a spoonful of egg white into the chocolate mixture to loosen it, then gently fold in the remaining whites in 2-3 additions until all incorporated. Spoon batter into prepared tin & bake for 40 mins or until risen & the top starts to crack. Cool the cake in tin.

All recipes are from village resident, Richard Childs.

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It’s World Chocolate Day! – July 7th

World Chocolate Day - 7th JulyChocolate is certainly of the world’s favourite flavours, if not the most loved taste across 7 continents. Often referred to as the magic bean, it definitely deserves to be celebrated. Everyone loves it, and the recipes that come with it are nothing less than amazing!
Officially, since 2009 – July 7th is the most commonly accepted date to celebrate chocolate but there is also National Chocolate Day, on October 28th, Christmas and Valentine’s Day – so chocoholics don’t have to wait a year to indulge and celebrate!
Sadly for some, milk chocolate is not dairy-free, as it contains milk and usually other dairy ingredients as well. If you must avoid milk due to an allergy, lactose intolerance, or as part of a vegan lifestyle, you will need to eliminate milk chocolate.

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