Cakes, Cookies, Brownies Recipe and Desserts

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Ingredients:
225 g butter or margarine, well softened
50 g icing sugar, sifted
finely grated rind of 1 lemon
200 g flour
150 g cornflour
5 tsp ground mixed spice
50g cherries, finely chopped
15 ml milk
15 ml lemon juice
quartered cherries to decorate
icing sugar, for dredging
Directions:
1. Cream the butter with the icing sugar and the lemon rind until pale and fluffy. Sift in [...]

Ingredients:
115 g hazelnuts, toasted and skinnes
115 g butter
50 g soft light brown sugar
25 g icing sugar
1 egg yolk
175 g flour
lemon curd
icing sugar, for dredging
Directions:
1. Grind the nuts to a fine powder.
2. Beat the butter until soft, then add the sugars a little at a time and beat until very soft, pale and fluffy. Add the [...]

Ingredients:
50 g butter
50 g sugar
1 tbs syrup
50 g flour
5 tsp ground ginger
5 tsp brandy
1/2 finely grated rind of lemon
150 ml double cream
Directions:
1. Gently melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan. Remove from heat. Sift the flour and ginger together, then stir them into the melted butter mixture with the brandy and lemon rind.
2. [...]

Ingredients:
115 g butter or margarine, softened
75 g sugar
1 egg
150g flour
5 tsp baking powder
5 tsp salt
5 tsp vanilla flavouring
5 tsp ground cinnamon
75 g rolled oats
Directions:
1. Beat together all the ingredients.
2. Spoon large teaspoonfuls of the mixture on two greased baking trays, leaving room to spread. Bake 190C / 375F for about 15 minutes until golden around [...]

Ingredients:
115 g butter or margarine, softened
150 g sugar
1 egg
150g flour
5 tsp baking powder
5 tsp salt
115 g crunchy peanut butter
175 g raisins
Directions:
1. Beat together all the ingredients except the raisins.
2. Spoon large teaspoonfuls of the mixture on two greased baking trays, leaving room to spread. Bake 190C / 375F for about 15 minutes until golden around [...]

Ingredients:
40 g plain chocolate
50 g butter
115 g sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 x 5ml vanilla flavouring
50 g flour
5 teaspoon salt
5 teaspoon baking powder
175 g walnut, chopped
Directions:
1. Break up the chocolate and melt in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cool slightly.
2. Cream the butte with the sugar and chocolate until fluffy. Beat in the [...]

Ingredients:
115 g butter or margarine
25 g icing sugar
115 g flour
5 tsp baking powder
few drops of vanilla flavouring
50 g plain chocolate
Directions:
1. Cream the butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy. Sift in the flour and baking powder. Beat well, adding the vanilla flavouring.
2. Put the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium [...]

Ingredients:
225 g flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground mixed spice
75 g fine oatmeal
75 g sugar
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
175 g black treacle
50 g butter
Directions:
1. Put the flour, ginger, spice, oatmeal, sugar and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl and mix together. Melt the treacle amd butter in a small saucepan. Pour it on the dry [...]

Ingredients:
275g (10 oz) flour
6 x 15ml ground almonds
2 x 5ml ground cinnamon
115g (40z) sugar
225g butter
egg yolk, to glaze
flaked almonds
icing sugar and drinking chocolate, for dredging
Directions:
1. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the almonds. cinnamon and sugar and mix together. Work in the butter with your fingertips.
2. Roll out on a surface dusted with icing [...]

Ingredients:
8-10 green cardamom pods
50 g butter
50 g sugar
2 egg whites
50 g plain flour, sifted
Directions:
1. Split open the cardamom pods and crush the black seeds to a fine powder.
2. Beat the butter until soft, then add the sugar and cardamom and mix well. Gradually add the egg whites to the mixture, beating thoroughly after each addition. [...]