I have bought so many books and for the recipes as I love baking and trying new dishes, eventually found that I never really used them so I reverted to the Old Style Book which my Mom In Law gave me, and I think thats why she loved me as she knew her son would be well fed ha ha ..
I have tried this and so easy and really tasty and amazingly moist.
BOILED FRUIT CAKE (MOMS XMAS CAKE)
4 X Cups mixed dry Fruit
500g Butter or Marge
2 x Cups Water
1 x Tsp Bicarb
1 x Cup Peacan / Walnuts
1 x Cup Cherries
4 x Cups Self Raising Flour
1 x Tsp Baking Powder
1 x Wine Glass Brandy
4 x Eggs
1 x Tsp Vanilla Essence
METHOD
Boil Butter, Sugar , Water Dried Fruit and Bicarb for 20 minutes.
Take off stove add flour, pinch salt, Nuts, Cherries and lastly beaten eggs, Brandy and Essence.
Grease Tin and line with grease proof paper
Bake 140 deg +- 1 3/4 hours.
Now this recipe is way back from South Africa and very popular its called
MILK TART
As stated in her book "Moms Milk Tart"
INGREDIENTS
4 1/2 cups Milk
3 x Eggs
2 1/2 x Tbsp Flour
2 1/2 x Tbsp Maizena
3 x Tbsp Butter
3/4 x Cups Sugar
Pinch Salt
METHOD
Place Milk on stove and boil
Beat Eggs, Butter, Sugar, Flour, Maizena and salt (separate Bowl)
Pour into milk when boiling point , beat thoroughly until thick
CRUST
Generally any biscuit mixture as with me my home base is either too thin or just fights with me so i always use a biscuit base , of your choice and butter and line around dish well covered press hard
Add mixture and bake for about 20/30 minutes.
sprinkle with cinamon on top
Optional in milk mixture is almond essence...soooo nice
I as a kid use to love these anything with coconut was delicious.
INGREDIENTS
4 x cups sugar
1 x cup milk
400g coconut
colouring
METHOD
Melt sugar and milk and boil a few minutes
Add coconut
boil another few minutes
Remove from stove and add a few drops colouring beat 2 minutes with wooden spoon
Pour into buttered tray and leave to set .
Now that is as per hand written book, i would presume to do the 2 colours you pour in first half then use colourant in 2nd half
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GAELIC CREAM (LIKE AMARULA)
INGREDIENTS
1/3 Bottle of whisky
3 Tins Nestle cream
2 Tsp Vanilla Essence
2 Tsp Coffee mixed with a little water
1 Tsp Glycerine
Beat all together Well and Bottle and Refrigerate
