Quick Desserts

[lauren22]

Ingredients (serves 8)
250g pitted dates, chopped
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 cups boiling water
125g butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups White Wings Self-Raising Flour, sifted
Caramel sauce
1 cup brown sugar
300ml thickened cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
60g butter
Method
Preheat oven to 180?C. Grease and line the base of a 7cm deep, 22cm (base) cake pan.
Place dates and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Pour over boiling water. Allow to stand for 20 minutes.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Using a large metal spoon, fold through date mixture and flour until well combined.
Spoon mixture into prepared cake pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn onto a plate.
Make sauce Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until sauce comes to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 2 minutes.
Pierce pudding all over with a skewer. Pour 1/2 cup of warm sauce over warm pudding. Stand for 10 minutes. Cut into wedges. Serve with remaining sauce.




this is my fave and it goes down a treat

[christy]

There's a 5 minute chocolate cake recipe around here somewhere....

Its so easy and very very yum!

[Nadine216]

Oh my .. you know what I just thought of ... those marshmallow sweets with the popped rice (cereal) ... they are just yummo for anytime. And they keep very well in the pantry or fridge. Will try and find a recipe for you

[luna moth]

Chocolate mousse - the dairy or non-dairy way.

Dairy way
Melt one family block chocolate with 600mL cream. Wizz mix until quite bubbly. Add 1 tsp gelatin in water. Pour over chopped strawberries/raspberries/blueberries/passionfruit/stewed pear/whatever is lying around, in 6 glasses. Can also add a digestive biscuit at the base fro crunch. Chill til set.

Non dairy way
Melt one small block non-dairy chocolate (Whittaker's Dark or Green & Blacks or Sweet William) with one block silken tofu and 1/2 cup sugar. Wizz mix until very smooth. Add 2tsp cornflour slurry. Pour over fruit and/or biscuits. Chill til set.

[{sarah}]

This one is really yummy & I usually have all the ingredients on hand - http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...596-post3.html

[Salad]

Thanks heaps there are some really great ideas.
I have a really quick easy and tasty recipe for golden syrup dumplings in the microwave if anyone is interested.

[Nadine216]

ME!! for the dumplings ... I just love them, I make cinnamon dumplings in the microwave. Havent for a while, though, should though

[Salad]

nadine I love golden syrup dumplings and I have tried them heaps but these are just to die for, when you make them let me know what you think.

Golden Syrup Dumplings

Prep Time ? 10 minutes
Cooking time ? 9 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup self raising flour
4 tablespoons of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg beaten
? teaspoon vanilla essence
2 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of golden syrup

1. Place flour in a mixing bowl, using fingertips, rub in half the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Using a fork stir in ? cup of sugar, the egg vanilla and milk to make a soft dough. Using damp hands shape dough into 8 balls and set aside.

2. Place remaining butter, remaining sugar and golden syrup in a large shallow microwave safe dish. Add 1 ? cups boiling water and mix well until sugar dissolves.

3. Cook on high (100%) for 4 minutes or until simmering. Add dumplings and cover. Cook on high for 5 minutes, stand covered for 5 minutes (if you can wait that long) serve warm with ice cream or cream.

Notes:
You can cook dumplings in advance and reheat on medium for 3-5 minutes
Avoid overcooking. If using a higher wattage microwave reduce cooking time by 1 ?2 minutes. This recipe is based in a 1250 watt microwave. Mine is 1200 watt and it turns out fine.