Lemon Drizzle Cake

This is the best lemon drizzle cake i have ever come across and I very much hope you will like it!

Ingredients:
(cake)
100g softened butter
175g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
175g golden caster sugar
2 large eggs
6 tbsp milk
grated rind of 1 large lemon
(topping)
juice of 1 large lemon (you need 3 tablespoons)
100g golden caster sugar

How to:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 centigrade.
2. Grease a tin about 18cm to 28cm.
3. Put all the cake ingredients into a large mixing bowl and beat for 2-3 minutes, until the mixture drops easily off the spoon.
4. Spoon the mixture into the tin and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
5. The baking of this cake is different to each of us. I like the cake very moist, soft and crumbly, where you bake it for 15-20 minutes. If you like it slightly harder, bake for 30-40 minutes.
6. To make the icing, mix together the juice and golden caster sugar.
7. Pour the mixture evenly onto the cake whilst it is still hot.
8. leave to cool, then cut into squares.

Restaurant Fifteen Chocolate Brownies

These brownies are from the famous restaurant called Fifteen in London. It is absoulutey great and they are one of the best brownies you will ever taste! Get some really good quality chocolate when making them for maximum effect. The trick with these also is to slightly underbake them, to get the moist effect. Enjoy!!

Ingredients:
250g unsalted butter
200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
80g cocoa powder
65g plain powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
350g caster sugar
4 large eggs
(Optional)
150g chopped nuts
50g broken up milk chocolate stirred in, so it cooks in chunks in the brownie

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 centigrade.
2. Grease a 30cm rectangular baking tin.
3. Melt butter and dark chocolate in a large bowl over boiling water. Mix until smooth. If you are lazy, you can just stick it in the microwave.
4. Add nuts or/and broken up milk chocolate if you are using them. Stir in.
5. In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and sugar. Add this to the chocolate and butter mixture and stir together well.
6. Beat the eggs and mix in until mixture is of a silky consistency.
7. Pour mix into baking tray.
8. Place in oven for about 25 minutes. Remember not to overcook them and if you stick a fork in it, you don't want it to come out clean.
9. The brownies should be slightly springy on the outside, but gooey in the middle. Let them cool in the tray, then cut into squares.

Millies Cookies Recipe - Chocolate Chip

This recipe is THE BEST and is from the Millies Cookbook out in the US. You have seriously got to try it. It makes about 40 cookies, so share out and enjoy!!!

Ingredients:
275g plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
200g brown sugar
110g granulated sugar
250g butter
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vailla extract
chocolate chips - start with about 2 packs (200g) or however many you want


How to:
1. Preheat oven to 150 cenitgrade.
2. Sieve the flour, badking powder and salt together. Set aside.
3. Make sure butter ahs gone softer, then use an electric mixer to bland butter and both sugars together. This ahould make a grainy paste.
4. Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the suagar and butter. Mix together until blended.
5.Add flour mixture and chocolate chips with a wooden spoon. Do not overmix it.
6. Drop rounded tablespoons of the mixture onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 5cm apart.
7. Bake from 15 to 22mins or until golden. Do it for less time if you want them to be chewey rather than crispy.
8. When baked transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Enjoy these very much and eat!!

Shortbread

This shortbread is so good and one of the best i have ever tasted. I thought i would start off blogging something nice and easy to make. Anyway, if you don't want ot be dissapointed, use this. I think it's from Jamie Oliver, he's good for this recipe!!

Ingredients:
250g of unsalted butter
125g of caster sugar plus soem extra for sprlinking
250g of plain flour
125g of cornflour


How to:
1. Mix the caster sugar, flour and cornflour together.
2. Add the butter in bits so it is easier to form into a dough.
3. Get a 22cm square tin and press the dough into it so the tin is covered. It doesn't matter if it has cracked, it will all come together.
4. Prick it all over with a fork. This stops it rising in the middle.
5. Bake for 50 mins in 150 centigrade oven. If you want it a bit more crumbly do it for 40 mins.
6. When you take it out, sprinkle caster sugar over it while it is still warm.
7. Cut up and enjoy!!

Hope you like it!!