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Cake Recipes

OPH Good Housekeeping & Homemaking

Below are some excellent cake recipes, which aim to help you maintain your current level of good housekeeping.

Their emphasis is centered around both ease and speed, so browse at your leisure.

1.Pineapple sponge cake

2.Chocolate chip cake

3.Fabulous fairy cakes

4.Pineapple upside-down cake

5.Carrot cake

6.Cheesecake

7.Chocolate brownies

1.PINEAPPLE SPONGE CAKE

Serves (14)

Ingredients

  • 275 g flour

  • 5 g baking powder

  • 6 eggs

  • 5 g salt

  • 325 g white sugar

  • 25 ml lemon juice

  • 150 ml pineapple juice

  • 150 g whipped cream

  • 1 pineapple

  • 12 strawberries

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 165 degrees C (325 degrees F).

  • Sift the cake flour and baking powder together.

  • Separate the egg yolks and the egg whites into two separate bowls. Beat the egg yolks until thick and fluffy. Gradually add half the white sugar.

  • Add the lemon juice and pineapple juice. Add the flour gradually while continually beating.

  • Add the salt to the egg whites and beat until peaks form. Gradually mix in the other half of white sugar
    • .

  • Pour the egg white batter into an ungreased pan.

  • Bake in the pre-heated oven for one hour. Let the cake cool then decorate with the whipped cream, pineapples and strawberries.

    • 2.CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

    Serves (12)

    Ingredients

  • 500 g chocolate cake mix

  • 125g instant chocolate pudding mix

  • 250 g chocolate chips

  • 4 eggs

  • 5 ml vanilla extract

  • 125 ml hot water

  • 250 g sour cream

  • 250 ml vegetable oil

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F). Grease and flour a pan.

  • Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, water, sour cream, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour the mixture into the pan.

  • Place in the pre-heated oven for approx. 60 minutes

    • 3.FABULOUS FAIRY CAKES

    Serves (18)

    Ingredients

  • 175 g sugar

  • 2 pinches of cinnamon

  • 125 g margarine

  • 200 g self-rising flour

  • 2 eggs

  • Pinch of ginger

    • Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).

  • In a bowl, mix the sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the spices to the mixture and mix thoroughly.

  • Stir in the flour. Spoon a heaped tablespoon of the batter into each paper cup.

  • Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until they have risen.

    • 4.PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

    Serves (12)

    Ingredients

  • 150 g butter

  • 250 g brown sugar

  • 1 can sliced pineapple

  • 10 strawberries

  • 500 g white cake mix

    • Directions

  • Melt the butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and sprinkle the brown sugar.

  • Next, place pineapple rings in the bottom of the pan. Place a strawberry into the centre of each pineapple ring.

  • Prepare the cake mix as outlined on the packet substitute some of the pineapple juice for some of the liquid in the directions. Pour the batter over the pineapple and strawberries.

  • Bake as directed, then carefully turn upside down onto a plate.

    • 5.CARROT CAKE

    Serves (14)

    Ingredients

  • 250 ml vegeatable oil

  • 3 eggs

  • 10 g baking powder

  • 450g white sugar

  • 250 g carrot baby food

  • 250 g flour

  • 2 g salt

  • 3 g nutmeg

  • 2 g cinnamon

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 165 degrees C (325 degrees F). Grease and flour a pan.

  • In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and the spices.

  • In another bowl, combine oil and carrot, then add eggs individually. Add sugar and mix well. Add the flour mixture, mixing thoroughly.

  • Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for approx. 60 minutes.

  • Turn out onto a wire rack.

    • 6.CHEESECAKE

    Serves (12)

    Ingredients

  • 750 g cream cheese

  • 250 g white sugar

  • 2 g salt

  • 5 eggs

  • 1 ml almond extract

  • 250 g sour cream

  • 1 ml vanilla extract

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 165 degrees C (325 degrees F).

  • In a bowl, mix together all the ingredients, apart from the sour cream. Mix until smooth. Pour into a greased dish

  • Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes.

  • After letting it stand for 15 minutes it’s time to make the topping

  • Mix together the sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and mix until smooth. Spread over the baked cheesecake and then bake for another 10 minutes.

    • 7.CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

    Serves (20)

    Ingredients

  • 150 g white sugar

  • 125 g flour

  • 2 eggs

  • 50 ml vegetable oil

  • 10 ml vanilla extract

  • 2 g baking powder

  • 2 g salt

  • 25 g cocoa powder

  • 75 g peanut butter

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).

  • In a bowl, mix the sugar, oil, and eggs until light and fluffy. Mix in the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa

  • mix in the peanut butter. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

  • Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.

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