Recipe Exchange
okubyo_kitsune sent me an email today and since my LJ email isn't my personal email, I have no friends on it, so I couldn't forward it on effectively. So, I did this, instead:
"You have been invited to be a part of a recipe exchange. I hope you will participate. Please comment below with a recipe. It should be something quick easy and without rare ingredients. Actually, the best one is the one you know in your head and can type right now. Don't agonize over it, it is the one you make when you're short of time."
Go for it. Ask for recipes, post some. Talk about the ones you like best. Here's mine:
Chocolate Beetroot Cake:
50g cocoa powder
180g plain flour
1 and a half tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
250g caster sugar
300g cooked fresh beetroot
3 eggs
200ml (vegetable or corn) oil
1tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 180 celcius, if you have a fan oven.
Mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add the sugar and set aside.
Mash the beetroot in a food processor (you can do it by hand, it just takes a lot longer). Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the corn oil and vanilla and beat until smooth.
Put a dip in the centre of the flour, sugar, etc and pour in the beetroot mixture. Mix them in, then pour into buttered cake tins.
Bake for about 40 minutes. It won’t rise too much, so don't worry about that. Ice as usual.
"You have been invited to be a part of a recipe exchange. I hope you will participate. Please comment below with a recipe. It should be something quick easy and without rare ingredients. Actually, the best one is the one you know in your head and can type right now. Don't agonize over it, it is the one you make when you're short of time."
Go for it. Ask for recipes, post some. Talk about the ones you like best. Here's mine:
Chocolate Beetroot Cake:
50g cocoa powder
180g plain flour
1 and a half tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
250g caster sugar
300g cooked fresh beetroot
3 eggs
200ml (vegetable or corn) oil
1tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 180 celcius, if you have a fan oven.
Mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add the sugar and set aside.
Mash the beetroot in a food processor (you can do it by hand, it just takes a lot longer). Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the corn oil and vanilla and beat until smooth.
Put a dip in the centre of the flour, sugar, etc and pour in the beetroot mixture. Mix them in, then pour into buttered cake tins.
Bake for about 40 minutes. It won’t rise too much, so don't worry about that. Ice as usual.