Roger's Rust Coloured Ginger Cake.

[RogerRust]

Here is the recipe as requested

Ginger and Honey Cake.

4 oz Caster sugar
1 oz demerara sugar
5 oz marg
2 large eggs
4 oz Honey
10oz selfraising flour
1tsb baking powder
2 heaped tsp ground ginger
2 tsb milk

Cream the sugar and fat together, add the eggs and honey and whisk.
add flour ginger and baking powder.

mix gently add enough milk to make a soft mix

Enough for two 8 inch tins. Either sandwich together or, as I did, make two cakes.
Cook at 160 C in a fan oven or a bit hotter in a ordinary oven for 20min until springy when pressed.

For a topping I mixed a dollop of glace ginger with some icing sugar and a few drops of hot water and spread the unattractive, but tasty mix on the top of the cooled sponge.

For extra piquancy cook a few brackets painted with Hamerite in the same oven.



NO that was a joke!!

[HarryMango]

For extra piquancy cook a few brackets painted with Hamerite in the same oven.

Ahh - I was trying to place that subtle aftertaste

Rog

[bigginger]

It was the big ginger...

[Lou]

Could this be the Roger's Recipes thread, then? I can't remember where the chocolate cake one was...

[RogerRust]

Here it is Lou.

Chocolate Cake.

225g (8oz) butter or stork
250g (9oz) caster sugar
4 eggs
10ml (2 tsp) instant coffee powder or granules dissolved in 15ml hot water
30ml (2tbsp) milk
5ml (1 tsp) almond essence
50g (2oz) ground almonds
100g (4oz) self raising flour
5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
50g (2oz) unsweetened cocoa powder


Oven temp 180 C Gas mark 4

Use two 8 inch cake tins line the bases with greaseproof paper

Warm the butter then beat in the sugar

Add the eggs one at a time (be careful not to get any shell in!)

The mixture should now look like a thick batter

Mix in the coffee, milk, almond essence and ground almonds

Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder and fold in gently

Bake for 20 – 30 minutes until springy to the touch.
Fill with butter cream and top with melted chocolate.

[Kevin]

Lou just give Roger a couple of quid and he will bake you one if you ask nicely, and he can add extra spices like hammerite, brake dust, rust, duckhams etc to adjust the flavour to suit you taste buds

[Lou]

Cheers Kevin, or he could just leave the cake under my car for a while for authentic 'extras'.
My contribution to the cake thread...

Brownies
6 oz butter
12 oz sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs
4 oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 oz cocoa
6 oz chocolate


Melt butter, add sugar and vanilla.
Beat and add eggs.
Sift in flour, baking powder, and cocoa. Smash and add chocolate.
Pour mixture into 9x12” lined tin and bake at 350 f for 40 mins.
Let cool for 15 mins and cut into squares

[RogerRust]

I hope you have made some for tomorrow!

Sorry to say I haven't been baking.

[Lou]

I've made some cookies... what time is the rally tomorrow? Just so I know how late I turn up

[RogerRust]

I've got to be in place for 10 judging at 11

[dalebrignall]

i think i will have a go at doing the brownies is anyone going to little grandsden or uffington dale

[RogerRust]

Here is another show stopper from Roger Rust's Kitchen.

If you like Carrot cake try this.

Beetroot cake:
An example (like carrot cake) of using sweet root vegetables in cakes. This was a popular idea in the 16th Century.
Ingredients
8 oz self-raising flour
2 large raw beetroots, grated
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
7 1/2 fluid oz sunflower oil
8 oz castor sugar
4 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


Method
- Sift the flour, baking power, grated nutmeg and mixed spice into a large basin.
- Add the beetroot.
- Mix the sugar, eggs and oil together and mix this into the flour and beetroot mixture.
- Pour the mixture into to two greased 1lb loaf tins and bake at 175 degrees centigrade for 40 minutes. or 160 in a fan oven.

It comes out Golden yellow with Red flecks very festive!

[Orkney]

Crickey Rog - sounds like a recipe from Mrs Cropley off the Vicar of Dibley

I'll send you some golden yellow beetroot seeds before spring, you could really confuse people with them !

[RogerRust]

It was a funny thing the cake mix was bright red before it went in the oven, but came out a golden yellow colour with beetroot red flecks when it was cooked.

[Orkney]

I'd have almost bet it would have come out red - strong dye in beetroots ! Got some stripey ones too but you wouldnt see the effect when cut up.
Wonder if theres been a rhubarb cake done ?

[Kevin]

Keep up the good culinary work Roger I suppose Dandelion, Daisy and Nettle cordial to wash it down with will be along soon