Lock down Baking

[Gryff]

Just though I'd share one of our family's favorite loaf recipes probably one you've not heard of
Cream cheese 8 oz
Granulated sugar 1/2 a cup egg 1

Eggs 2
Cooking oil ( I use rapeseed but vegetable is fine ) 1/2 a cup
Milk 1/2 a cup ( any type but fat free)
Grated rind either orange lemon or lime 1 teaspoon

Plain flour 2 and a1/2 cups
Granulated sugar 1/2 a cup
Packed brown sugar ( any kind just pack it into the measure ) 1/2 a cup
Baking soda 1 teaspoon
Salt 1/2 a teaspoon
Chopped nuts any unsalted almonds go well with the orange rind 1cup

Beat the cream cheese sugar and egg together and set aside

Beat the 2eggs till frothy mix in oil milk and rind
In a separate bowl mix the last six ingredients stir to mix
Pour in the egg mix all at once to the dry ingredients
Spoon in half the batter to a greased or lined loaf tin
Spoon on the cheese mixture
Cover withnthe remaining batter by dropping spoonful on
Bake at 180 for and hour but check around 50 mins
We all know ovens vary a great deal
Leave to cool in tin for 15 mins and turn out
Let it cool completely before slicing
Keeps about 4/5 days not great for freezing filling goes a bit watery

[HevaDuck]

Thanks for posting like trying new recipies will give it a go

[archibald]

Just to check, you pour the egg mix directly into the loaf tin? Or into the dry ingredients?

[Gryff]

All at once into the dry ingredients and stir then 1/2 into the loaf tin
I use a big mixing jug takes about 7-10 mins to make if the cream cheese is at room temp
Have edited the first post

[Gryff]

It’s probably the first grown up backing my sons and oldest granddaughter did as no faffing about with scales sifting flower electric
Mixers etc
It’s from an American book I have that has some great recipes in it especially for using up left over mincemeat at Christmas etc

[soooexcited!]

Oh sounds lovely I'll put that one down to try.
One of my work colleagues brought in some rhubarb from her allotment yesterday. I love rhubarb. I've made this a few times now its really easy and delicious, well worth a go.
bbcgoodfood/recipes/...b-custard-cake
Rhubarb & custard cake.

It's supposed to be more dolloped on top so you can see more of the rhubarb but I got carried away with smoothing lol.

[wanye]

yesterday we made americas test kitchen brownies, and damn fine they are too!

America’s Test Kitchen Chewy Brownie Recipe

1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
1 ½ teaspoons instant espresso (optional)
½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons boiling water
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ½ cups (17 ½ ounces) sugar, not brown sugar
1 ¾ cups (8 ¾ ounces) all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into ½-inch pieces

Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Make foil slices for 13 by 9-inch baking pan by folding 2 long sheets of aluminum; first sheet should be 13 inches wide and the second sheet should be 9 inches wide. Lay sheets of foil in pan perpendicular to each other, with extra foil hanging over the edges of pan. Push foil into corners and up sides of pan, smoothing foil flush to pan, and grease foil.

Whisk cocoa, espresso powder (if using), and boiling water together in large bowl until smooth. Add unsweetened chocolate and whisk until chocolate is melted. Whisk in oil and melted butter. (Mixture may look curdled.) Whisk in eggs, yolks, and vanilla until smooth and homogeneous. Whisk in sugar until fully incorporated. Add flour and salt and mix with rubber spatula until combined. Fold in bittersweet chocolate pieces.

Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake brownies until toothpick inserted halfway between edge and center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 30 to 35 minutes. Let brownies cool in pan for 1 ½ hours.

Using foil overhang, lift brownies from pan. Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve.

[fletchie148]

I can’t get flour anywhere so have been unable to try to bake new things
Keep looking but none to be had

[skb 123]

Originally Posted by fletchie148

I can’t get flour anywhere so have been unable to try to bake new things
Keep looking but none to be had

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I got flour in Lidl today. They had loads.

[holidayforever]

Originally Posted by skb 123

I got flour in Lidl today. They had loads.

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My daughter-in-law also got me flour today in Lidl , she also said there was loads there of plain and self-raising.