Easter Blondies
Preparation 15 Minutes
Cook 40 Minutes
Serves 12
Method
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius and butter or line with parchment paper a 20cm x 20cm baking tin.
Melt the butter and white chocolate in a bowl over a pot of water and take off to cool once combined and fully melted.
In another bowl, mix the muscovado sugar, caster sugar and eggs together until thick and glossy. Approximately 2 minutes.
Once the butter and white chocolate mixture is cooled, mix in 1/3 to the sugar and eggs, and then fold in the rest.
Add in your flour, baking powder, vanilla, almonds and macadamias and mix until just combined.
Pour batter into your lines baking tin and for 35-45 minutes. The centre should still have a little wobble and a tooth pick should come out a little fudgy.
Straight from the oven, press your speckled eggs into the top of your blondie and let cool on a wire rack.
Ingredients
225gm Unsalted Butter diced
100gm white chocolate chips
250gm Muscovado Sugar
325gm plain flour
100gm Sunbeam Macadamias
100gm Sunbeam Blanched Almonds
150gm Caster sugar
1tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
140gm Cadbury mini speckled eggs
Recipe Collection
Sunbeam White Christmas
Line a 30cm x 20cm (base) baking pan with baking paper.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (donβt let bowl touch water).
Fold in the remaining ingredients.
Pour mixture into the prepared pan, pressing down with a large metal spoon.
Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
To Serve:
Turn slice onto a chopping board. Using a knife that has been dipped in hot water, cut into squares.
White Chocolate & Almond Tarte with Sherry Soaked Currants
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Pre-heat oven to 180ΒΊC (160Β°C fan-forced). Lightly grease a 34 x 12cm rectangular flan tin and place onto a flat baking tray.
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Combine currants, sherry and orange rind. Set aside.
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For the crust, combine almond meal, sugar and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Add melted butter and mix until well combined. Press firmly into prepared tin and bake for 18-20 minutes until just golden. Set aside to cool.
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For the white chocolate cream, combine chocolate and ΒΌ cup of the cream in a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Mixing until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Beat cream cheese, remaining cream and sugar until smooth. Add the cooled chocolate mixture, mixing until smooth.
- Remove crust from tin and place onto a serving platter. Sprinkle currants over the almond crust and spread with the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with almonds, pomegranate and mint. Serve immediately or chill for later use.
Australian Ice-cream Pudding
Preheat oven to 180oC.
Brush a 2 litre pudding basin with vegetable oil, then line with plastic wrap, trying to keep wrap smooth without wrinkles. Place in the freezer to chill. In a bowl combine Sultanas, Raisins, cranberries, apricots, Macadamias and orange liqueur. Leave to soak for 30 minutes. Place softened ice cream in a large bowl stir in soaked fruit. Fold in whipped cream and pour mixture into prepared pudding basin. Place in the freezer and freeze for 4 hours or overnight.
To prepare orange cake, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in Almond Meal, orange juice and rind. Pour into a greased and paper lined 20cm cake tin and bake for 1 hour. Allow too cool in the tin, before turning out onto a board.
To finish pudding, ease ice-cream pudding from basin and place on top of cake. Trim the cake edges if required and serve cut into thick slices.
Sunbeam Spiced Christmas Cake
In a large bowl, combine mixed fruit, cherries, nuts, apple, golden syrup and liquor.Β Β Mix well, cover and allow to stand overnight (or up to 24 hours for amazing flavour).
Preheat oven to 150ΒΊC (130ΒΊC fan forced).Β Β Very generously grease the bundt tin, ensuring butter is in all creases.Β
Add sugar and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a beater attachment.Β Β Beat until fluffy and pale.Β Β With the motor running, add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated before adding the next.Β
Add flour and spices, beat on low until just combined.Β Β Add orange zest and soaked fruit mixture and beat until just combined.Β
In a small bowl mix together orange juice and bicarbonate of soda, add to the cake batter and beat until just incorporated.
Spoon batter into the prepared bundt tin, using a spatula to press mixture into any crevices and flatten the surface.
Bake for 2 ΒΌ to 2 Β½ hours or until the cake springs back when gently pressed in the centre.Β Β Allow cake to cool in the tin for an hour then invert onto a baking rack to remove and allow to cool completely.
Nut Crusted Cheese Log
Let the cheeses soften on your bench while you dice nuts and herbs. Whip the cheeses with liquor to combine until smooth.
Mix chilli with herbs and nuts, then sprinkle onto a 30cm piece of plastic wrap, leaving a 2cm border.
Spoon cheese along one end of herbs. Lift wrap and roll cheese away from you into a log, pressing gently to coat well in herbs, shape the mixture into a log, then wrap and refrigerate for about an hour, until the mixture is firm. (NOTE: Can be made up to 2 days ahead of time)
Serve with your favourite crackers.
Walnut Sultana Zucchini Carrot Cake
Preheat oven to 180ΒΊC (160ΒΊC fan).Β Β Grease and line base and sides of two x 22.5cm (9β) round baking tins.Β
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with beater attachment, combine zucchini, carrot, flour, sugar, 50g of walnuts, sultanas and spices.Β Β Mix on low until just combined.
Whisk together oil and eggs then add to the zucchini mixture and beat on low until just combined.Β Β Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared tins, smoothing the surfaces.Β Β Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean.Β Β Allow the cakes to cool in tins for an hour, then invert onto a baking rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment.Β Β Whisk until smooth.Β Β Add sifted icing sugar and whisk until smooth and fluffy.
To decorate, spread half the icing on top of one cake.Β Β Arrange the second cake on top and spread with remaining icing.Β Β Sprinkle with chopped walnuts to decorate.
