BASIC CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

Basic Chocolate Sponge Cake


Ingrediants:

6 oz Self Raising Flour
6 oz Caster Sugar
6 oz Marg
3 Eggs
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder.

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Step 1 : Cream your marg and sugar until soft and creamy.

Step 2 : add your eggs, flourr and cocoa powder and mix together carefully

If your mixture is very thick, add a little milk

Step 3 : Line your baking tins with Grease proof paper

Step 4 : Spoon the mixture into the tins, then bake for 25 mins

Step 5 : Decorate how you want. I made a simple butter cream (just marg, cocoa powder and icing sugar) for the center, sandwiched the two cakes with strawberry jam and the buttercream and then topped the cake with melted chocolate, and decorated with left over butter cream and a crumbled chocolate flake.

Note: don't add the cocoa powder , instead add vanilla extract for a yummy vanilla sponge.

hope you enjoyed this basic recipe, see you oon, Ella x

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Yummy Paprika and Chorizo Tagliatelle

A quick yet delicious pasta recipe!

Prep: 5 mins
Cooking:15 mins
Calories Per Portion: 774
Cost per Portion: 76p
Serves: 4
Difficulty:Easy

What you need...

Ingredients:
350 g (12 oz) tagliatelle or penne pasta
30 ml (2 tbsp) Olive Oil
225 g  (8 oz) Chorizo, Sliced
1 Red Onion
2 Cloves of Garlic
2 tbsp Paprika
1 x 200 ml tub of Creme Fraiche 
salt and pepper
50 g (2 oz) Gruyere Cheese, grated

Utensils:
Frying Pan
Colander
Grater
Knife
Large Pan (for pasta)
Slotted Spoon
Serving Spoon
Bowl

Recipe:

Step 1 -  Heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the sliced Chorizo over a high heat for about 5 mins until crisp and golden (stir occasionally) using a slotted spoon, remove the Chorizo from the pan into a bowl until later. ( you can use cooked or raw Chorizo, both taste amazing!)

Step 2 - Thinly slice the red onion and add to the pan, cook for 5 mins until soft.

Step 3 -  Add the chopped Garlic and paprika  to the onions and cook for 1 min

Step 4 -  Grate the Gruyere cheese ( sorry the image is the wrong way around ha ha!)

Step 5 -  Stir in the Chorizo, Creme Fraiche and Cheese, add salt and pepper if needed. bring the sauce to the boil until all the cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth. 

Step 6 - Strain your pasta then divide between bowls

Step 7 - Serve the sauce on top of the pasta, then enjoy straight away!!

Hope you enjoy this recipe, it is divine! tip: be careful, don't mistake the paprika with chilli powder!!!!

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Simple Flapjacks!

How to make...FLAPJACKS! 

A very simple yet totally yummy recipe!
Difficulty level : easy!

What you need:

Ingredients:
125 g (4 oz) margarine
125 g (4 oz) brown sugar- you can use granulated if you don't have brown
75 g (3 oz) golden syrup
250 g (8 oz) rolled oats
(note: we doubled the recipe)

Utensils:
Large sauce pan
wooden spoon
weighing scales
20 cm / 8 inches square tin

Step 1 - Melt the margarine with the sugar and golden syrup on a medium heat. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. 

Step 2 - Once fully melted, stir in your rolled oats until all the oats are coated in the mixture.

Step 3 - Line your tin(s) with grease proof paper.

Step 4 - Spoon your mixture into you tin(s) and smooth it out with the back of your spoon.

Step 5 - Bake for 25 to 30 minutes (or until golden brown) at 180 degrees Celsius, Gas mark 4.

Step 6 - Slice carefully into bite size pieces, leave to cool and then enjoy!!


For the chocoholics..... add chocolate chunks or chips to the mixture when you stir in the oats, or, drizzle with melted chocolate when the flapjacks are cooked and cooled! delicious! 

For a fruity twist... add dried cranberry's or raisins or sultanas (any dried fruits) when you add your oats!

Hope you enjoy! ...ellaspantry x

Christmas treats of 2012

Things I made this Christmas...

A beautiful gingerbread house... we bought the kit from ikea and had great fun building and decorating the house!

Gingerbread men as presents for my friends... wrapped them in cellophane and tied them with ribbon, my friends loved them!

And of course, Christmas lunch...Turkey, Parsnips, dauphinoise potatoes, gravy, pigs in blankets, stuffing, sausage meatloaf, stuffing balls, leeks and blue cheese, sprouts with bacon, bread sauce, cranberry sauce and apple sauce...delicious! 

Introduction to Ella's Pantry

Hey everyone! welcome to my blog, just thought i would quickly let you know a little bit about myself and what i'm going to be posting on my blog. my name is Ella and i'm 14 years old, I've always had a passion for food, in particular baking since i was really young. I would love to have a career in food as a cake decorator or baker or even a food journalist. ( I love English too!) On this blog I will be posting tried and tested recipes, tips and how too guides, step by step photo guides and even reviews of recipes. It would be amazing if you followed my blog! I will be posting at least once a week and hopefully more than that! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, Ella  x