Easter Cake

Ingredients

• 175 g brown sugar
• 175 g softened butter
• 175 g self raising flour
• 50 g ground almonds
• 1.50 tsp mixed spice
• 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
• 350 g mixed fruit (sultanas, currants, mixed peel, cherries)
• 3 large eggs

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

For the sponge:

• 6 large eggs
• 6 oz caster sugar
• pinch of salt
• 3.50 oz plain flour
• 1.50 oz cornflour
• 1 oz cocoa powder
• 2 oz unsalted butter (melted)

Hazelnut and Cherry Tart

Ingredients

• 4 free range eggs (separated)
• 150 g caster sugar
• 1 lemon (zest only)
• 100 g ground hazelnuts
• 100 g madeira cake (broken into crumbs)
• 90 g flour
• 150 g cream, whipped

Easter Chocolate Eggs

Ingredients

• 300g milk chocolate, chopped
• 2 Cherry Ripe bars, chopped

Harvey Wallbanger Recipe

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Oz. Vodka, 1/2 Oz. Galliano® Herbal Liqueur, 3 1/2 Oz. Orange Juice, 1 Orange Slice, 1 Cherry.

Mixing instructions: Mix vodka and orange juice into a chilled Collins Glass with several ice cubes. Stir well and float the Galliano on top. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

Serving Glass: Collins Glass

Jamaican Sunset Recipe

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Oz. Captain Morgan® Spiced Rum, 1/2 Oz. Dark Rum, 1 1/2 Oz. Orange Juice, 1 1/2 Oz. Pineapple Juice, 1 Oz. Sweet and Sour Mix, 1 Pineapple Wedge, 1 Cherry.

Mixing instructions: Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice (except dark rum). Pour into a chilled Hurricane Glass with several ice cubes. Float dark rum and garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry.

Serving Glass: Hurricane Glass

Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients: 3/4 Oz. Dark Rum, 3/4 Oz. Light Rum, 1/2 Oz. Triple Sec, 1/2 Oz. Amaretto, 2 Oz. Orange Juice, 2 Oz. Pineapple Juice, 1 Oz. Lime Juice, 1/2 Oz. Grenadine, 1 Cherry, and 1 Pineapple Wedge.

Mixing instructions: Pour all ingredients in a Collins Glass filled with ice. Stir gently - Slowly pour in grenadine and let it settle. Garnish with pineapple, cherry and serve with a straw.

Serving Glass: Collins Glass

Blue Hawaiian Recipe

Ingredients: 2 Oz. Coconut Rum, 1/2 Oz. Blue Curaçao, 3 Oz. Pineapple Juice, 1/2 Oz. Lime Juice, 1 Pineapple Slice, 1 Cherry.

Mixing instructions: Stir ingredients together in a highball glass filled with ice cubes, and serve chilled. Garnish with a pineapple slice and a maraschino cherry.

Serving Glass: Highball Glass

Singapore Sling Recipe

Ingredients: 1 Oz. Gin, 1 Oz. Cherry Brandy or Cherry Heering, 1 Oz. Lemon Juice, 1/2 Oz. Grenadine, Club Soda, Orange Slice and a Maraschino Cherry.

Mixing instructions: Mix gin, brandy, lemon juice and grenadine in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Strain into a Collins Glass filled with ice. Top with Club Soda. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

Serving Glass: Collins Glass

Making Fresh Fruit Salad

Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• macerating ingredients: (maceration is softening or breaking into pieces using a liquid).
• 250 g finest raisins
• 250 g finest sultanas
• 250 g finest currants
• 120 g finest sour cherries
• 110 g finest natural glace cherries, halved
• 110 g finest candied orange and lemon, finely chopped
• 50 g almonds, toasted and roughly chopped
• 50 g cloudy, natural apple juice
• 20 g strong black coffee (espresso)
• dash of angostura bitters (optional)
• 1 tsp green saffron mixed spice
• 0.50 tsp fresh black pepper, fine grind
• pinch of salt
• 2 vanilla pods, split in two, beans scraped out, into the mix
• 50 g black treacle
• a generous slug of brandy
• a generous slug of grand marnier
• a slug of kirsch
• 30g madeira
• cake ingredients:
• 250 g dark muscavado sugar
• 300 g butter, softened
• 5 large free range eggs
• 250 g self-raising flour
• 110 g bramley apples, peeled, cored and grated
• zest of ½ lemon
• zest of ½ orange
• almond paste ingredients:
• 450 g light muscavado sugar
• 450 g ground almonds
• 2 small eggs
• drop of bitter almond extract
• 30 g grand marnier
• 1 tsp green saffron juicy fruit blend or mixed spice
• you will also need:
• some icing sugar to ‘dust’
• 1 egg white mixed with a tiny pinch of salt to ‘stick’ the almond paste to the cake
• some festive cookie cutters
• 2 egg yolks only, to glaze the finished cake

Barbequed Chocolate Bananas with Summer Fruit Cocktail and Strawberry Cream

Ingredients

• stuffed bananas:
• 6 bananas
• 100 g chocolate buttons
• summer fruit cocktail
• 2 punnets of strawberries
• 2 figs (cut into six)
• 2 passion fruit
• 100 g fresh cherries
• 1 punnet raspberries
• 1 punnet blackberries
• 50 g icing sugar
• 1 dash dubonnet
• strawberry cream:
• 100 ml strawberry purée
• 50 g icing sugar
• 1 vanilla pod
• 200 ml whipped cream

Amarena Cherry Tiramisu

Ingredients

• 110g caster sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 225 g mascarpone cheese
• 1 double espresso or 1 cup of strong coffee
• 2 measures of marsala wine
• 200 ml pouring cream-lightly whipped
• 18-24 boudoir biscuits or lady finger biscuits
• 50 g cocoa powder
• 100 g amarena cherries

 

Cherry Ripe Cheesecake - No Bake Recipe