{"id":15237,"date":"2025-03-07T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15237"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:51:02","slug":"curry-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15237","title":{"rendered":"Curry & Chocolate Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are one or two simple recipes that every cook should include in their repertoire. A good quick standby curry that isn\u2019t expensive or hard to make but always delicious! The other is a chocolate cake, the ultimate comfort food in my opinion\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Curry<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 medium chopped onion<\/p>\n

25g margarine or own choice fat\/oil<\/p>\n

1 medium apple, peeled and sliced<\/p>\n

1-2 heaped tsps. curry powder (for mild curry)<\/p>\n

2 large tomatoes (sliced) or medium tin of tomatoes<\/p>\n

1 heaped tbsp flour<\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp sugar<\/p>\n

Pinch of salt<\/p>\n

55g sultanas<\/p>\n

\u00bd pint stock (or cube and boiling water)<\/p>\n

400-450g cooked leftover meat or fish<\/p>\n

Method <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fry the onion in the fat\/oil until transparent. Add the chopped apple and cook until soft. Stir in the curry powder and the flour followed by the tomatoes and stir until it thickens.<\/p>\n

Season with salt and sugar. Add the stock and the sultanas and simmer slowly over a low heat for about 30 mins, stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n

Add the meat or fish and allow to heat thoroughly.<\/p>\n

Almost any kind of left overs, meat or fish can be added.<\/p>\n

Try diced beef, lamb, prawns, flaked cooked cod or diced potato and carrot for vegetarian meal.<\/p>\n

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Easy-Peasy Chocolate Cake<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

175g soft butter or margarine<\/p>\n

115g caster sugar<\/p>\n

4 tbsp golden syrup<\/p>\n

175g self-raising flour (sifted)<\/p>\n

2 good tbsp cocoa powder (sifted)<\/p>\n

Good pinch of salt<\/p>\n

3 eggs beaten<\/p>\n

Method <\/strong><\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 180C\/360F\/Gas 4. Mix together all the ingredients using an electric mixer or elbow grease and wooden spoon! Add a little milk if the mixture seems too stiff. Divide the mixture immediately between two 7 inch greased sandwich tins. Bake for about 30 mins.<\/p>\n

When cold, sandwich with filling of choice i.e. butter cream and icing sugar frosting.<\/p>\n

Butter cream <\/strong><\/p>\n

140g butter<\/p>\n

280g icing sugar<\/p>\n

1-2 tbsp milk<\/p>\n

\u00bc tsp vanilla extract.<\/p>\n

Beat the butter in a large bowl until smooth. Add half the icing sugar, 1tbsp milk and vanilla extract and beat the mixture until creamy and smooth. Beat in remaining milk to loosen mixture if necessary.<\/p>\n

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There are one or two simple recipes that every cook should include in their repertoire. A good quick standby curry that isn\u2019t expensive or hard to make but always delicious! The other is a chocolate cake, the ultimate comfort food in my opinion\u2026. 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