Queen Cakes

      Today's menu is fit for a King or Queen! Queen Cakes! Judging by the picture, they're obviously some sort of muffin. But that won't stop you from eating it, I'm sure!

Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great.
~ Henry IV of France

Queen Cakes

Ingredients:

100g all-purpose flour

50g raisins

75g cold butter

75g castor sugar

1 large egg

1 level teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

a little milk if necessary

How to Bake

Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Grease patty tin or use cake cups. Sift flour and baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add egg and beat it gradually into the mixture, beating continuously. Add vanilla essence. Fold in the sifted flour with a metal spoon. Add a little milk if necessary to give a soft dropping consistency. Mix in the raisins. Fill greased patty tin or cake cups half full with mixture. Bake for 20mins or until golden brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack. Serves two person. (Whatever that means)

Baking Tip:

instead of raisins, why not use

25g crushed almonds,

50g chopped glace' cherries,

50g dessicated or fresh, white grated coconut

or the grated ring of an orange.

You can also use 1 tablespoon of orange juice

instead of milk and vanilla essence.

      Now that was pretty simple wasn't it? Next up we will have Steamed Sponge Cake. A recipe with only 4 ingredients! Can't be simpler! But that's till the next time folks! See ya!