Sponge, apple pie and sticky date pudding: tried and tested dessert recipes from the CWA - The Guardian |
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Posted: 21 May 2021 01:00 PM PDT Never fail sponge(Pictured above) Makes two 20cm cakes 4 eggs, separated Preheat oven to 175C. Beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form, then gradually beat in caster sugar. Beat well until very thick, stiff peaks form. Gently fold in egg yolks and vanilla. Add twice-sifted dry ingredients, then gently fold them through the egg mixture until combined. Turn evenly into two well-greased sandwich tins, 21cm x 6cm deep. Bake in the middle of the oven for 20–25 minutes, or until the sides of the cake have shrunk a little from the side of the tins. Turn out to cool, then slice through and fill with cream and jam, to make two individual layered cakes, or one big cake with four layers. Ice or decorate the top as required; in the photo the cake is topped with strawberry halves and dusted with icing sugar. Variation For a chocolate sponge, add two tablespoons of cocoa powder to dry ingredients. Sticky date puddings Serves 6 Butter, for greasing For the caramel sauce Preheat oven to 180C. Grease six one cup (250ml) metal moulds. Set aside. Bring orange juice to the boil in small saucepan. Add zest and dates, turn off heat, and stir in vanilla and bicarbonate of soda. Cool. Beat together butter and sugars using an electric mixer or hand-held electric beater until light and fluffy. With the mixer going, drizzle in eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition. The batter may look a little curdled at this time. Fold in flour and cinnamon, then the date mixture. Place moulds on a baking tray and divide batter evenly between them. Bake about 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in middle comes out clean. To make the caramel sauce put all sauce ingredients in saucepan over medium heat, stir until smooth, then boil for three minutes. Keep warm. Cool puddings for five minutes before turning out. Pour caramel sauce over the top and serve with cream. Garnish with walnuts, pecans or strawberries. Old-fashioned apple pieServes 6 4 large cooking apples, peeled and diced Stew the apple in a pan with the sugar, lemon juice and very little water over a low heat until the apples are soft. Cream butter and extra sugar, then beat in egg. Add sifted flour and milk alternately, and mix to a soft dough. Divide dough in two. Roll out each half separately between two sheets of plastic wrap, as the dough is very soft. Use half the dough to line a 25cm tart plate or pie dish. Fill with the warm stewed apple and cover with remainder of pastry. Trim edges and press together. Decorate with leftover pastry scraps and sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake in moderate oven (190C) for about 30–40 minutes, until pastry is cooked and golden.  |
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These dinner and dessert recipes are the perfectly delicious weeknight ticket - Yahoo Entertainment Posted: 21 May 2021 11:01 AM PDT  The Wrap Bill Maher Cancels 'Real Time' Again This Week After Positive Coronavirus TestHBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" will be off again this week as the show continues its safety protocols following the host's COVID-19 diagnosis. Maher revealed last week that he'd tested positive for the coronavirus during the show's routine testing process. It was expected he'd need to take at least two weeks off before returning to the program. Maher, who is vaccinated and asymptomatic, is now slated to return to his HBO slot on May 28. Instead of running a new "Real Time" episode this week, HBO is filling the slot with an encore of the fifth episode of "Mare of Eastown." Asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus can still pass it on to other people in close quarters. One of the dangers of being an asymptomatic carrier is the person with the virus often doesn't realize they have it until they're tested, and by then, they could have unknowingly transmitted it. It's been estimated that up to 50% of people who test positive for COVID-19 don't have symptoms. Thankfully, HBO's COVID-19 testing protocols caught Maher's diagnosis early and he was able to quarantine — even though it meant two weeks off from "Real Time." In a tweet after his May 13 diagnosis, Maher said he was disappointed he'd missed a show for the first time since 1993, but said he's been vaccinated and felt "perfectly fine." Thanks to all wishing me get well – hard to do since I feel perfectly fine, but I appreciate it! Most upset about ending my streak going back to 1993 of never missing a Politically Incorrect or Real Time episode. Oh well, even Cal Ripken had to sit one out at some point.— Bill Maher (@billmaher) May 14, 2021 People with both doses of the coronavirus vaccine can still contract the virus, but that's not exactly proof that vaccines aren't effective against it. The CDC reports post-vaccination infections — dubbed "virus breakthrough cases" — are rare but to be expected as more people get the vaccine. The CDC said in late April that less than 10,000 breakthrough cases were reported, compared to over 95 million Americans who got fully vaccinated. Read original story Bill Maher Cancels 'Real Time' Again This Week After Positive Coronavirus Test At TheWrap  |
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