Friday, November 23, 2007

Lifestyles Ideas Management - Baking Time!

Apricot Coffee Cake

Ingredients
150 gm self-raising flour (sifted)
100 gm butter
100 gm sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoon milk
Baking tin size 11” x 7” x 1”

For toppings

Dried apricots (washed and soaked in water for 5 minutes & drain)
Sour cream – 2 tablespoon
1 egg yolk
Chopped almonds (lightly toasted)

Method

Heat oven at 160 degree C

Line the base of baking tin with baking paper

Cream butter & sugar till light & soft

Add eggs and mix well

Fold in the flour and mix with milk

Arrange apricots, distributing evenly so that each portion will contain one apricot

Beat egg yolks with sour cream & drizzle over the mixture and apricots

Sprinkle with the chopped almonds

Bake for 30-35 minutes until brown

Oven-turn cake and peel off paper and put at the back of the tin to cool

Cut cake in portion and serve warm