Cookery Competition

[pipers]

Hi all. Its that time of year again where I enter a men only cookery competition down my local cricket club. I didn't enter last year due to illness but I am entering this year and I would appreciate any suggestion for a winning recipe. The standard is quite high but not Michelin star quality.

[atalanta]

If it is for a cake, try this one from Classic FM (many years ago )
Chocolate cake:

Dry Ingredients:
6 oz plain flour
3 heaped tablespoons cocoa ( you may have to sieve this by itself and then again with the flour.)
One level teaspoon baking powder
One level teaspoon bicarb
5 oz castor sugar

Wet ingredients
One level tablesp. Black treacle
2 eggs
5 fluid oz milk
5 fluid oz corn oil (or other veg. oil but NOT OLIVE)

Prepare two tins, at least 8” diameter, or best of all a ring cake tin.

Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix all wet ingredients thoroughly.
Mix wet into dry, and stir until mixed. This should be really quite sloppy. Pour into tin/s.
Bake in ready-heated oven at mark 3, 325 degrees or 160 degrees.
They will take exactly 45 minutes.
Split and fill and/or ice if you like. (Wonderful if filled with stiffly-beaten cream and raspberries for sumptuous pud.)
Note
If you change the quantities or ingredients or temperatures or baking times the cake won’t work.

If you don't mean to cook a cake, please specify.

[pipers]

HI AGAIN, ITS BOTH SWEETS AND MAIN COURSE.

[atalanta]

For a main course, try jambalaya, with big fat prawns as well as everything else.

[Smowball]

A good chilli always goes down well

[rowanwitch]

bloke food

Steak braised in a really dark stout and plain chocolate gravy with green chillies Herb mash

Dessert a rich ginger sponge and honey ice cream will give you recipes if you are interested

[pipers]

Well, i have gone with a chicken,king prawn and smoked sausage JAMBALAYA,and banana brownie and bailey's with a rich cream and toffee sauce, hope its not to sweet and over the top. I will let you now how i get on, thanks to you all.

[julia-mag]

Good Luck and would love to taste it!

[pipers]

COOKERY COMPETITION? MAIN COURSE.......... DID'NT COME IN THE 1ST THREE. DESSERT ............. MY BANANA,BROWNIE AND BAILEY'S TRIFLE CAME IN FIRST PLACE," GET IN THERE", MY NAME WILL BE ENGRAVED IN THE CUP ON FRIDAY. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

[julia-mag]

Congratulations, Well done you !