Banana cake

125g of butter softened

1 cup of sugar2

egg beaten

11/2 cups of self raising flour

2 bananas mashed

Pre heat oven to 180c. Place butter sugar in a bowl

of an eclectic mixer and beat until light and creamy.

Gradually add eggs and beat well sift flour into mixture

add banana and stir.Place in cake tin lined with baking

paper and bake for 30-40mins or until it is cooked inside.

One a penny two a penny hot cross buns

30g dried yeast
1/4 cup sugar
4 cups plain flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon salt
60g butter
1/2 cup sultanas
11/2 cups of milk



flour paste for crosses

1/2 cup plain flour
2 teaspoons sugar
no more than 1/3 cup water

glaze

1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon water

This recipe was borrowed from a Margareta Fulton's cook book
1. Preheat oven to 180 cream yeast with 1 teaspoon
each of the sugar and flour add lukewarm milk, mix well.
Cover, stand in warm place 10 to 15 minutes or until mixture
is frothy. Sift flour, salt, sugar and spices, rub in butter, add
beaten eggs, sultanas and yeast mixture, beat well.
2. Cover bowl with a clean cloth, stand in a warm place
for 40 minutes or until dough doubles in bulk. Punch
dough down, turn onto a floured surface, knead well
until the dough is smooth.
3. Cut dough into three equal pieces, cut each piece
into five smaller pieces, making 15 hot cross buns in
total. Knead each into a round bowls. Put buns in a
lightly greased tray, stand in a warm place 10 to 15
minutes or until buns have reached a height.
4. Sift 1/2 a cup of flour with 1/3 of cup of water.
Fill a small plastic bag with a hole across the corner.
Pipe crosses on each bun. Bake in the oven for around 30 mins or until browned lightly.

As soon as they come out of the oven brush with glaze made by dissolving
1 teaspoon of sugar with a small amount of water in a pan on the stove.

stars with a little spice

they cookies are great to make at Christmas all you need is:

1 cup plain flour
1/2 brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice
75g butter , chopped
1/4 cup golden syrup or honey

Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.Sift flour ,sugar spices into
a large bowl .Using fingertips, rub in butter until mixture resembles coarse
breadcrumbs. Add golden syrup and mix to form a soft dough . Turn dough
onto a lightly floured surface knead 1-2 minutes, or until dough is smooth .
Cover with plastic wrap and chill in fridge for half an hour .preheat oven to
180c with fan. Roll dough on a lightly floured surface until 5mm thick. Using
cookie cutters, cut out shapes and place on the trays let them sit for 10 minutes.
Bake for 10 minutes or until pale golden .