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12:16 PM
Ekka Entries
Well, ladies & gentlemen - the results are in!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, with my entries in the Pine Rivers Show and then the Ekka.

There have been some show-baking highs and lows, but overall a fun experience!

Pine Rivers Show Entries
Here's what I put in the Pine Rivers Show - Marble Cake, Orange Cake, Rocky Road & Chocolate Slice.

I ended up with a 1st place for Marble Cake and 3rd for Rocky Road - yay!

Unfortunately I didn't win anything for my Lamingtons, Carrot Cake or Banana Cake at the Ekka :-(  It's tough competition out there, I can tell you.  There's always next year!

Special credit to my mum for winning a heap of prizes for her 16 entries in the Pine Rivers Show...one day I might be like her!  Another year, another show...and now to get organised for my baby boy's First Birthday Party this weekend...blog to come!
Ekka Entries
Well, ladies & gentlemen - the results are in!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, with my entries in the Pine Rivers Show and then the Ekka.

There have been some show-baking highs and lows, but overall a fun experience!

Pine Rivers Show Entries
Here's what I put in the Pine Rivers Show - Marble Cake, Orange Cake, Rocky Road & Chocolate Slice.

I ended up with a 1st place for Marble Cake and 3rd for Rocky Road - yay!

Unfortunately I didn't win anything for my Lamingtons, Carrot Cake or Banana Cake at the Ekka :-(  It's tough competition out there, I can tell you.  There's always next year!

Special credit to my mum for winning a heap of prizes for her 16 entries in the Pine Rivers Show...one day I might be like her!  Another year, another show...and now to get organised for my baby boy's First Birthday Party this weekend...blog to come!

Lamingtons

7:59 AM

I'm very excited today to be putting in my entries for this year's Ekka!  For the non-Brisbane readers, that's the Royal Queensland Show.  I debuted at the Ekka last year and got 3rd place for my carrot cake - so I'm re-entering that category, along with Banana Cake and Lamingtons.  That's my entries pictured above!  I also had a few entries in the local Pine Rivers Show on the weekend - so I'll bring you all the results later this week.  So here's the recipe for the Lamingtons - I used one from the CWA - fingers crossed they are worthy of a prize!  Plus hear the early judging from Liam & Robbie below :-)

Ingredients
125g butter
3/4 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup SR Flour
2/3 cup milk
1 tspn vanilla

Icing
3cups icing sugar
1 tspn butter
1 tspn vanilla
1 tbspn cocoa

Method
Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, add eggs one at a time. Add flour alternatively with milk.

Pour mix into a greased lamington slab tin, 11 inches by 7 inches and bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes.

After it's thoroughly cooled cut into four centimetre by 4cm pieces. Wrap cake in foil and put in the freezer.

Put icing ingredients in a double boiler, over boiling water.  And mix until smooth, adding a dash of hot water.

Then put a lamington on a fork and ladel icing over the top until covered, hold it while it drips then roll in fine coconut.

Dry on cake rack with greaseproof paper over the top of it, or underneath to catch the coconut.

Tip: When transporting Lamingtons put extra coconut at the bottom of the container to prevent sticking to the bottom.

I'm very excited today to be putting in my entries for this year's Ekka!  For the non-Brisbane readers, that's the Royal Queensland Show.  I debuted at the Ekka last year and got 3rd place for my carrot cake - so I'm re-entering that category, along with Banana Cake and Lamingtons.  That's my entries pictured above!  I also had a few entries in the local Pine Rivers Show on the weekend - so I'll bring you all the results later this week.  So here's the recipe for the Lamingtons - I used one from the CWA - fingers crossed they are worthy of a prize!  Plus hear the early judging from Liam & Robbie below :-)

Ingredients
125g butter
3/4 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup SR Flour
2/3 cup milk
1 tspn vanilla

Icing
3cups icing sugar
1 tspn butter
1 tspn vanilla
1 tbspn cocoa

Method
Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, add eggs one at a time. Add flour alternatively with milk.

Pour mix into a greased lamington slab tin, 11 inches by 7 inches and bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes.

After it's thoroughly cooled cut into four centimetre by 4cm pieces. Wrap cake in foil and put in the freezer.

Put icing ingredients in a double boiler, over boiling water.  And mix until smooth, adding a dash of hot water.

Then put a lamington on a fork and ladel icing over the top until covered, hold it while it drips then roll in fine coconut.

Dry on cake rack with greaseproof paper over the top of it, or underneath to catch the coconut.

Tip: When transporting Lamingtons put extra coconut at the bottom of the container to prevent sticking to the bottom.

Rocky Road

11:53 AM

There are so many varieties of Rocky Road out there, it's so hard to choose just one!  This is what I've come up with, and I'll be entering it into the Pine Rivers Show, which is happening this weekend.  It's one of my hubby's favourite treats and he's pretty happy with it, so hopefully the judges are too!  Plus, hear Liam & Robbie's verdict in the Family Show Taste Test below.

Ingredients
200g milk chocolate
200g dark chocolate
100g marshmallows, halved
150g turkish delight/raspberry lollies/jelly snakes (I used a product from Aldi called Blackcurrant Fruit Gums & they were perfect), chopped
150g peanuts, halved

Method
Combine the milk chocolate and half of the dark chocolate.  Melt over a saucepan of simmering water or in the microwave.  Mix well.

Add marshmallows, lollies and peanuts and mix well to combine.  Spread into a 20cm x 20cm baking pan, lined with baking paper.

Melt remaining dark chocolate.  Using a fork, drizzle over the rocky road.  Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.


What did Liam & Robbie think?  Hear the Family Show Taste Test here:

There are so many varieties of Rocky Road out there, it's so hard to choose just one!  This is what I've come up with, and I'll be entering it into the Pine Rivers Show, which is happening this weekend.  It's one of my hubby's favourite treats and he's pretty happy with it, so hopefully the judges are too!  Plus, hear Liam & Robbie's verdict in the Family Show Taste Test below.

Ingredients
200g milk chocolate
200g dark chocolate
100g marshmallows, halved
150g turkish delight/raspberry lollies/jelly snakes (I used a product from Aldi called Blackcurrant Fruit Gums & they were perfect), chopped
150g peanuts, halved

Method
Combine the milk chocolate and half of the dark chocolate.  Melt over a saucepan of simmering water or in the microwave.  Mix well.

Add marshmallows, lollies and peanuts and mix well to combine.  Spread into a 20cm x 20cm baking pan, lined with baking paper.

Melt remaining dark chocolate.  Using a fork, drizzle over the rocky road.  Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.


What did Liam & Robbie think?  Hear the Family Show Taste Test here:

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