Kitchen Witch

Classic Cheese Cake

Ingredients

- Digestive brand biscuit, crushed
- 900g Cream Cheese at room temprature
- 240g Sugar
- grated rind of one lemon
- 3 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 4 eggs

Method

1. Prehear the oven to 325F or 170C. grease an 8 in spring form tin.
2. sprinkle the crushed biscuits in the base of the tin. press to form an even layer
3. with a mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. add the sugar, lemon rind and juice and vanilla and beat until blended. beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. beat just enough to bled throughly.
4. Pour in to the prepared tin. set the tin in a larger baking tray and place in the oven. pour enough hot water in the outer tray to come 1 in up the side.
5. bake until the top of the cake is golden brown about 1 1/2 hours. let the tin cool
6. remove the rim of the tin and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.

**Notes: this cake is so easy to make.

banana cake

ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, soften
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg white
• 2 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bakind soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground all spice

how to...

1. preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 F) sift flour, baking powder, soda and all spice together and set aside
2. in a large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs and egg white and beat well. add mashed banana vanilla and milk. add the flour mixture and mix well until blended
3. bake for 25-30 minutes.

Triple Choc Brownies

Ingredients

25g butter, chopped
250g dark chocolate, finely chopped
extra 100g butter, chopped
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup white choc bits
1/3 cup sour cream

Icing
125g dark chocolate, chopped
75g butter, chopped

How to...
- grease a deep 19cm square cake pan; line base with baking paper
- combine butter and chocolate in pan. stir over low heat without boiling, until choc is melted and mixture is smooth; cool
- beat extra butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer ultil light and fluffy. beat in eggs one at a time, until just combined. transfer mixture in to a large bowl. stir in sifted flour, chocolate mixture, choc white bits and sour cream; mix well.
-spread in mixture into cake pan
-cook in a moderate oven, 180 C for about 40 minutes or until cooked when tested. cool in pan.

For the Icing.
-combine chocolate and butter in a oan; stir over low heat without boiling, until chocolate is meltef and mixture is smooth.
-cool in room tempreture. beat with a wooden spoon until icing is a thick and spreadable consistency
-spread top of slice with Icing; refrigerate until Icing is set.

Feli's Fav Butter Cake

Feli's Fav Butter Cake

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup butter 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanila extract 3/4 cup milk

How to...
- Preheat overn to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 8 inch square baking pan.
- Sift together flour, salt and baking powder
- Cream butter and blend in the white sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy.
- add in dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Stir until just blended.
- Pour in baking tin and bake for 50-55 minutes.

# I added a little more butter and milk to make it more moist and Yummy.

Feli's Simple Reese's Pieces

Ingredients... 1 1/4 cup Peanut Butter 1 cup Corn Syrup * 1 1/4 cup non-fat milk powder 1 1/4 cup sifted pounded sugar / fine sugar

1 bar chocolate (any kinda chocolate)

How to...

- mix everything togather in a large mixing bowl.
- kneed until its abit firm and sticks togahter.
- you can either kneed it into bite size balls or press it firmly down into a baking tray.
- melt chocolate in a heat proof bowl. Spread it all over the Reese's Pieces.
- pop one in mouth.

* if corn syrup is not available then melt sugar with a little water (2-3 table spoon) until thick syrup is formed.

# I mixed in chocolate bits in with the rest in the mixing bowl as well.