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Berry and white
chocolate mousse
Serves 6:
200g white chocolate
200g strawberry pulp
200g raspberry pulp
3 teaspoons gelatin dissolved in 3 table-
spoons
hot water
3 egg yolks
300ml carton thickened cream
½ cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
Melt chocolate over hot water, cool, being
careful not to let it set. Combine straw-
berry pulp and raspberry pulp, set aside.
Combine melted chocolate, gelatin mixture
and egg yolks, whisk until pale and glossy.
In a separate bowl, beat cream and icing
sugar together until soft peaks form, fold
through chocolate mixture with berry pulp
and Grand Marnier. Pour into a wetted
5 cup capacity mould. Refrigerate several
hours or overnight.
Carrot cake
Serves 16:
1¾ cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon cardamom
½ cup peanuts, chopped
½ cup sultana
½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1½ cups carrot pulp
½ cup oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup sour cream
Grease and line a 25cm x 15cm loaf pan.
Sift flour and baking powder into a large
mixing bowl, add nutmeg, cinnamon, car-
damom, peanuts, sultana, brown sugar and
carrot pulp, stir to combine. Add eggs, oil
and sour cream. Beat with electric mixer,
using medium speed until all ingredients
are well blended. Pour into loaf pan. Bake
at 180 °C for 1 hour or until cake is cooked
when tested with a skewer. Remove from
oven, stand in cake pan for 5 minutes
before inverting out onto a wire cake rack.
