Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
Cake:
7 egg whites
230g (8 ounces) sugar
250g (9 ounces) dark chocolate
200g (7 ounces) almonds, roasted
100g (about 3 ounces) dates

Mousse:
550ml (19 fluid ounces) cream or pareve cream
225g (8 ounces) dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour a 26cm (10″) springform tin.
Roughly chop the chocolate, almonds, and dates into bite-sized pieces.Whisk the whites until soft peaks form, then gradually add sugar. Fold in the chocolate/nut/date mixture and pour into tin. Cook 45 minutes until top is golden brown. Let cool in tin.
When cool, run knife around edge of cake and remove from tin. Put cake on to a flat serving plate. Encircle with one or two strips of parchment or non-stick baking paper.
Cut the paper about 2-1/2cm (1″) higher than the cake and long enough to wrap around the circumference. Replace ring of springform tin around papered sides and secure; this will hold mousse in place.

Make Mousse and Assembly:
Melt chocolate with 175ml (6 fluid ounces) of the cream in a double boiler, stirring occasionally. Cool.Whip remaining cream until beater marks are just visible. Fold chocolate/cream mixture in, and pour on cake, smoothing surface. Refrigerate overnight. Remove cake from pan, remove paper and smooth sides with a knife. Decorate with grated chocolate.

Serves: 16
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sweetened applesauce
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 large egg whites
2 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3-1/2 cups apple, peeled, sliced
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon, ground
2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped

Method:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 10″ tube pan with cooking spray, and dust with 2 teaspoons flour. Set prepared pan aside.
Beat granulated sugar and next 8 ingredients (sugar through eggs) at medium speed of a mixer until blended.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Combine apple and remaining ingredients.
Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Top with half of apple mixture. Repeat with remaining batter and apple mixture.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Ingredients:
* 2 cups flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 2 teaspoons cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 4 cups chopped, cored, unpeeled apples such as Jonathan
* 1 1/2 cup sugar
* 1.2 cup oil
* 2 large eggs, beaten
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 1 cup chopped nuts
* 1/2 cup raisins (optional)

Method:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking pan.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl. Mix apples and sugar in large bowl.
3. Stir in oil and mix well. Stir in eggs, vanilla and nuts. Add flour mixture and raisins.
4. Stir just until moistened. Scrape into prepared pan.
5. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake has pulled away from sides of pan. (30-40 minutes)
6. Cool on wire rack.