Annette Syms Mud Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Coat a 6-in. springform pan with cooking spray and dust with flour; set aside. In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until blended. Stir in pecans. , Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine the butter, milk and cocoa; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; beat in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla. , Place springform pan on a wire rack. Immediately spread marshmallow creme over hot cake. Drop 2 tablespoons of frosting over creme; cut through with a knife to swirl. Cool completely. , Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; remove sides of pan. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with pecans.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• To make cake: Mix chocolate, margarine, sugar, coffee and water in a microwavable bowl. Microwave on MED-HI for about 2 minutes or until all ingredients are dissolved. Stir every minute.
• Stir together applesauce and baking soda. Add to the melted chocolate along with egg whites. Mix well.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder, then gently fold in until combined.
• Pour into a 19 cm pan greased with cooking spray.
• Bake 45-50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched. Ice when cool.
• Icing: Mix all ingredients together until smooth.Spread over cake then refrigerate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 180ºC fan forced.
• Cook pasta as instructed on packet, leave to one side.
• Thoroughly drain tuna, roughly break up and leave to one side.
• Coat a large non-stick pan with cooking spray, sauté garlic and mushrooms for 2 minutes.
• Add tuna, shallots or onion, corn kernels, cream corn and stock powder and combine.
• In a small bowl combine 4 cheese sauce with boiling water until blended.
• Fold cheese sauce into the mixture in the pan, taking care that the cheese sauce and the other ingredients are well-combined.
• Add pasta and stir well.
• Transfer the tuna pasta mixture to a lightly greased casserole dish.
• Sprinkle cheese over top and bake for 30 minutes or until cheese has melted and browned on top.