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Spiced Bourbon Marshmallow Slice

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Spiced Bourbon Marshmallow Slice

Spiced Bourbon Marshmallow Slice recipe

 

So I know that bourbon and chocolate go together very well (hello my Bourbon Chocolate Cake with Peanut Bourbon Icing recipe), however I wanted to use up some bourbon by making something different. Chocolate goes with most things as flavour parings tend to enhance and put a spin on the cocoa/cacoa taste. What I wanted to do was make a bourbon recipe that enhanced the bourbon flavour. On top of this as we know I do have a sweet tooth and bourbon is not sweet so I had to somehow also make it super appealing and absolutely tasty for by palate.

My solution to this was to play around with a variation of spices, mixing and matching until I found a set that went extremely well together, had similar flavour properties and also brought out the sweetness in the bourbon.

Sound impossible? See the below recipe and become a lover of bourbon!

 

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup self raising flour
  • ½ cup plain flour
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ tsn nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsn ground ginger
  • 1 + ½ ground cinnamon
  • 1 + ½ mixed spice
  • 100g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsn vanilla essence

Marshmallow:

  • 1 tbsn gelatine powder
  • 140g sugar
  • 180ml cup water
  • 4 tsn bourbon

 

Method:

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180c degrees and line a 20cm x 30cm cake tin with baking paper.
  2. Place the flours, sugar and spices into a bowl and mix.
  3. Melt the butter in a bowl and add the vanilla essence.
  4. Stir the egg into the flour mix, add the butter mix and stir until well combine.
  5. Place the mix into the cake tin and flatten with fingers.
  6. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes then set aside to cool.
  7. Make the marshmallow mix by placing the gelatine into half the water and stir to combine the mix.
  8. Place the remaining water, sugar and bourbon into a bowl and whisk with electric beaters for 4 minutes.
  9. Place the gelatine mix in the microwave until warm and syrupy in texture.
  10. Slowly pour the gelatine in a consistent stream while the beaters are on high.
  11. Continue beating for a further 8 minutes or until the mix is light and fluffy.
  12. Pour the mix over the cooled slice base and place in the fridge for 2 hours to set completely.
  13. Cut and enjoy.

 

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Sticky Date and Spiced Banana Cookies

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Sticky Date and Spiced Banana Cookies

Sticky Date and Spiced Banana Cookies recipe

What do you do when you have left over dates and banana? You get your bake on of course! Though this recipe is for biscuits I did have to flip a coin as to if I would create a cake or biscuits.

Two of my signature dishes are my Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce and my Spiced Banana Cake so it only made sense to take the best of both worlds and produce a sticky date and spiced banana biscuit. Why reinvent the wheel as they say…outcome, my new favorite biscuit.

Ingredients:

  • 150g pitted dates
  • 180g butter
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 1 tsn vanilla essence
  • 1 egg
  • 256g plain flour
  • 1 tsn bi-carbonate of soda
  • 2 tsn ground ginger
  • 2 tsn mixed spice
  • ½ tsn ground star anise
  • 1 large banana

Method:

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180c degrees and line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Boil some water and place into a bowl. Add the dates and allow the dates to plumb up for 10 minutes in the water.
  3. Drain the dates and place into a food processor and process until smooth.
  4. Using electric beaters beat the butter and brown sugar until light and creamy.
  5. Add the vanilla and egg yolk and beat for a further 2 minutes.
  6. Add the flour, bi carb, ginger, mixed spice, star anise and pureed dates to the butter mix.
  7. Beat the mix for 3 minutes until fully combine and creamy.
  8. With wet hands roll the dough into balls of 20g in size.
  9. Once the balls are rolled place them onto the baking trays.
  10. Cut the banana into 5mm round pieces and place in the center of each ball.
  11. Using your hand push the banana into the top, slightly flattening the cookie.
  12. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until the biscuit is hard on touch.
  13. Leave on the tray for 5 minutes then transfer the cookies onto a cooling rack.

 

Sticky Date and Spiced Banana Cookies recipe

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