Take a square of all butter puff pastry, looks plain enough but in a few minutes you can turn it into a real treat!
Use your choice of fillings, from sultana and spice; apricot and almond or my favourite maple and pecan.
Dependent on how you want the finished pastry to look spread the filling out on the square, then brush the pastry with milk and a little sugar, bake in a fan oven for about 15 minutes on 170 ~ keep watching until its golden brown.
Scrumptious Sultana Slab
This is a great favourite ~ easy to make and a lovely moist cake.
1 lb sultanas
3 eggs
12 oz caster sugar
2 tsp almond essence
8 oz butter
12 oz plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
Put the sultanas in a saucepan, Cover with water, bring to the boil then turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Turn on the oven to gas mark 3 / 150 fan
Mix the eggs, sugar and almond essence in a large bowl.
Drain the sultanas and put them back in the saucepan, add the butter and stir on a low heat until melted.
Remove from the heat and add to the egg mixture.
Add the flour and baking powder, mix thoroughly.
Pour into a greased, lined roasting tin and bake for 1 hour 15 mins, until golden brown [check its cooked by putting a skewer into the middle of the cake ~ if it comes out clean with no uncooked mixture clinging to it then the cake is done]
Cut into slices when cool enough.
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