Tamara Jane's recipes - Raspberry melting moments, strawberry shortcake - 7 May
Mini Raspberry Melting Moments
Ingredients
125g unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup plain flour
2 tablespoons custard powder
Pure icing sugar, to serve
Raspberry filling
60g unsalted butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
6 small frozen raspberries, thawed
Method
- Preheat oven to 160degC/140degC fan-forced. Line 2
baking trays with baking paper. Using an electric mixer, beat
butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Sift flour and
custard powder over butter mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until
just combined and a soft dough forms.
- Using 1 heaped teaspoon of dough per ball, make 30 balls. Place
on prepared trays, leaving room for spreading. Using a fork dipped
in flour, lightly flatten each biscuit until 1cm thick. Bake for 15
to 20 minutes or until light golden. Cool on tray for 10 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, make raspberry filling: Using a whisk, beat butter in
a bowl until light and creamy. Add vanilla. Whisk to combine. Add
icing sugar. Whisk until well combined. Stir in raspberries.
- Spread the flat side of 1 biscuit with 1 teaspoon filling.
Sandwich with 1 biscuit. Repeat with remaining biscuits and
filling. Serve dusted with icing sugar.
Makes about 15 completed biscuits
Strawberry Shortcakes
Serves 6
Ingredients
2 cups sliced strawberries, hulled
4 tbsp (1/3 cup) caster sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup (160ml) milk
2 cups (300g) plain flour, sifted
1 tbs baking powder
100g unsalted butter, chopped
1/2 cup strawberry jam
200ml thickened cream, lightly whipped
Icing sugar, to dust
Method
- Preheat oven to 180degC. Line base and grease sides of a
20cm springform pan.
- Place strawberries in a bowl with half the sugar, stir to combine
and set aside.
- Beat egg with milk and set aside. Place flour, remaining sugar,
baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and rub in
butter with fingertips. Add egg and milk and mix with a fork until
combined.
- Spread dough into pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.
Remove and cool.
- To serve, split cake and lift off top half. Spread bottom half
with jam, cover with cream and top with strawberries. Replace lid
and dust with icing sugar.
